Christiana Aretta writes a journal about food, photography, & toys.

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Posts Tagged ‘sweeeeeet’

Spiced Apple Crumble

I liken this recipe to a jazz quartet. Nutmeg and cinnamon give it deep warm soul, while ginger and lemon juice hit all the high notes.

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Chocolate Walnut Wedgies

Little. Chocolate. Wedgie.

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Ginger Chocolate-Chunk Oatmeal Cookies

Is it just me or is cookie batter a visual metaphor for racial harmony? Dark chocolate, white flour, red honey, yellow ginger, brown sugar all coming together. To be eaten. #zombiehumor

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Apple Crisp

Or, what to do with a passel of leftover apples.

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Favorite Things about DC No. 2: Stewed Apples

March comes in like a lion, August goes out with an apple.. No, wait.. Never put a gift apple in your mouth. That’s not it.. An apple a day is worth two in the bush. Oh, screw the clever excerpts – here’s a “witty” tagline: Apples even a PC user will love!

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Peach Cobbler

The weather’s cooling off, the breeze is picking up and everything is just peachy.

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Peach-Blueberry Tarts

7 ingredients + 2 tiny baking dishes + 45 minutes = simple, delicious summer dessert. (Or breakfast, or snack, or just because…)

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It Ain’t All Great Light and Carrot Cake

The devil is always, always, always in the details. And everywhere else too.

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The Nevitt T. Greene Cupcake Special

Another summer mainstay: good ol’ yellow cake with chocolate frosting, in cupcake form with fancy-shmancy buttercream.

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Kookoo in the Coconut

Today’s challenge:

Make ice cream without 1. milk and 2. an ice cream maker.

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