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    Easy Pumpkin Mousse Pie

    Move over Pumpkin Pie.  Your creamier, dreamier, luscious cousin is going to steal the show this Thanksgiving.  You still reign ‘standard’ in the lineup of desserts on the spread of the Thanksgiving…

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    Mom’s Fresh Apple Cake

    Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce is the most delicious cake I’ve ever eaten. In fact, this may be my MOST favorite recipe to date.  I promise. Growing up, each fall when…

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    Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

    I have been nipped by the ‘baking bug’ as I’ve spent quite a bit of my time recently with my family, helping bring the crops in for Harvest 2014.  Time in the…

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    Cherry D, The Pig

    Cherry D is one special pig.  She’s the newest addition to our small show pig family.  When I win a baking contest, it is now tradition to buy a pig (usually a…

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    Tractor Trail Mix

    If you are a member of my family or have ever ridden along during harvest, you know about Tractor Trail Mix.  I’m not usually one to post recipes that are THIS STINKIN’…

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    Mini Corn Muffins & Harvest

    We’re celebrating the upcoming fall harvest today in our house.  Corn Muffin Thumbprints are delicious little bites of heaven, with delicate pieces of fresh corn studding each muffin. They are baked, cooled and…

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    Freezer Corn

    To some, the term “Freezer Corn” may sound like an odd combination.  For me, growing up in an Iowa farm kitchen… freezer corn is not only a ‘thing’, it is also an…

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    Blueberry Pie

    For all of the pie-purists I know, a two-crust fruit pie (meaning pastry crust on top and bottom) is the most cherished pie of all.  As a pie baker, if you are…

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    Pretzel Dogs

    Pretzel Dogs are so fun to make and the love for them transcends generations in my house. Tonight when I served them for dinner I got ooooo’s and ahhhhh’s from grandkid to grandparent…

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    Champion Cinnamon Rolls

    Cinnamon rolls could be considered my ‘best recipe’.  They were the first contest I’d ever entered and the first contest I’d ever won ($500).  Lucky me, I guess.  This recipe has been…

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    Simple Syrup Lemonade

    I’ve posted a few times about “Lemonade“, the real kind, my favorite drink ever.  (When I don’t have raging heartburn.) This is a recipe quite like that but I love it even more! Today…

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    the girls are home

    Over the weekend we (somewhat) dove in to tidying up the machine shed to make a nice place for a couple Duroc gilts that we may take to the State Fair.  Their…

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    Girls’ Guide to Grilling

    Grilling?  Who, Me? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to compete in a burger competition.  It was the most amazing experience and you can click back through all of…