Rejuvenating Dr. Chase’s Home Hearth Pumpkin Butter Recipe

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We’ve been chasing down Dr. Chase and the lumberjacks in the North Woods with their slow simmering pumpkin butter to bring you this mellow pumpkin jam recipe. It will warm your heart and your home as it slow cooks with spiced apple cider and winter weather spices. Continue reading

Crazy Cool Century-Old Coffee Cake Recipe

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We’re fast-stepping our way through prep time of this old-fashioned yeasted coffee cake with a couple of 30-second finger-kneading sessions to let the yeast do all the work. Then we’ll drizzle it with icing and serve it warm from the oven. Hello homemade! Continue reading

Who Knew Real Red Velvet Cake Was Not Even Red #waitwhat

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If you’re looking for red, you won’t find it here. But if you’re looking for old-fashioned cocoa cake flavor in a moist (brown) red velvet cake layered with classic vanilla custard frosting, well then, you’ve come to the right place! Continue reading

Easy Homemade Almond Coffee Biscotti Recipe

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We’re kicking up the flavor and texture quotient of this classic little coffee snack by throwing our brittle biscotto to the wind!  Cause this here’s a buttery and brunchy biscuit cookie (not a dry or crusty breadstick). And it’s loaded full-bore … Continue reading

Real Deal Easy Homemade Holiday Almonds

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Home-roasted almonds are a fun DIY kitchen project that is super easy from start to finish. And when they’re all roasted up in your home oven and packed into adorable jars, somehow these healthy California beauties just get super-cool with that old-fashioned charm. Continue reading

Heavenly Flourless Chocolate Almond Torte for Culinary Historians and YOU

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Otherwise known as the Torte Caprese, this classic make-ahead Italian Chocolate Almond Torte is loaded up with almonds and dark bittersweet chocolate and arrives tableside with a flaky chocolate meringue top crust bursting with flavor! Continue reading

Rediscovering St. Andrew’s Secret to Harvest Gold Pumpkin Cake

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The retro Harvest Gold Pumpkin Cake is a golden beauty served warm from the oven or with a nice cream cheese frosting (or a side dollop of whipped cream) and this little vintage darling brings you all the warm flavors of autumn without an overload of heavy pumpkin spices. Just enough to ring in the season in bright style! Continue reading

Vintage Poppy Seed Cake Pops with Buttery Poppy Seed Flavor

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Old-fashioned butter cake and poppy seeds make for a delightful snacking cake – full of bright and rich goodness. Perfect for morning brunch, office coffee cake or your next potluck party. Continue reading