Muffin Monday: Cranberry & Dark Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding Muffins

I love bread pudding, and once I got the email from An with this week's Muffin Monday recipe, I couldn't wait to try this one out. I would have never thought to do this in muffin form but guess what... it really works and tastes great! When I brought one out for Shane to taste test, I didn't get an answer to begin with, it was simply "MMMMMMMM....OMG...MMMMMMMMMM". So I knew they were tasty then got some actual words out of him, "Mike, these are...

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Cupcakes vs Muffins: What is the difference?

Cupcakes Definition: a small cake baked in a pan having cuplike molds and typically frosted. Muffins Definition: a quick bread baked in a pan having cuplike molds. Do a search on Google and there will be tons of pages arguing Cupcakes vs Muffins with lots of different theories, but I would like to simply define the difference with the simple definitions above. Do you agree...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving to me means - spending time with family and eating lots of YUMMY food, and of course giving thanks! I have great memories of Thanksgiving, it is one of my favourite holidays, time off to eat loads and then kick off the Christmas shopping on Black Friday. Sadly the last time I had Thanksgiving with my family was 5 years ago, but that doesn't stop me from celebrating it in the UK with friends. In honour of Thanksgiving, I am going to...

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Muffin Monday: Rocky Road Muffins

It's Monday again and I have another great muffin recipe brought to you from Baker Street. As a kid, I was not a huge chocolate fan and never tried anything with Rocky Road in the title. Looking back, I really missed out on great flavours, chocolate with gooey marshmallows and nuts. It's a great combination that just works! I think I see some rocky road inspired recipes in my future. Now these muffins, might not be the healthiest but they are a...

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Vegan Chai Latte Cupcakes

I was looking through photos off of my old phone and found this one of Chai Latte Cupcakes! I went through a stage of vegan baking from the Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World recipe book. It's a great book and has some really great cupcake creations. Try this recipe out and I bet no one would know they are vegan cupcakes. I will have to do some more recipes from this book and take better pictures with my camera. Recipe Courtesy of Vegan...

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Beef Stroganoff

I love Beef Stroganoff and found a great recipe at SimplyRecipes.com last year and recently made it again. It is an easy and yummy recipe to make, lots of butter, mushrooms, shallots, beef, and sour cream. Try making this one for dinner tonight, you will love it! Check out the other great recipes at SimplyRecipes.com, I've made the African Chicken Peanut Stew and that turned out great as well. I plan on trying out many more recipes from SimplyRecipes.com....

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Muffin Monday: Gingerbread Muffins with Lemon Drizzle

Another Monday... another muffin! We are getting closer and closer to Christmas. I don't like doing anything Christmas related until a couple weeks before the big day. But the shops already have tons of Christmas stuff out, we are using the Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, and I made these muffins which would be great to make for Christmas! Have I been transported to the middle of December?? No, just hard to escape from it when it is all...

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"Pumpkin Pie" Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

The pumpkin gets a lot of love around this time of year with Halloween and Thanksgiving Day but most people just throw the seeds away. Don't throw them away!! They are so many yummy roasted pumpkin seed recipes out there from savory to sweet. I decided to try making a sweet version of roasted pumpkin seeds and they turned out great. It smelled like pumpkin pie was being cooked in my oven without all the hassle of making a pie... although it took...

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Muffin Monday: Apple Buttermilk Muffins with Coconut Crumble

Happy Muffin Monday!!! I was happy to join in on this week's Muffin Monday. These extremely easy to make muffins are wonderfully moist and very tasty! The only trouble I had was finding buttermilk. I have never needed it for a recipe before this and thought my local shop would have some... nope. Thanks to Google I found a substitute, try this if you're in the UK and can't find buttermilk. Muffin Monday is an initiative by Baker...

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Squash BlogHop: Easy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

It's a new month and that means one thing, time to bake with my blogging friends across the world. This month the love has been given to the squash family. Now the squash family is a big one but I chose to use pumpkin. I knew I wanted to make pumpkin cinnamon rolls and found quite a few recipes online. Then I found one from the Keep It Simple Foods blog. The reason why I chose this was because there is no yeast in the recipe, so no having to wait...

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