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The Best Apple Pie Recipe

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Apple pie is the signature dessert of America and a favorite on the Thanksgiving table. Yes, on mine as well. 😉 How can you not include this classic treat? As you can imagine, there must be thousands of recipes out there. This one, in my opinion, is the best and the only recipe you’ll need….

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Sweet Swirl Apple Buns

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Ah, the sweet flavors of fall! These super soft, swirled buns with apple stuffing are wonderful comfort fall treat. The juicy grated apples make them incredibly moist, delicious, and irresistible! They look so beautiful and glossy after being brushed with the egg glaze and sprinkled with organic raw sugar. You just wanna eat them raw, like…

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Rugelach – Rogaliki

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Here is another delicious treat for you. We love Rugelach – Rogaliki very much, I’m sure you will as well. They are very soft, flaky, drenched in powdered sugar cookie sweetness. They have the look of a croissant but the texture is different and more fulfilling. You can fill Rogaliki with any jam preserve or…

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Cream Puffs – Éclairs

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I absolutely love éclairs. For several reasons. They are one of my favorite pastries to bake and assemble. There are many possible outcomes you may create. You can make them as puffs, round, filled with cream and sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar or shape them long, filled with cream and topped with icing or chocolate ganache….

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Mom’s Cream Horns

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The name for this dessert was given by Elona. After she made this batch to post on my blog I wanted to give them a simpler name, just “Cream Horns”. Elona says that they are written in her personal recipe book as “Mom’s Cream Horns” and insisted it’s the name to be. So that’s the…

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