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Baked Sunday Mornings: Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl

June 2, 2019 Baked Sunday Mornings
Sour Cream Coffee Cake

One of my personal rules at work is to never schedule meetings before 9am or after 4pm unless absolutely necessary. I just feel that before and after those hours you’re never getting people’s full attention, and I personally like that time to prepare for/wrap up my day, so I like to keep it free if […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Mini Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes

September 25, 2016 Baked Sunday Mornings
mini-brownie-cupcakes

I have to be totally honest this week; I wasn’t feeling these brownies. I don’t even really feel like we can call these brownies, because they were more on the cakey side of things. In my opinion, brownies must be fudgey and super chocolatey, and these were neither. Obviously this did not stop my co-workers from […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Derby Cookies

May 8, 2016 Baked Sunday Mornings
Derby Cookies

The Kentucky Derby has pretty much zero significance in my life. I think I watched it once, but it didn’t involve a big floppy hat or a mint julep which, in my opinion, are the two most appealing parts of this holiday. For Baked Sunday Mornings this week, the Baked Boys are running with the bourbon […]

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Strawberry & Goat Cheese Fritter Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

August 10, 2015 Salads
Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad

For a long time I have had a very real, very negative reaction to strawberries and goat cheese in salad. This stems, no doubt, from my aversion to Milestone’s, which I have explained at length in the past. They had* a salad with this combination on the menu in the early-mid aughts, when I ate […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Heartland Turtle Bars

August 26, 2012 Baked Sunday Mornings

It’s been a hot minute since my last Baked Sunday Morning! Mostly just because of other baking projects I’ve had going on this summer, plus the fact that these recipes tend to be so involved, and sometimes you just don’t feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen during a nice sunny […]

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Goodbye Dollies + Barry’s Farewell Treat Week

June 15, 2011 Bars & Squares

The human garbage disposal has left the building! Yes, it’s true, my co-worker Barry - the bottomless pit/treat monster - has moved on to another company. Luckily he’s only going to be about two blocks away, but still, it’s sad to see him go. In honour of his last week, I thought it would be fitting […]

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Sour Lemon Scones + Birthday Dinner

October 24, 2010 Muffins & Scones

I have this thing about snooty hostesses who work in restaurants. It fills me with rage that I find hard to get over. I just can’t handle these people who think they’re god’s gift to the food service industry. So last Friday when I called to make a reservation at a restaurant in my new ‘hood for […]

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