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Cafe Style Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

July 15, 2011 By Julie 28 Comments

Summer break as an adult with a handful of children is difficult work.  Just this week alone we’ve had playdates at friends house’s, gone swimming (4 times), bounced a morning away at Monkey Joes, ventured to the movies, treated ourselves to frozen yogurt, treated ourselves to dinner, and motored our way downtown for a morning at the Discovery Place (our resident science museum). The kids are having a summer break they won’t soon forget.  I,  on the other hand, need a well earned time out from all the fun.

Thank goodness for hot coffee and a muffin the size of my head.  These treasures have been making my mornings a whole lot better for the past few days.  Simply slice one in half, grab a large vessel of steaming hot caffeine and who knows where the day can take us?  I’ve conquered lemon poppy seed and my next challenge is obtaining blueberry perfection.  All I know is if I have one of these treats at my side, there’s nothing I can’t handle.

If you’re in search of summer break sustenance, then you’ll need to cream up a little sugar and butter and throw in a few goodies such as eggs, vanilla, and lemon in both the zest form and the juice form.

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Other Sweet Treats Tagged With: almond, Coconut, Lemon, Muffins, snack

The Rice Krispies Challenge Part II: Summer Pastimes

July 12, 2011 By Julie 24 Comments

The summertime Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treat Challenge is upon us. After much krispielicious experimentation, Team Asheville is ready to share our entry.

When TheMotherhood.com announced the theme of this season’s challenge “favorite summer pastimes”, we knew COOKOUTS were at the top of our list.

Summertime cookouts are something children and adults alike look forward to. Whether at the lake, in the neighborhood park, or in your own backyard, cookouts can be enjoyed by all. Family cookouts bring loved-ones together to appreciate a good meal, warm sunny weather, and most importantly, each other.

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Filed Under: Dessert, Food, Other, Other Sweet Treats, Sponored Posts Tagged With: fruit kebobs, Rice Krispies, sponsored post

Revisiting Rice Krispies and a $100 Giveaway!

June 23, 2011 By Julie 173 Comments

Remember these critters?  Welcoming their cute little faces back to the blog can only mean one thing; it’s time for another Rice Krispies competition!  With the rising mercury and school free, lazy long days officially here, the new theme for this round is… you guessed it, favorite summer pastimes.  As we prepare to introduce our newest entry into the mix, I wanted to take a minute to reflect back on our recipe from the first round.

When you strip away the feathers and facial features (apologies to my furry and feathered friends) , what you’re left with is a refreshing and simple lemonade rice krispie treat that can be shaped and molded to your liking or simply cut into squares and served up as is.  As you can see with mine below, I cut them into letters and had a little fun with my picture.  I’ve attached the basic recipe at the end of this post, so feel free to whip up a batch and let your own creativity flow; if you can keep from eating them all first, that is.

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Filed Under: Dessert, Food, Other, Other Sweet Treats, Sponored Posts Tagged With: Chocolate Chips, Competition, Lemon, Rice Krispies, Summer Dessert

Cranberry Pistachio Butter Cups

June 17, 2011 By Julie 30 Comments

My husband is a sucker for Reeses peanut butter cups.  Don’t tell him I told you, but he has a secret stash hiding out in the garage.  In case you’re ever at our house, you can find it nestled between the mini fridge and the toolbox (not that I’ve ever snagged one, of course).  It began with a quick corral of all the individual sized cups from the kid’s Halloween loot last fall and grew from there.  No matter, because I’ve created a chocolate indulgence of my own and hid it far from little (and big) boy prying hands.  My more adult version utilizes a high quality dark chocolate paired with home spun pistachio butter and dried cranberries.   And no, you won’t find these little beauties hidden out in any old garage, so don’t even try to come knocking.

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Filed Under: Dessert, Food, Other Sweet Treats Tagged With: chocolate, cranberries, Dessert, peanut butter cups, pistachio

Caramel Coffee Banana Bread

June 3, 2011 By Julie 33 Comments

I must admit, I hadn’t planned on putting up the recipe for Caramel coffee banana bread until next week, but the excitement on my facebook page was so great that it caused me to rethink the upcoming lineup.  One glance and you can see why it moved up.  Just check out those divets of caramel in that end slice up there.
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Filed Under: Breads, Dessert, Food, Other Sweet Treats Tagged With: banana, Breakfast, coffee, Dessert, quick bread, snack, sweet bread

Chocolate Cherry Cinnamon Buns

May 24, 2011 By Julie 34 Comments

Who among us loves a good ol’ fashioned cinnamon bun?  How about chocolate?  Or maybe even chocolate covered cherries?  If that was you that just shoved your significant other out of the way (in a very loving manner of course) to get a better look at this confection, then this is your lucky day.  Meet the chocolate cherry cinnamon bun.  Not for the faint of heart, this bakery frontrunner combines all the classics into one swirled delight.

I’ve wanted to try my hands at cinnamon rolls for sometime now, but if you know me at all, then you know I wasn’t about to do it up without a twist.  When Oregon Fruit decided to share a few containers of their wonderful canned harvest with me, I garnered the inspiration I needed.  I would add fruit; cherries to be exact.  The whole experiment still felt a bit “been there done that” to me though, so I did what I always do when I need to kick it up a notch.  I added chocolate.  You can thank me after you take your first bite.  Trust me on this one.

Time to make the doughnuts.  Or should I say the cinnamon buns.

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Filed Under: Breads, Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Fruit Based, Other Sweet Treats Tagged With: Cherry, chocolate, Cinnamon Buns, Oregon fruit

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