Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Chips

With graduation parties and barbecue’s in full swing, I thought it was the perfect time to share this Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Sugar Chips. Is it an appetizer? A snack? Dessert? All of the above. We even ate it with a spoon for breakfast one morning. Of course, it’s always better with chips but that’s

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Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

As you can probably tell by the red and green, I was planning to share this cookie recipe with you before Christmas. Well, life got crazy and that didn’t happen but these are so good that I just had to share them anyway. They are one of my favorite cookies that I have made in

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Snickerdoodle Ice Cream

Remember the snickerdoodle cookies I shared with you on Monday? I told you I would be sharing something amazing that they would be a part of and this is it! I’m sure the anticipation was killing you and I hope it was worth the wait! One a recent trip to our favorite ice cream shop

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Snickerdoodles

We made it back from our Lake of the Ozarks vacation and although we had fun, I am glad to be home. A week was definitely enough nature for this girl! I came home with 35 bug bites, a killer sun burn and a cold that has lingered all week. I’m more of a beach

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Gingerbread Granola {Christmas Tray 2012}

As you can tell, I kind of have a thing for granola (and I have passed it on to Noah). We got addicted to all of Trader Joe’s granola but since we never had a TJ’s in town (until now) I always liked to make it homemade to snack on. We like it plain, vanilla flavored and especially

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Loaded Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins

I know these Loaded Triple Chocolate Muffins have quite the name and I really should have simplified with the title “best muffins ever.” They really are that good. They were still light and moist, unlike many muffins I have made with whole wheat flour. And they are actually an updated version of the muffins I shared here (before

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Burnt Sugar Almonds

Have you ever had those expensive sugary, cinnamony almonds from the mall or at sporting events? You know the ones I’m talking about, the ones you can smell from a mile away that instantaneously make your mouth start to water. Oh yeah, these are those! They are amazing and super easy to prepare. I’ve had this

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Cinnamon Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

I have never been a fan of plain vanilla ice cream. It lacks that something special that I need in ice cream. But if said vanilla ice cream is speckled with beautiful little vanilla beans then I’m totally down. After making these yummy Apple Hand Pies, I knew a fresh vanilla bean ice cream would

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