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Banana Pecan Bread

What do you do when you have a bunch of ripe bananas? You bake banana bread, of course. One of my favorite ways to prepare banana bread is straight and smooth with no nuts and no chunks. However, there are some days when I’m craving a little extra heartiness in banana bread. The beautiful thing…

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{Cinco de Mayo} Taco Pizza

   Have you noticed a shortage of avocados, limes and tortillas at your local grocery store over the past couple of days? Don’t panic…join in on the fun and break out your chips and salsa, tacos and margaritas…Cinco de Mayo has arrived! On this day back in 1862, the Mexican army claimed victory over French…

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Mixed Berry Parfaits

This post originally appeared on The Confident Mom’s Blog, where How To: Simplify regularly contributes monthly guest posts filled with tips, tricks and recipes to simplify life in the kitchen. I don’t know about you but spring really hit me this past weekend. The weather was gorgeous and the flowers were definitely showing their pretty…

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Classic Pound Cake + {Mother’s Day Giveaway}

Congratulations, Tatertot374! You are the winner of How To: Simplify’s Calphalon Bakeware Giveaway! I e-mailed you with instructions on how to claim your prize! Thank you to all who participated in the giveaway! I had so much fun learning about your favorite desserts that you like to bake. I hope you enjoy following How To: Simplify…

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Snickers Brownies

My favorite chocolate combination is when it’s paired with caramel. Throw in some peanuts and you’ll have my mouth watering. That’s why whenever I have a candy bar on my mind I always turn to Snickers bars to help satisfy my craving. Knowing that I had some leftover unsweetened cocoa powder in my baking pantry,…

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Strawberry Almond Oatmeal

I am a creature of habit when it comes to my morning routine. I wake up to my two dogs licking my face, staring down at me or rolling all over me…well before the alarm even thinks about making any sort of noise. Next up? Play time with the pups and breakfast while watching Good…

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Peanut Butter and Pecan Blondies

I recently decided that blondies are my absolute favorite treat. They are chewy, flavorful and have delicious undertones of molasses due to the brown sugar. Plus, they’re just like cookies but bigger and in brownie form. What’s not to love about them? My husband is a huge fan of brownies (he’s quite the chocoholic) but…

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