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Baking pan of rhubarb dream dessert half eaten with spatula.

Rhubarb Dream Dessert

Plate full of magic dessert bars with blue tile background

Magic Dessert Bars

Easiest Banoffee Pie Recipe

Easiest Banoffee Pie

I’m a sucker for other people’s favorite foods. When someone tells me how much they love something it piques my interest and I want to find out why. Banoffee pie is a perfect example. I was talking with a friend about easy desserts and she had nothing but praise for the simple, satisfying banoffee pie. […]

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Cutting board with cranberry orange parsnip cake with cream cheese frosting

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Easiest Banoffee Pie Recipe

Easiest Banoffee Pie

I’m a sucker for other people’s favorite foods. When someone tells me how much they love something it piques my interest and I want to find out why. Banoffee pie is a perfect example. I was talking with a friend about easy desserts and she had nothing but praise for the simple, satisfying banoffee pie. […]

Baking pan of rhubarb dream dessert half eaten with spatula.

Rhubarb Dream Dessert

There’s no way around it. This dessert is beige. It really has very little going for it from an aesthetic point of view. It doesn’t even take advantage of the natural flare of the main ingredient. Rather than leaning on the ruby intensity of the rhubarb, it cooks down to a sweet, custardy interior with […]

Plate full of magic dessert bars with blue tile background

Magic Dessert Bars

This is a version of some bars that were an absolute staple in my house growing up. My mom called them Hello Dolly bars, they are also known as 7 Layer Bars or Coconut Dream Bars. Believe me, a bar by any of these names would smell as sweet. They also go into the category […]

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