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chocolate cranberry bars
These vibrant chocolate cranberry bars are an easy, sweet and tart treat that are just as suitable for Thanksgiving or a Christmas party as a night in with friends or family.
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the maple leaf
Elements of sweet, sour, bitter, and herbs, come together for a perfect fall cocktail with notes of caramel and spice.
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Welsh Currant Scones
These Welsh currant scones have been my family's tradition for St. Patrick's Day for years. They're so soft and tender they nearly melt in your mouth.
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Choco-Mallows
Have you ever had just what you need fall into your lap? Just before Christmas I needed to make a dessert to bring to a dessert potluck at work and, being short on time, I hadn’t figured out what that would be. I had a vague sense of what I wanted–something chocolately, but ideally with some red highlights […]
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Orange Gingerbread With Cream Cheese Frosting and Pomegranate Seeds
Gingerbread with a hint of orange turns decadent with cream cheese frosting studded with pomegranate seeds.
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Red Wine and Fig Cranberry Sauce
Studded with lovely dried figs plumped up with wine, this refined cranberry sauce is still very much about the cranberries.
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Three Cheese Avalanche Pesto Pizza With Chicken, Bacon, and Cashews
When my sister and brother-in-law first moved to Athens, OH a few years ago for my sister’s new job, they were less than thrilled about the dining options in town. But while the food options were somewhat limited and the number of non-chain restaurants were even more limited, they managed to find some really great gems […]
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Peanut Butter Brownie Bites
I’ve got a growing number of chocolate peanut butter treats appearing on this site and there is one primary reason for that: my husband. Now, I’m in no way saying that I don’t love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, but whenever I want to do something nice for Joseph, I tend to think […]
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Chocolate Almond Meringues
One of my very favorite Christmas cookies is a meringue – the Forgotten Meringue, a vanilla meringue with chocolate chips – and I was excited to try another recipe out this Christmas. I figured I really couldn’t go wrong with chocolate, almonds, and a Dorie Greenspan recipe.
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Dark Chocolate Almond Thumbprint Cookies With Fleur de Sel
By far the most popular recipe on the site is the one for chocolate turtle cookies (with very good reason – it’s one of my favorites too!) and I thought it was about time for another thumbprint cookie recipe. This one comes by way of Food52 and is such a great, easy cookie to add to […]
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Chocolaty Dulce de Leche Duos
I had never had dulce de leche before I spent a summer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia over 10 years ago. In fact, I’m not sure I had even heard of it before then. But one taste of the sweet, sticky, caramelly spread and I was instantly hooked. I was in Santa Cruz volunteering as a […]
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Apple Butternut Squash Gratin
I first made this apple butternut squash gratin for my sister’s baby shower last year and it was completely devoured. Not a crumb was left. I was a little sad because once I had had a taste of it, I was already dreaming about leftovers. I’ve been meaning to make it again every since, but […]
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
You may have noticed that things have been quieter than usual here on Pixelated Crumb this year. It’s not that I’m not cooking, baking, and eating, and it’s not that I haven’t been itching to share fabulous, seasonal recipes. It’s just been…well, it’s been an interesting year. I found out that I was pregnant in […]
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S’more Nut Bars
It’s hard to believe that summer has come and gone already. Just a week ago temperatures here in Boston were in the high 90s, and now it’s certifiably chilly. As much as I love fall baked goods, I couldn’t help but make one last dessert to bid farewell to summer. This is the ultimate ode […]
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Cuban Avocado, Pineapple, and Watercress Salad
April was an unusually rough month for me. Some personal things came up that were pretty hard to deal with, followed closely by the bombings at the Boston marathon, and then a shootout and a manhunt for the bombing suspect in my normally very quiet neighborhood. It was all a lot to take in and […]
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Blackberry Moscow Mule
Ginger beer, vodka, and a blackberry-lime puree make for a wonderfully refreshing and fun cocktail to welcome warmer weather.
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Lemon Blueberry Cake With Lemon Cream
Spring has finally come to Boston. With a snow storm just a week and a half ago, I can’t even begin to express my relief to have a weekend full of sun and warmth. Everyone is whispering cautionary reminders of the April 1st blizzard a few years ago, but I am holding on to hope […]
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Buffalo Chicken Meatball Subs With Blue Cheese Dressing
Last week I shared my favorite vegetarian game day food, the roasted vegetable enchiladas. It’s packed with smokey, roasted veggies and is utterly delicious. But if you’re looking for something a little on the guilty pleasure side, well, you’ve come to the right place. I was vegetarian for a while, so I don’t think I […]
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Roasted Vegetable Enchiladas
Is football getting in the way of your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier? Well lament no more, because these enchiladas are absolutely deeeelicious and they are loaded with healthy veggies. Joseph first made these enchiladas for me a year and half ago after one of my knee surgeries and afterwards I only vaguely remembered […]
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Best of Pixelated Crumb 2012
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. I for one have started out 2013 with a bang, becoming an auntie (again – I already have two amazing nieces on my husband’s side)! My sister gave birth to a beautiful 9 lb 4 oz baby named Lexi yesterday. It’s been a pretty great […]
