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Halloween Bark

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I am 26. My sister is four years old. And yet, we are a lot a like. For example, we definitely share a sweet tooth. When I saw the idea for a bark on a friend’s blog, I knew I would make it for her and send it as a Halloween treat with all her favorite candies inside of it. This bark is hearty stuff and then  I decided to add gummy worms–something she loves but rarely gets to eat because for some reason she likes them in ice cream which means a lot of mess for her parents to pick up (hey, I’m the sister. I get to do the fun stuff. Ha.)

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Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

I missed Chicago autumns. I missed the brisk air that has me reaching for scarves and a warm coffee drink in my hand (perhaps even a Pumpkin Spice Latte). I missed the changing leaves, the sight of my own breath in the air. Now that I have moved back and fall begins in exactly one week, I am still longing for that brisk air, walking with my chin tucked in one of my many scarves. You know what else happens in the fall, as if that brisk air pushes a button inside me? I crave all things pumpkin and I want to cozily bake in my apartment.

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12 Gorgeous Cherry Recipes

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It’s cherry season!  All those gorgeous cherries in the store have been making me dream of cherry recipes.

Cherry cookies, cakes, pies, cobblers, popsicles, breads, and oh my!  There are so many options!

12 Gorgeous Cherry Recipes from MyCookingSpot.com

Have you ever noticed that people tend to eat cherry desserts around Valentines Day?  It’s a great idea, don’t get me wrong, but cherry season is in the summer, and we should be spreading the Valentine love throughout the year.

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Roasted Banana Cake

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This delicious banana cake gets extra flavor from roasted bananas in the cake and brown butter in the frosting.

Roasted Banana Cake with Cinnamon Brown Butter Frosting

Some things are just magical.  Like avocados.  They have some kind of magical effect on me, they make me feel fantastic and they taste fantastic.

Roasting foods is another magical thing.  Roasted vegetables?  Waaaay better than regular vegetables.  Roasted chicken?  Waaaay better than regular chicken.

Which is why I roasted the bananas for this cake.  Because roasted bananas are magically better than regular bananas.  You can trust me, because I don’t actually like bananas plain, but the roasted bananas are really quite delicious.

Roasted Banana Cake with Cinnamon Brown Butter Frosting

You know what else is magical?  Brown butter.  Lawd have mercy, that stuff is good.

Which is why I used brown butter and cinnamon to make the frosting for this cake.  Brown butter frosting is the magical best.

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