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Apricot Brownies with Chocolate Glaze

Apricot Brownies with Chocolate Glaze

Sunday Suppers (Tuesday Edition): Holy Mole Chili made with Homemade Chile Paste and some Creative Ways to Use Up the Leftovers

Sunday Suppers (Monday Edition): Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Sandwiches

A bundle of vanilla beans tied with twine on a wooden surface.

Madagascar Bourbon, Mexican or Tahitian: Comparing Three Types of Vanilla

Indian Corn Panna Cotta

Indian Corn Panna Cotta (Chocolate-Pumpkin-Dulce de Leche)

Dulce de Leche Roasted Banana Pudding

Dulce de Leche Roasted Banana Pudding

Chicken Chimichanga Recipe with Black Beans and Corn

Chicken Chimichanga Recipe with Black Beans and Corn

A ramekin of pumpkin pudding topped with whipped cream and chopped pecans.

Maple Pumpkin Pudding

Fig Jam with Vanilla and Black Pepper

Fig Jam with Vanilla and Black Pepper

herb bread with lemon and rosemary infused olive oil

Herb Bread with Lemon and Rosemary Infused Olive Oil

An overhead shot of a rack of 12 glazed donuts arranged in 3 colums of 4 with small donut holes in between.

Glazed Donut Recipe | Krispy Kreme Copycat

Ginger lime wedding cookies coated in powdered sugar on a cooling rack with key limes and a jar of ginger in the background.

Ginger Lime Wedding Cookies

Citrus Explosion Pound Cake for the Peoplehood of the Traveling Swirly Pan Project

Double Chocolate Stout Cake with Vanilla Porter Toffee

Double Chocolate Stout Cake with Vanilla Porter Toffee for Beer Month

Honey pouring onto a piece of toasted and buttered bread with a small jar of butter in the background.

Milk and Honey Bread

mocha caramel pound cake

Mocha Caramel Pound Cake for The Beloved

A vertical image of a small bowl of applesauce with another bowl of applesauce in the background along with 3 Granny Smith apples and a paring knife.

Granny Smith Applesauce

A lemon Bundt cake on a white cake stand with a slice of the cake on a plate.

The Best Lemon Pound Cake | For Serious Lemon Lovers

homemade caramel

Caramel Sauce and Caramel Candy: If You Can Make One, You Can Make the Other

pound cake

Espresso Spice Pound Cake

Apple fritters cooling on a rack. One is bitten into to show the fluffy texture and chunks of apple on the inside.

The Best Yeast-Raised Apple Fritters

A vertical image of a braided loaf of bread stuffed with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese sliced open to show the layers and melty cheese oozing out.

Braided Pepperoni Bread

goat cheese cheesecake with pickled peppers and pepper jelly

Savory Goat Cheese Cheesecake with Peppers and Pepper Jelly

An individual psl flan on a plate with a poof of whipped cream on top.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Flan | PSL Flan

Pieces of authentic butterscotch in a tin lined with red-and-white striped tissue and waxed paper.

Old-Fashioned Chewy Butterscotch Candy

Bison Burger Recipe | Copycat Big Mac (But Leveled Up!)

Bison Burger Recipe | Copycat Big Mac (But Leveled Up!)

Sour Cherry Biscoff Crostatas: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

Sour Cherry Biscoff Crostatas: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

A slice of yellow cake frosted with caramel buttercream on a floral plate.

1 2 3 4 Cake Recipe | Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake

The Best Chorizo Corn Chowder Recipe

The Best Chorizo Corn Chowder Recipe

Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread Smackdown: Nutella Comparisons

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