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Banana bread with chocolate chips on a board

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Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips Recipe

The dark side of my brain thinks it might be fun to run a blog series "5 Things to Bake with a Dead Banana." (Meaning an
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Banana Cake with crumb topping cut into squares

Food

Banana Crumb Cake Recipe

Here's a breakfast treat, a banana crumb cake that I've made for more than two decades. It's based on a recipe from "The
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Farmers Market sign in Douglasville

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Church Street Farmers Market 2023

Guest Post by Chan Weeks, Executive Director, Keep Douglasville Beautiful The days are getting longer, the weather is
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Chocolate cake slice on white place

Food

Chocolate Mint Layer Cake for Spring

In March 2011, I wrote a story about growing mint in my garden and baking a chocolate mint layer cake: Ah,
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Slice of lemon cheesecake lifted out of full cheesecake on cake stand

Food

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust Recipe

Welcome to my most popular original recipe ~ Meyer Lemon Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust. In February 2012, I dreamed
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Golden brown British flapjacks cookies with cocoa nibs on a baking sheet

Food

A Yank Takes on British Flapjacks

I revisit my ACHB work every so often. I published this on A Cook and Her Books on January 13, 2013: A Cook and Her
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Pumpkin apple bread | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Food

Pumpkin Apple Bread Recipe

Baking is part of fall's seduction. I say that I don't want summer to end, and that I don't like cold weather, period.
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Banana cake | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Food

Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake Recipe

This title includes everything but the kitchen sink, right? Buttermilk Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake. Every word is
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Slice of chess pie on a white plate with blue rim

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Buttermilk Chess Pie Recipe on Food 52

In late 2020, the good folks at Food52 asked me to update my headnote to the Buttermilk Chess pie recipe. I added an
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