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A white Russian cocktail sits on a wooden cutting board in front of some jars of homemade kahlua, vanilla sugar, and a bottle each of rum and vodka.
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Homemade Kahlua and Vanilla Sugar

A white Russian is one of my favorite non-whiskey cocktails, and for good reason: they’re delicious. However, I make mine with homemade Kahlua made with vanilla sugar, which sounds bougie for an ingredient within an ingredient. I swear it’s actually an important pantry staple once you make it for the first time and begin incorporating […]

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Banana split with two scoops of homemade strawberry mint basil ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, a bing cherry, and mint leaves.
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Homemade Ice Cream (Strawberry Mint Basil)

Welcome back to my blog! I’m super stoked for today’s recipe, HOMEMADE ICE CREAM! In the video above, I demonstrate how to make one of my favorite recipes for ice cream, strawberry mint basil. It’s delicious. But in the recipe below, I describe the “theory” of making ice cream, complete with flavoring the base, churned […]

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Traditional Cheesecake with Ginger Snap Crust

Welcome back to my kitchen! I have lots of extra time to produce content around my sudden joblessness, so I thought I should make a grand celebration of my return to content creation with my recipe for cheesecake. Also, if you like the content that I produce and want to help me pay my bills […]

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baking

Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

So I’ve posted my chocolate chip cookie recipe before. But that was also before I started baking as a cottage food vendor at the local markets, and before I started baking by weight. I decided rather than update my previous post again, I’d draft a whole new post from scratch, just like when I bake […]

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frybruary

Frybruary Finale: Gluten-Free Funnel Cake

Welcome back to Frybruary! Today I’m covering a recipe for county fair fare…funnel cake! The fair was just in town a few weeks ago, and oh how I’ve missed this delicious treat. So this week I made my own. Before making my recipe, I mentioned it to a friend of mine. This friend happens to […]

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Thanksgiving 2017 Masterpost
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Thanksgiving 2017 Masterpost

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, Thanksgiving! Okay, so I’m probably one of the few people who actually enjoys preparing the Thanksgiving meal. I think it’s the best week ever when I can kick everyone out of the kitchen and just be in my element. It’s almost therapeutic. Over the years, […]

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vegan chocolate cake
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Vegan Chocolate Cake, Gluten-free as Always

Yes! I finally found the time to update the blog! Today we’re getting into my vegan chocolate cake recipe, which is a dark chocolate cake with tofu and olive oil. If you’re a soy-free vegan, substitute 2 eggs’ worth of your favorite egg substitute for the tofu. Now before something comes up that requires my […]

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Book 2: 12 Days of Christmas Holiday Recipe Special
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Book 2 Announcement: Available Now!

It’s officially time to make an announcement about Book 2! Drumroll, please… BOOK 2 IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD! Get it now in the store or on Amazon Kindle (links below). Along with Book 2, I’ve made a combo file of Books 1 and 2, also available in the store or on Amazon Kindle, at […]

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Peanut Butter Cookies
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Care Package Peanut Butter Cookies for Jed

Time to bake cookies to send to Maine! Not that you have to send cookies to Maine, but I need to send some to my best friend and his fiancée after he was in an accident this past week. The good news is, he’s expected to make an incredible recovery… The bad news is, it’s […]

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Coca-Cola chocolate cake
baking

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake Recipe

Originally published 12/9/2014. Reposted and updated 8/16/2016. One of my most popular videos on YouTube is my original video for my Coca-Cola chocolate cake recipe. However, that was also one of my first videos ever, and it’s pretty awful. So I made a new video, and decided to update my post a little to go […]

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