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Lactation Cookies – Fall Themed Almond

Lactation Cookies – Fall Themed Almond

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor nor lactation specialist. This cookie recipe was created based on different online sources which discussed food that could possibly increase your breast milk production. I felt like these cookies – along with a healthy diet and exercise – made me feel better about my production. However, as they are not the only factor, and are probably only contributing in a minor capacity, and might just be my excuse to eat cookies! Recipe modified from…

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Leftover Easter Candy Cookies

Leftover Easter Candy Cookies

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Modified from Bev’s Chocolate Chip Cookies on EatingWell.comInspiration from A Cozy Kitchen’s Chocolate Chewy Cadbury CookiesMakes 2 dozen cookies. ¼ cup butter¼ cup canola oil1/3 cup granulated sugar¼ cup brown sugar (packed)1 large egg1 teaspoon vanilla extract½ cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour¼ cup + 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder¼ cup unsweetened coconut flakes½ cup rolled oats (ground)½ teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt½ cup cadbury mini eggs, chopped the best you can (doing this sucked…)4 peeps, chopped (about ½…

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Irish Soda Muffins

Irish Soda Muffins

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Recipe modified from Joy of Cooking (older version published in 1964). Makes a dozen muffins. 1¾ cups all purpose flour*2 tablespoon cornstarch*1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt¼ cup sugar¼ cup coconut oil½ cup dried currants (or raisins/cranberries slightly chopped or mini chocolate chips!)1 cup buttermilk1If you don’t have buttermilk on hand you can use 1 tablespoon of white vinegar and then fill the cup the rest of the way up with milk. Remember you need that acid for the baking soda…

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Faux Sourdough Chocolate Cookies

Faux Sourdough Chocolate Cookies

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[Jump to Recipe] Last year for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day I posted this Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. This recipe is great, IF you have sourdough starter lying around. But what do you do, a friend asked me, if you don’t? Can you recreate a similar flavor profile and texture to those cookies without it? Yes you can and the secret is yogurt! Yogurt gives a nice tang to the recipe and, according to Matt and Lentil over on…

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Updated Funfetti Hot Cross Buns

Updated Funfetti Hot Cross Buns

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[Jump to the recipe by clicking here] When I think back to Easter’s past I don’t really remember the food. This isn’t to say that my mom didn’t prepare an amazing meal. I am sure she did. Instead my memories are very kidcentric. I remember the baskets, the chocolate bunnies, looking for the colorful plastic eggs full candy, and especially dying hard boiled eggs. In short, I remember all the bright colors and the fun family activities that revolved around them….

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Low Fodmap Diet – Week 4, 5, & 6 + A Fluffy Almond Cookie Recipe

Low Fodmap Diet – Week 4, 5, & 6 + A Fluffy Almond Cookie Recipe

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[Jump to the recipe by clicking here] [Jump to my fodmap diet update by clicking here] I am obsessed with almond flavored baked goods. If I had to pick only one pastry/baked good to eat for the rest of my life it would probably be an almond croissant. But right now I am not eating wheat grains or lactose which means I can’t splurge on one for days like Valentine’s Day where I used to celebrate with fun treats. As a result I decided to come…

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Veganized Holiday Nutmeg Cookies

Veganized Holiday Nutmeg Cookies

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[Jump to Recipe] I am a sucker for old cookbooks. Well not just cookbooks, also old gardening, house, picture, or etiquette books too; any book that contains old knowledge. Anytime I go to a garage or estate sale I always make a b-line to the shelves. I picked up The French Chef in Private American Families by Xavier Raskin, published in 1922, in a used book store a couple years ago for $10 and I am so happy I did….

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My Family’s Sweet Cornbread – Thanksgiving Recipe

My Family’s Sweet Cornbread – Thanksgiving Recipe

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[Jump to Recipe] The menu for Thanksgiving at my parent’s house has been the same for as long as I can remember. It was always a huge spread, cooked up by my mom: turkey, gravy, anadama bread stuffing, butternut squash puree, mashed potatoes, green beans in some form, fruit salad, and cornbread. I had a special ritual in how I ate Thanksgiving dinner – I start with the butternut squash -> turkey with cranberry sauce and gravy -> stuffing ->…

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Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Cookie Lesson

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Cookie Lesson

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[Jump to Recipe] Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie day! But really who needs an excuse to make chocolate chip cookies? This post began about a month ago as I set out to make a chocolate chip cookie that was not super sweet, decently healthy, used my extra sourdough starter, and kept its shape pretty well. In other words, the perfect hiking and biking snack! The previous batches of cookies I had not photographed the process, just the end product. Rookie…

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Chocolate Sourdough Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)

Chocolate Sourdough Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)

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[Jump to Recipe] I am guilty of following the National Day Calendar craze and look up all sorts of random national, mostly food, holidays. I do it mostly as an activator to get my mind thinking about recipes and things to make, since most of the holidays aren’t really all the legitimate. National Doughnut Day, however, is and writing this post led me down the Wikipedia rabbit hole as I tried to figure out if making it the first Friday after…

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