I’m a fan of gingerbread, be it cookies, muffins, gingerbread men, or gingerbread houses. But, my favorite is gingerbread cake because it is so moist and gooey. I like to believe the molasses adds some healthful iron benefits, but that’s likely wishful thinking.
Every year I experiment with at least one new holiday baking recipe and I didn’t get around to this one until December 24th. But for goodness sakes– I am so glad I did. These peanut butter bites are not your typical peanut butter cookies; they have half a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup hidden inside. The result is a creamy puffy ball of wonder. Forget visions of sugarplums!
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Red Velvet cupcakes seem to be popping up everywhere, so I just had to make a batch. And…I humbly confess, they’re darn good!
Below is the recipe I used, however, I think I should have made fewer cupcakes as mine did not rise to the top. Did I overbeat or was there not enough batter for 30 cupcakes??? Who knows. I also used less food coloring, just because the entire bottle seemed like overkill.
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