I made this recipe up because I had a big bag of ripe pears and needed to use them before they went bad. I didn’t quite have enough to make an entire crisp but luckily, I had a few small apples that equaled just the right amount of fruit. If you haven’t ever browned butter…
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Continue ReadingA few days ago I posted a recipe from my mother-in-law. Today I’m posting a family favorite recipe from my own mom! This caramel corn is so so so easy, stays soft, and tastes amazing. You don’t even need a candy thermometer and you’ll still get perfect results every time. This is coming from someone…
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I’m not the biggest fan of a plain snickerdoodle cookie. Why? Because I feel like all it tastes like is cinnamon and a bland cookie. But I like the crunchy outside a lot. I love a good pumpkin cookie, though I prefer a pumpkin cookie with cream cheese frosting. I found the perfect combo in…
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Do you ever just crave chocolate cake? I do. All the time. It’s one of my top 5 cravings of life. If you want to hear a sad story here it is—Helsinki doesn’t sell cake. I’ve seen a cupcake sold 2 times the whole time I’ve lived here. Once at an American style coffee shop,…
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It took me so long to find poppy seeds here in Finland. I could find them sold in like a liter sized container but no reasonable sized container. It would take me years to use that many poppy-seeds. Then a friend of ours moved back to America and she gave me her stash of baking…
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Friends, I’ve spent the last 4 months of my life making at least 1 batch of chocolate chip cookies every week. Why? Because I wanted to achieve and have the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. Every week I’d read a new food science article and try a new addition or subtraction to the recipe. I…
