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  • Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe

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    Soft Sugar Cookie Soft Sugar Cookie One of my favorite cookies is a sugar cookie, and I like them soft and thick and smothered with buttercream frosting. For me, this is the perfect cookie. Ingredients 4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional) 1/2 cup butter…

  • Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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    Buttercream Frosting Buttercream Frosting Whether frosting cakes or cookies, this creamy frosting is a classic. This recipe makes enough to frost an 8″ two-layer cake or a batch of soft sugar cookies. Or if you have neither of those, I recommend graham crackers. Or cookies. Or spoons. You know, whatever you have on hand. I…

  • Almond Chocolate Coconut Candy Recipe

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    Almond Coconut Candy I was craving Almond Joy candy bars recently, but wanted something a little more decorative, so I decided to create my own little morsels of almond coconut goodness. Here’s what I came up with: Ingredients 1 cup shredded coconut 1 Tablespoon brown rice syrup (or corn syrup) 1 bag candy molding/melting chocolate…

  • Almond Spelt Sweet Biscuit Recipe

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    A favorite treat in my house is my own heart-shaped almond sweet biscuits. I’ve been told this is actually a scone, but having never had a proper scone, I just call it a sweet biscuit. Whatever you call it, these are easy to make and perfect for tea with a friend. Ingredients 2 1/2 c…

  • Diner-Style Spelt Pancake Recipe

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    Pancakes <I adore pancakes. Not just any pancakes, but perfect, fluffy, crisp on the edges and like cake in the middle. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get flat, rubbery things that aren’t good for anything, especially not eating. The trick to good pancakes is heat and fat. You definitely have to use more fat than you…

  • Spelt Peanut Butter Kisses Recipe

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    Peanut Butter Kisses Don’t let their fancy ways fool you, peanut butter kisses are one of the easiest cookies to make, and one I always include in my holiday cookie collection. The trick to the best looking cookies is to roll the balls of dough much smaller than you would think and underbaking slightly to…

  • Turkey Salad with Dried Cranberries Recipe

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    In the autumn when the grapes are at their peak and turkey is readily available, my family will often make this delicious turkey salad for lunch. Sometimes we eat it on bread and sometimes with crackers, and sometimes, as pictured here, on a bed of lettuce. There are no measurements and no rules, just a…

  • Quick Turkey & Rice Soup Recipe

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    With hectic lives and busy schedules, meals often suffer. When looking for a quick, healthy alternative to fast food, throw this easy turkey and rice soup together in less than 30 minutes. Makes 6-10 servings, depending on how much you like soup! 🙂 Ingredients 1 lb ground turkey 1/2 onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2…

  • Hazelnut Toffee Spelt Brownie Recipe

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    The flavors of chocolate and toffee are a natural combination which inspired these decadent brownies. I call them Chocolate Hazelnut Toffee Brownies, although you could call them anything you want. My husband calls them, “mmmmmmmmm…..” The important thing is that the preparation method creates a crispy English Toffee crust on the top of the brownie…

  • Easy English Toffee Recipe

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    Amazingly, English Toffee is not only one of the tastiest candies you can make, it’s also the easiest. It requires no special equipment, ingredients or techniques. I know what you’re thinking, but I had never made toffee until today. Instead I would occasionally splurge, paying upwards of $5.50 for a few ounces of toffee from…