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The Bearfrau's Guide to Stabby Killers ( + Pumpkin-Spice Steel-Cut Oatmeal )
Well, not a guide to stabby killers. This isn't a death-row walking tour. It's more of a guide to surviving stabby killers - my valuable contribution to the Halloween season.This whole story starts...
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Bear Essentials: Apples ( + Rosemary and Browned Butter Applesauce )
I'll be the first to admit that this all got out of hand.I showed you a bunch of ice cream recipes in July, and then I was supposed to show you blackberry recipes in August and apple recipes in...
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Bear Essentials: Apples( + Apple-Maple Turkey Burgers with Maple Dijon Sauce )
Ohhhhtheseburgers, guys.I was recently reading a cookbook by a beloved chef/restauranteur, who put forth the opinion that a hamburger should be made with nothing more than beef, salt, and pepper. Once...
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Bear Essentials: Apples ( + Brown Butter Creamy Apple Pie )
You didn't think I'd leave you without a pie recipe in the middle of Apple Week, did you?I don't make a lot of pies, mostly because making pie crust seems like the biggest hassle in the world to me....
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Bear Essentials: Apples( + Apple-Cheddar Latkes )
In the year or so that I've been writing this blog, I've completely conquered my fear of frying.I've fried chicken. I've fried steak. I've fried doughnuts and cheese fritters and avocados. I've...
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Bear Essentials: Apples( + Cider-Brined Pork Chops with Creamed Leeks and...
I thought I'd make you a tower of food today. First we've got a pile of leeks [ which are one of nature's funner vegetables ], thinly sliced and sauteed in butter until they melt...
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Bear Essentials: Apples ( + Apple Crisp with Sweet Ginger and Macadamia Nuts )
Yes, we're back for a second week of apple recipes.Initially, I only meant to bring you five. I made a list of all the apple recipes I've been hoarding, and tried them all so I could offer you the...
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Bear Essentials: Apples( + Celery and Apple Salad Dijon )
As we learned yesterday, we are not legally obligated to bake every apple we see down to a delicious cinnamon-laced mush. Not that that wouldn't be fabulous.But sometimes it's nice to try something...
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Bear Essentials: Apples ( + Pork and Apple Pie with Cheddar-Sage Crust )
Remember how I told you that I'm completely unimpressed by crust?There's an exception to every rule. This crust is different. This crust sings with cheese, crackling and flaky and salted.And...
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Bear Essentials: Apples(+ Caramel-Apple Cake)
Are you ready for Real Truth time?I've been hanging on to this recipe (and pictures, as you can probably tell) for over a year.In October of last year, crisp Fall afternoon air coming through the...
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Bear Essentials: Apples ( + Mulled Cider )
Yesterday I showed you a showstopping cake, and today we're upping the ante. Here's a recipe that has the same stop-you-in-your-tracks effect, with basically zero effort whatsoever.Consider it an...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Cranberry Macadamia Bars )
These bars are big fat liars.You think they're going to be all "Hawaiian Christmas Luau Spectacular." Assuming that's even a thing. If it wasn't before, it is now. The internet is magical that...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles )
Just to throw a little holiday sacrilege into the mix this week:I'm not a fan of snickerdoodles.I know, I get it. They're white and puffy and soft and all full o' cinnamon. But there's so many...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Chocolate-Peppermint Meringue Kisses )
Are you ready to get back to business?The business of Christmas cookies, that is.Or Holiday cookies, or December cookies, or Because-It's-Tuesday cookies. Far be it from me to limit your cookie...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Raisin-Filled Ginger Crisps )
I have an irrational sense of ownership regarding these cookies.It's not because I created the recipe. [ I didn't ]. It's not because it's a long-held family tradition. [ It isn't ]. It's not even...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Almond Cherry Bars )
There really aren't any words to fully describe the level of my appreciation for the cherry-almond flavor combination. A thesaurusful of superlatives wouldn't do it justice. So believe me when I tell...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Pecan Sandies with Praline Filling )
No one's ever going to mistake me for a Southern girl. I like my cornbread sweet, and my alligators safely behind glass at the zoo.But man, I love their food.And while this recipe isn't a Southern...
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12 Days of Cookies( + No-Bake Coconut-Date Cracker Bars with Browned Butter...
Over the weekend I stumbled upon a singularly snarky message board that specialized in bashing food bloggers. With names of blogs. In great detail.I learned all sorts of things, like how we should...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Peppermint Brownies )
I don't usually post about giveaways or contests or events, but today we're going to change things up a bit. And we're going to talk about cookies. Because it's December, and that's a given.This year...
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12 Days of Cookies ( + Oatmeal-Cranberry Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks )
What is it that's so delightful about a cookie the size of your head?Give one to a child, and his eyes get as big as...well, as big as the cookie. He starts to hyperventilate a little. Arms and legs...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Chocolate-Dipped Espresso Shortbread Cookies )
On Thursday I gave you a cookie for the children in your life (big and small). Today's a cookie for the adults. It's the kind of cookie you could serve to Great Aunt Myrtle alongside tea. Unless...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Apricot Sandwich Cookies )
I may have miscalculated here. I've forgotten my seasons.These aren't exactly wintertime cookies. There's no red, no green. No glitter or sprinkles. No ginger or peppermint or rum.There isn't even...
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12 Days of Cookies( + Red-Hot Chocolate Slices )
Are you exhausted yet? Are you cranky? Are you staring at two visually identical gift cards and wondering which is the $25 you received from your third cousin yesterday, and which is the $100 you're...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Meltdown( + Gingerbread with Spiced Orange...
Let's talk for a minute about what the holidays are like for an introvert.Remember the bleak hellscape from the Terminator movies? The burned-out post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland carpeted with ash...
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Remember That Time I Made That Thing? ( Yearly Wrap-Up 2013 )
We're at the very tail end of the year, and because I'm completely susceptible to peer pressure, behold! A list of this year's most popular recipes, complete with gleaming photographs. It's been a...
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