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Watermelon Slice Cookies
We’ve made it to the third and final week of our Christmas Cookies in July series! I was hoping to get more varieties in, but 3 is a good start. For the third entry in the series, I decided to make watermelon smile cookies. After all, what is more summery than watermelon? When I…
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Welcome to I Wanna Bake! Let’s Get Baking.
Hi there! I’m so happy you’ve found your way to my kitchen. Welcome to I Wanna Bake, a space dedicated to simple, delicious, and joy-filled baking. Whether you’re a total beginner who has never cracked an egg or a home baker looking for your next go-to recipe, you’re in the right place.
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New and Improved Strawberry Pie
New and Improved Strawberry Pie You might recall that my husband and I created a chocolate strawberry pie many moons ago that we ended up serving at our wedding (among others). Sadly, Josh had to make some drastic dietary changes about a year or so ago, one of which involves strictly limiting the amount of chocolate he consumes. …
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Agent Carter’s Cherry Pie
Happy belated Independence Day! My procrastination worked out well enough this time, as I’ve got a dessert based on Captain America: The First Avenger, a.k.a. Marvel’s most star-spangled, patriotic superhero, to share with you today. I will confess that I’d been putting this one off because I just couldn’t get into any of the ideas I…
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Pumpkin Spice Rugelach
Pumpkin Spice Rugelach Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate! In case you’re jonesing for some cookies that are holiday-appropriate but still a little out of the ordinary, I’ve concocted this recipe for Pumpkin Spice Rugelach. I feel like fall came and went in an instant, and I’m still not ready to let go of pumpkin…
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Cranberry Wassail Thumbprint Cookies
Cranberry Wassail Thumbprint Cookies It’s Christmas cookie season!!!! If you’re looking for more cookie ideas, check out my cookie archive. I’ll also post a few new ideas throughout the month of December, so be sure to check back on Wednesdays to see what’s new. These cookies are the product of the endless deluge of Christmas music running through…
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Pecan Lace Sandwich Cookies
pecan-lace-sandwich-cookies Christmas really snuck up on my this year. Thanksgiving happened, and then BAM! Everyone was posting pictures on Facebook of their Christmas trees while I still had all my fall decorations up. I am now a little bit more prepared for the upcoming festivities, but the preparations have definitely kept me on my toes.…
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Cinnamon Tart
Posted on December 2 by Katie Gaffen Cinnamon pie is something I’ve been tinkering with ever since I saw this episode of Psych for the first time (as an aside, why aren’t cinnamon festivals more of a thing?!). As it turns out, cinnamon pie sounds easier to come up with than it is. In my mind, it should have a…
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Grapefruit Oatnut Muffin
Posted on 3 Hours Ago by Katie Gaffen Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s off to a great start to 2016 so far (and adjusting faster to writing 2016 in dates than I am)! I don’t know about you, but even I have just about hit my limit on sweets throughout the holiday season. Because of this sugar…
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Summer Peach Cookies
Sometime in the past two weeks, the idea popped into my head to do a “Christmas in July” feature, since I’m running out of holidays and special occasions now that we’ve mostly finished running the summer birthday gauntlet and all the summer holidays but Labor Day have passed. Since cookies are probably the most popular…