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Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish, Snack, Uncategorized

Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Bread)

Happy New Year! I used to help my Yiayia (my grandmother) make this bread every winter break. She did not use measurements, instead she eye balled everything. Now that she’s gone, I decided it was time to figure out an actual recipe. This bread calls for you to hide a coin in the loaf. On […]

Bread, Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack, Uncategorized

Cheddar Cheese Scones

My Junior-level Girl Scout troop earned the mindfulness through kneading fun badge on Friday. The girls not only learned how to meditate, but they learned how to make scones and how kneading dough can be therapeutic. The below recipe is modified from the one offered by King Arthur Flour, which called for limited tools, which […]

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Bread, Dessert, Snack

Chocolate Ghost and Bat “Croissants”

What’s better than a hot chocolate croissant? Shaping it into a fun Halloween bat or ghost! Although not technically a croissant, this recipe uses Pillsbury crescent dough for the buttery taste of a croissant without all the work. Kids will celebrate the Halloween festivities with the cute shapes. Back when I was a kid, I […]

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Appetizer, Bread, Side Dish, Snack

Better than Red Lobster Garlic Herb Biscuits

My eight year-old was manipulated by Daisy Cottage Cheese commercials. I did warn her she wouldn’t like cottage cheese, but she insisted. I figured I could spend the $3 on cottage cheese because if she did like it, it is a healthy protein-based food. Alas. She did not like it. So I started looking for […]

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