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How to Make Blueberry Mini Pies from Scratch

April 21, 2020

Blueberry Mini Pies are the epitome of summer. Ripe, juicy blueberries fill delicious buttery dough for the perfect hand-held pie. Mini blueberry pies are perfect for lunch bags, afternoon treats, beach day picnics, and they are small enough for little hands. Mini blueberry pies or mini cherry pies are also great for all of the red, white and blue holidays. 

stacked mini blueberry pies

One of my favorite things about these pies is that they are hand held. No need for utensils, plates or clean-up, which in my opinion is one of the best things about these hand pies.

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: baking, berries, blueberry, easy recipe, Food, from scratch, fruit, Holiday, holidays, how to, kid-friendly, pi day, pie, recipes, Summer, vegetarian

Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

February 3, 2020

Simple vanilla cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting are the perfect cupcakes for any occasion. From birthday parties to Mother’s Day, summer backyard BBQ’s to school bake sales and of course Valentine’s Day, these cupcakes will become your go-to recipe. Made from scratch, with zero artificial coloring, this strawberry cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement to this easy vanilla cupcake.vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting

If you’re looking for an icing made with fresh strawberries, try my strawberry cream cheese icing recipe. It’s perfect for topping poundcakes, cookies or even muffins.

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Caramel Apple Cupcakes Apple Cider Buttercream

August 15, 2019

Caramel Apple Cupcakes with Apple Cider Swiss Meringue Buttercream packs all kinds of apple flavor into this little package. Fresh apple cupcakes topped with soft, billowy  buttercream make the perfect autumn treat.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes with Apple Cider Buttercream on clear cake stand

Caramel apple cupcakes are the perfect dessert for fall parties

It’s almost fall and for me, that means apple season. If you are a fan of apple desserts, you are sure to love this cupcake. Filled with warm spices, like cinnamon, this cupcake is sweet without overdoing it.

The cupcakes are topped with a swirl of fluffy Swiss meringue buttercream flecked with a cider reduction. Hands down one of my favorite cupcakes of all time.

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: apple, apple cider, apple cupcakes, baking, baking from scratch, buttercream, caramel, caramel apple cupcakes, cupcake, Dessert, fall, from scratch, recipes, swiss meringue buttercream

Banana Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel

April 30, 2019

These easy banana muffins are made from scratch, they have a great banana flavor and they are ready from start to finish in under 30 minutes.

They can be modified for different dietary restrictions, if needed, and they are perfect for a grab and go breakfast for busy mornings! Whether you are feeding yourself or your toddler, these muffins are a hit with the whole family.

banana muffins in brown tulip paper liners on cooling rack

Banana Muffins

This post has been recently updated from its original publication date of 9/24/12

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Filed Under: Breakfast Tagged With: baking, banana, breakfast, cooking, easy recipe, Food, from scratch, fruit, how to, muffin, recipes, vegetarian, weekday baking

Sour Cream Cherry Scone Recipe

June 4, 2018

An easy, fresh cherry scone recipe that anyone can whip up with little effort and ingredients that are always on hand.  Stock up on cherries and freeze a few pounds for later, because cherry season will be here and gone before you know it and you’ll want these cherry scones again and again.
fresh Cherry Scones on white cake plate
Scones get a bad reputation sometimes as being either dry and crumbly or too dense.  I was on a mission to have neither, but instead a slightly sweet fresh cherry scone recipe that I would be happy to share with you.

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Filed Under: Breakfast Tagged With: baking, cherry, easy recipe, fresh cherries, from scratch, how to, recipe, scones, Summer

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