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49ers (sugar) Cookies!!!
Happy New Year! I hope all of your winter holidays were as memorable as mine. I was able to make a quick trip to India for the wedding of a close friend and then travel through Indonesia with two very close high school friends of mine. I had a ton of family in town for the new year which was great and was the co-champion of a highly competitive family jenga tournament. All-in-all it was a great few weeks. To be honest, I was just too busy to really sit down and think about my blog, but it’s the new year and I’m back! In case you all weren’t aware,…
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Mini-Pumpkin Pies!
Happy happy happy thanksgiving everyone! Thanksgiving is an amazing time to celebrate the amazing year thus far and enjoy great food and good company. I am a huge fan of all thanksgiving foods (minus of course the Turkey since I don’t eat Turkey.) The warm comforting flavors of squash, cornbread, green beans, yams, mashed potatoes, & stuffing make me wish it was Thanksgiving more than once a year. But no thanksgiving is complete without pie!! Now I know most pie-litists would frown upon putting a pumpkin pie in a graham cracker crust, but I disagree. The crumble texture of the graham crackers is such a great compliment to the pumpkin…
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No Bake Cheesecake
THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES! That may not be relevant to this post at all, but I needed to put it out there because this is such a great day. Here is an easy adaptation of Julia Child’s no bake cheesecake recipe. Ingredients: 1.5 C graham cracker crumbs 6 T butter (unsalted) 2 T sugar + 1/4 C sugar 8 ounce cream cheese at room temp 1 T vanilla extract 1 C whipping cream juice of half a lemon Recipe: 1. Combine graham cracker crumbs, 2 T sugar, and melted butter. Press evenly into a pie pan and refrigerate. 2. Use the whisk attachment to whip the heavy cream…
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Pumpkin Cupcakes
So first off, sorry for the huge blogging lag. Basically I’ve been spending a bunch of time trying to move my website from tumblr to wordpress (with the help of an amazing task rabbit) and getting ready for my upcoming trip to New Orleans for the Society for Neuroscience conference. I’m really excited to go to NOLA because a) I’ve never been before and b) I absolutely love creole flavors and cannot wait to try them at the authentic local spots. YUM! Anyway, here’s a really good recipe for some pumpkin cupcakes with cheesecake frosting. It’s loosely based off the recipe from Martha Stewart but I tried to change it up to make…
