Category: Baked goods

Caramel Apple Snickerdoodles (non-dairy)

I had some apples that were going bad – bruises and wrinkling skin. My kids, normally voracious apple eaters, wouldn’t touch them. So I made a crumble, and then I searched for something else. This recipe caught my eye because it had apples and because the fat in it is melted – it’s so easy …

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Pumpkin Cranberry Pecan muffins

Mmm…these are fantastic – and relatively healthy! I was looking for a good muffin recipe for a playgroup I host, and I had some pumpkin and craisins on hand. I almost put in some coconut as well, but a friend told me shredded coconut makes her think of toenail clippings, and now I’m thinking about them …

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Mom’s Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Hanuka (Hanukkah / Chanuka / Chanukkah) is coming, and I’ve been searching my brain for an interesting recipe to contribute. We aren’t really big fans of frying, although we love dairy. It’s been tough to find a food I want to write about because we don’t eat a lot of “fancy” traditional food. Don’t get …

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Making matza with kids (and recipe)

Today we made matza (unleavened bread) for parshat Bo and Shabbat meals this week. We had a fun time making it, but can definitely appreciate buying it for Passover instead of having to make it ourselves with so much pressure. We managed to make it in 18 minutes in small batches, but we didn’t make …

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Snickerdoodles

This recipe is for a delicious eggy tasting cookie, rolled in cinnamon and sugar. I make them parve and freeze them, and then take them out as I want to serve them. For holiday parties, I call them eggnogg cookies. This recipe makes 3-4 dozen cookies 1C margarine (or butter, for dairy cookies) 1.5C sugar …

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Cake balls!

Cake balls are delicious little cake bon-bons: it’s basically cake and frosting in a chocolate candy shell. And lots of sprinkles and chocolate chips–in this photo at least (this is my kids’ work from our wedding cake balls parsha project). They are pretty easy to make, although not super quick. They don’t require baking once …

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Chocolate cherry chunk cookies

I have made these two years in a row at the request of my family. When the Cherry Cordial M and M’s come out (like now!), grab a bunch! They are great alone – and in cookies. You can top these with a simple milk, vanilla, and sugar drizzle to mimic chocolate covered cherries, too! …

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White chocolate chunk cookies

These are good. I made them white chocolate candy cane cookies with chopped peppermint hershey’s kisses for our upcoming work holiday party, but they would be good with so many other things. Think almonds, dried cherries or cranberries, maybe oreo cookie chunks. This can be parve or dairy, and makes about 2.5-3 dozen, depending on …

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Snappy peppermint brownies

This recipe was a huge hit for Sukkot–you’re looking at the last piece, which only survived so I could snap this shot. Then I had to get out of the way before it got eaten. It’s that good! (And dare I mention really easy, AND from a box?!) So to our guests who requested the …

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Pumpkin spice muffins with cream cheese

Pumpkin spice muffins with cream cheese filling (makes about 20 muffins) Moist, spice pumpkin not-too-sweet muffins filled with cheesecake and topped with crunchy, sweet streusel? YUM!  These muffins are a spur of the moment craving for fall I made yesterday, and are so yummy, my family almost finished the whole batch. Recipe is dairy as …

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