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Springtime Bunny Cake
I made this cake many times with my daughter when she was growing up. It’s easy and fun! I believe it was a Betty Crocker recipe, but I don’t remember
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Boston Brown Bread
This is a delicious Boston Brown Bread recipe. I’ve been making it for years. It’s absolutely foolproof!
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Focaccia
The first time I ever tasted “Roman bread” was at Monti’s la Casa Vieja in Tempe, Arizona. I vowed to find a good focaccia recipe and tweak it to my liking, and this is the result. There is nothing quite like Italian Garlic-Cheese Bread.
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Sassy’s Cafe and Bakery Breakfast Cookies
Sassy’s Cafe and Bakery breakfast cookies are the perfect on-the-go option to get you and your family going in the morning. “It’s everything good and healthy that you would have in a breakfast,” Melody Larsen, the owner of Sassy’s Cafe & Bakery, said. “We’re just doing it in cookie form. … You can feel good about sending your kid…
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Cowboy Cookies
You can’t go wrong with these cowboy cookies! You can substitute whatever you want for the chocolate chips, walnuts and/or coconut. There are endless possibilities…peanut butter chips, raisins, almonds, diced dried fruit, etc.
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Cannoli
Cannoli were my favorite Italian bakery dessert in Chicago during the Lenten season. Cannoli are cheese stuffed pastries.
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Turon
Turon is a Filipino snack made of thinly sliced bananas, dusted with brown sugar, rolled in a spring roll wrapper and fried. Other fillings can also be used together with the banana, such as jackfruit, sweet potato, mango, Cheddar cheese and coconut.
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Cuccidati
Cuccidati are fig or date bars. They are beautiful on cookie trays during the holiday season. Cuccidati, also known as Italian fig cookies, are a traditional Sicilian treat typically prepared during the holiday season, especially for Christmas. They are filled with a mixture of dried figs, nuts, spices, and sometimes citrus zest, all encased in a sweet dough.
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Affogato
One of the most delightful Italian desserts! Affogato means “drowned” in Italian. In this case, gelato is “drowned” in espresso and flavored syrup. The flavor combinations are almost endless. An affogato is a delicious Italian dessert that consists of a scoop of vanilla gelato or ice cream “drowned” with a shot of hot espresso. The contrast between the hot coffee…
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Basic Dressing with Variations
You can make 11 different salad dressings from this basic dressing with variations recipe.
