Breakfast

Apple Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Posted on Oct 8th, 2018

Yesterday a few of the girls got together to hang out, eat brunch, and do a puzzle. We all sipped pumpkin spice coffees and many of us wore flannels,…

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Berry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

Posted on Jun 17th, 2019

Last week, my teacher friends and I got together and ate brunch outside in the Colorado sunshine. It was a gorgeous morning for mimosas and chit…

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Berry Smoothie Bowl

Posted on May 14th, 2016

As the end of the school year approaches, and with our move to Colorado coming in less than two months (eeeek!) , it feels as though every upcoming…

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Blueberry Streusel Muffins

Posted on Aug 8th, 2019

It's hard to believe it's back-to-school time already, but alas, summer has finally come to an end. While I should have probably been preparing…

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Carrot Cake Banana Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted on Feb 23rd, 2019

We all know how banana bread typically comes about. Overripe bananas are sitting lifelessly in the fruit basket. Before the fruit flies arrive to…

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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Chocolate Ganache

Posted on Jun 8th, 2020

My original banana bread recipe is one of the oldest recipes I make. In fact, the recipe sits in a homemade cookbook that I started in high school…

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Chocolate Chip Blueberry Banana Oat Cookies

Posted on Jan 12th, 2021

I, like so many others before me, turn brown and overripe bananas into banana bread. But, every so often, I like to dip my toes in the waters…

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Chocolate Chip Blueberry Bread

Posted on Apr 24th, 2020

I was in the mood to make something new the other day, as I so often am, and so I asked my husband if he had any ideas about what I should bake.…

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Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake Muffins with Cinnamon Swirl

Posted on Jan 17th, 2021

Nothing pushes a homemade muffin to the next level quite like parchment muffin liners. I received some parchment muffin liners from Baker's Signature…

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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Posted on Sep 18th, 2018

The other day my principal walked into my classroom with a zucchini the size of a small child. He said a parent had grown it in her garden, and had…

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Posted on Aug 30th, 2019

I feel like a giant nerd when I say how much I've been loving the mornings lately, but I've always known I was the early-to-bed, early-to-rise type.…

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Posted on May 5th, 2014

I used to be one of those people who throws away bananas at the first sign of over-ripeness. Brown spots? Mushy texture? See ya later! That…

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Cinnamon Roll Cookies

Posted on Oct 18th, 2019

I've been really feeling the cinnamon vibes lately. I know, I know, we've finally fully committed to Fall, and Fall means apples and cinnamon,…

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Cinnamon Swirl Chocolate Chip Bread

Posted on Mar 17th, 2018

Daylight savings, parent-teacher conferences, kids that have suddenly gone nutsos, and burned-out teachers. I am describing, in case you haven't…

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Dark Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

Posted on Jul 24th, 2016

Teaching in a middle school over the past couple of years, I often find myself trying to recall my own time in junior high. Part of me hopes that…

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Dark Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Bread

Posted on Mar 25th, 2016

I used to eat bananas all of the time. Bananas in my cereal, bananas as a snack, bananas with a dollop of creamy peanut butter for breakfast. I've…

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Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Posted on Aug 12th, 2018

This might sound like a slightly dramatic way to start a blog post, but the story of this banana bread is a story of trauma. TRAUMA I SAY. In fact,…

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Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreo Banana Bread

Posted on Feb 23rd, 2021

I saw a banana bread just like this one by Allie's Banana Bread and I was inspired. I've made a whole bunch of peanut-butter-Oreo desserts before,…

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Fluffernutter Poptarts

Posted on Jan 29th, 2021

Does it still count as a Pop-Tart if it can't actually go in the toaster and pop out? I'm just imagining some sort of toaster fire that starts with a…

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Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Pop-Tarts

Posted on Apr 29th, 2021

I know I'm supposed to say that my Pop-Tarts are better than anything you could ever buy at the store but I cannot lie. Can anything really be better…

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Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Treats (small batch)

Posted on May 21st, 2020

The idea for these cereal bars came about toward the end of my five-day mental preparation to enter the grocery store for the triweekly quarantine…

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Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf with Lemon Glaze

Posted on Feb 21st, 2020

I really love when randomly specific foods elicit vivid memories from times long ago. A lot of foods do that for me, and I think that's one of the…

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Peach Crumble Bars

Posted on Aug 1st, 2019

Last summer, I arrived at a Colorado peach festival with my husband on a Saturday afternoon. As we got out of the car and walked toward the festival,…

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Peanut Butter and Fluff Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Posted on May 17th, 2021

My frozen bananas were taking over my freezer. There was a banana avalanche every time I opened it up. The freezer wasn't fully closing as there were…

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Reese’s Pieces Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Posted on Sep 18th, 2020

The notion that I'm about an hour and a half away from this Reese's Pieces Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread at almost any given time is a tinge…

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Reese’s Puffs Marshmallow Treats

Posted on Oct 18th, 2018

The other day, when I was on Fall break from school, I naturally arose, wide awake, at around 6:30 AM, and decided to do a little early morning…

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S’mores Pumpkin Bread

Posted on Nov 3rd, 2020

The other day I had a vision. It was a vision of pumpkin bread stuffed with graham crackers and Hershey's chocolate and marshmallows. A vision of…

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Strawberry Nutella Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

Posted on Jul 17th, 2020

As is my hope for anything I decide to babble on about on here, I wanted my post on monkey bread to sound informed. But as I sat down to stream of…

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Strawberry-Blueberry Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel

Posted on May 25th, 2017

Let me get this out of the way first before I continue: there is no chocolate in these muffins. Not even a morsel. I know, I know, that is…

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Sugared Blueberry Scones

Posted on May 11th, 2014

I was so happy to be home this weekend to spend the weekend with my family for my graduation. The next day, for Mother's Day, we asked my mom if she…

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Triple Chocolate Banana Bread

Posted on Apr 24th, 2017

  Throughout my childhood, my dad, one of the most hardworking and economical men I know, taught me that you should never, ever let food…

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Triple Chocolate Peppermint Scones

Posted on Dec 22nd, 2020

I can no longer make scones without thinking of Larry David's incredibly harsh criticism of the scones at Mocha Joe's coffee shop in the most recent…

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Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins

Posted on Feb 20th, 2017

It's no secret that my favorite combination in the entire world is peanut butter and chocolate. If you didn't know that about me, you probably…

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