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These Root Beer Smash Burgers Will Make Your Weekend!
Let’s elevate our burger game with this mouthwatering smash burger recipe – with a lil’ soda pop twist! We’re taking this classic to new heights by introducing root beer barbecue sauce (you heard that...
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Candy Corn and Salted Peanut Rice Krispie Treats
Looking for the easiest homemade Halloween sweet that tastes like a candy bar with an ooey gooey stretch and satisfying crunch? Look no further than these Browned Butter Peanut and Candy Corn Halloween...
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Cliff Notes: The Origins of Sweet Potato Pie
Welcome to a new series here on Joy the Baker called Cliff Notes, authored by, my favorite baker and my favorite Cliff – MY DAD! Dad is the inspiration behind the classics here on the blog. You know...
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The Mega Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich
It’s nearly time to raid the post-Thanksgiving fridge, babes! While you’re pulling out containers of leftover turkey and stuffing, reach for Duke’s Mayo too, because honestly – is it even a sandwich...
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My Favorite Holiday Appetizer? The Incredibly Easy Sausage-Stuffed Dates
We’re casually elevating our holiday gatherings and dinner parties with these easy Sausage-Stuffed Dates – a delightful, stress-free appetizer. With a burst of sweet and savory flavors in every bite,...
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Here’s What You Should Bake This December
Friends! Hi hello – can you even believe we’re looking staring down the very end of 2023? I don’t even know. I think mentally I’m still somewhere in mid-June at best. BUT here we are – hopefully with...
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Mardi Gras Breakfast Burritos with Zatarain’s Andouille Smoked Sausage
For the last ten years I’ve spent Fat Tuesday (the culmination of over a month of Mardi Gras celebrations) in the streets on New Orleans with breakfast in my pocket. With all of its revelry, Fat...
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Easter Menu: Spring Asparagus Salad with white beans and almonds
Friends HI HELLO, listen… I’m peeking up from the throes of home buying like a little groundhog from her little burrow hole because EASTER is coming which mean SPRING is nearly here which means trees...
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Lemon Poppy Seed Kolache
As you know, I’ve entered my kolache era. Here’s a twist on a classic kolache recipe using an enriched dough with a lemon curd and poppy seed twist. They’re a perfect springtime Texas pastry. I have...
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Easter Menu: Crème Fraiche Quiche Lorraine
Someone recently asked me what my desert island cookbook would be. You know… the one cookbook so dear to you, you’d take it as your sole cookbook to be stranded on a dessert island. Logically I should...
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