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Cast Iron Apple Spice Cake

2019/11/07 By Melinda Leave a Comment

a lightly sweetened spicy cast iron “cake’’ that you can make as fancy or as straight forward as you want- if you have a mandolin to slice the apples a decorative pattern makes for a stunning presentation but equally tasty and almost as pretty is the apples cut into bite sized pieces. more things apple […]

Filed Under: Breads Biscuits Buns, Cast Iron, Quick Breads, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: apple, apple cake, autumn, baking, Cake, cardamom, cast iron, holiday, spice

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Kourabiedes: Greek Christmas Cookies w/satsuma and almond

2017/12/07 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Crisp, slightly citrus, a little nutty, and layered with a fine dusting of snow white powdered sugar. Please enjoy my non traditional take on the traditional Kourabiedes or Greek Christmas Cookie recipe. I’m such a bitch sometimes- most times. But I feel bad about it later, which, I suppose, makes me an insecure bitch. For example: […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: almond, christmas, cookies, holiday, mexican christmas cookies, orange, powdered sugar, russian tea cakes, satsuma, snowballs

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“Old Fashioned GF Experience” fresh grapefruit pomegranate prosecco cocktail

2016/12/21 By Melinda Leave a Comment

The longest night is behind us now, a foggy morning giving way to sun. Holiday lights glimmer in the afternoon’s glow, my fingers stained red from squeezing pomegranate seeds between my eager fingers. I have made no preparations for christmas, made no preparations for the new year. I am without hope and brimming with the […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Fruit, Recipes, Winter Holiday Tagged With: bubbly, champagne, cocktail, drink, grapefruit, holiday, mimosa, Pomegranate, prosecco

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