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Wrapping Up Alex’s Birthday: Lemon Serviceberry Cupcakes With Lemon Cream Frosting

June 19, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Alex’s birthday celebrations ended up taking 3 days. 3 because her party had to be on a Sunday, we hosted playgroup on Monday and celebrated her birthday, and her actual birthday was on Tuesday. I did not go crazy with the food all 3 days, of course, but I did make cupcakes for playgroup, which… 

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Filed Under: berries, cakes, cupcakes, lemon baked goods

Strawberry Lemonade Bars

June 14, 2009 By Laura 14 Comments

Can you take another strawberry recipe? This might be the best so far. I think these Strawberry lemonade Bars are probably making the blog rounds–and they deserve to be. I first heard about them on Twitter, I forget who, and got linked to Playing House, who linked me in turn to Baking Bites, whose original… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cookies, lemon baked goods, strawberries

Strawberries Layered With Lemon Cream

June 11, 2009 By Laura 10 Comments

Does anyone else have a secret guilty history of dunking strawberries in Cool Whip in their youth? I do–I am that person who always wants a little extra sweet with my strawberries. In the meantime I grew up and grew out of Cool Whip–haven’t touched the stuff in years and pretty much find it revolting…. 

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Filed Under: lemon baked goods

Streusal Topped Lemon Shortbread Bars

May 8, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

Do you ever go looking for a new version of something, mostly out of a desire to try a new recipe rather than any dissatisfaction with the classic, only to discover that the final result is indeed so different from what you were expecting that you are disappointed? Which is silly because first of all,… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cookies, lemon baked goods, streusel

Praying For Rain: Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

April 30, 2009 By Laura 11 Comments

Wee-hoo they have finally seeded!!! Now we need to pray for rain, because we are not watering 1.5 acres! In related news, we are also praying for rain because we attempted our first transfer of a volunteer tree on our property. I’ve been thinking about trees a lot lately, given this huge blank slate I… 

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Filed Under: cookies, lemon baked goods, rhubarb, strawberries

Why Have I Never Tried Lemon Sugar Cookies For Painting Before?

April 3, 2009 By Laura 8 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that even though decorating cookies is my number one kid craft of choice, I don’t really like eating painted sugar cookies. The texture is usually too cardboard-y for me and the icing is always too sweet. Nonetheless, it is something we kids LOVED doing every single Christmas and today I paint cookies… 

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Filed Under: cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, kids cooking, lemon baked goods

Scones For Playgroup

February 10, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Butter Scones with Dried Fruit

Someone just made my day! Amanda, of My Finds Online, has listed me #2 of her Top 25 Recipe Blogs of 2009! Wow! I’ve gotten some cool awards, but I gotta admit this one is really exciting! Thanks, Amanda! As you all know, I hosted playgroup for the first time this week. And promptly freaked… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, dried fruit, lemon baked goods, quick breads, scones Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, butter, dried fruit, fruit, lemon, scones

When Life Hands You Lemons…: Lemon-Goat Cheese Cheesecake… Parfait?

January 18, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

This dessert was absolutely fabulous.  As a parfait.  As a cheesecake, well it was very runny.  And when life hands you a fabulous tasting but flawed cheesecake, you make parfait. Not really sure what happened, I am no cheesecake expert.  I have a theory as to why it cracked (see note in recipe re: not… 

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Filed Under: cheesecake, cream cheese, goat cheese, lemon baked goods

Guilt Appeasing Scones For Playgroup

October 20, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

I still haven’t hosted my playgroup. I hope that you aren’t appalled–I swear once the house is built I will host repeatedly. I just hate my living circumstances so much right now. But anyway, the solution of course is that I keep offering to bring food. Last week I used them as my guinea pigs… 

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Filed Under: lemon baked goods, pumpkin, quick breads, scones

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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