Baking

Union South Peanut Butter Brownies

November 1, 2011
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In college, I rarely spent much time in Memorial Union, the main student union. It was nearly a two mile walk from our apartment, and on the complete opposite side of the campus from the engineering school. Instead, most of my student union needs were taken care of at Union South, which was just across [...]

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Pumpkin Mini Bread with Candied Walnuts

October 18, 2011
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Remember when I said that I missed the mini breads from the Dane County Farmers’ Market, but didn’t have mini loaf pans? Lucky for me, I took a look in the kitchen store at the Ithaca mall, and found 2 mini loaf pans for $3.50. I brought home four, eager to replicate the soft inside [...]

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Cinnamon Sugar Slice-and-Bake Cookies

September 19, 2011
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One of my 101 in 1001 goals is to send packages to 4 friends “just because”. So last weekend, when I was packing up a big box of Savvy Baked Goods for my blogiversary giveaway winner, Jessica, I decided to put together a second box for Kelly. In all fairness, it wasn’t completely out of [...]

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Brown Butter Pumpkin Muffins

September 15, 2011
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I really wasn’t going to make any pumpkin recipes until the end of the month. Despite my adoration for fall, I was determined to stretch out the end of summer as long as possible. Tomatoes and zucchini and peppers and raspberries were going to be my main focus for the month, and I was going [...]

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Double Chocolate Quick Bread

September 1, 2011
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On Saturday mornings on the Dane County Farmers Market, there were many stands offering mini quick breads. I always bypassed the first one I encountered. And the second. I was holding out for the third stand, the stand with the widest variety of flavors. Mini loaves of lemon poppyseed, zucchini chocolate chip, orange white chocolate [...]

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