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Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares

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To be clear, I gave up Facebook, NOT chocolate, as my New Year’s Resolution. Good.

Now, I don’t like to think of myself as fussy, but sometimes one detail being out of place will cause me to not do a recipe for you. Case in point, several years ago, my friend Kim sent me …click to continue Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares

Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies

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I made coffee extract with Dripping Springs vodka and Noble Coyote coffee beans, two Texas businesses that I admire. I’m always looking for fun ways to utilize fun local products in my baking. Several years ago I happened upon the notion of making my own vanilla extract, and now I use it all the …click to continue Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies

Life, Death and Baking Apples

I sat back yesterday and tried to figure out why I am suffering from bakers-block. I am having a very hard time coming up with new things that I want to try at the moment. It didn’t take long to figure out the various causes, but as I study foodways and traditions and the …click to continue Life, Death and Baking Apples

The Orphan Posts

The Meaning of Pie was born on my birthday in 2010, May 11th. Knowing nothing and less about food blogging, I set about to simply jump in the deep end, potentially embarrass my friends and family, and just go for it. On the advise of my sister-in-law, and technical support angel, Valerie Yandell, I …click to continue The Orphan Posts

Leaf Lard

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Recently, I admitted my unbiased love of convenience pies and traditional pies, alike. This is about a step in the traditional pie process. Whereas last week I made a pudding pie for which my effort was finished in roughly 15 minutes, this week I’m preparing to make pies all …click to continue Leaf Lard