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Sweets: Breads & Muffins

non-vegan vegan pumpkin muffins

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Looking Back: Originally posted on Feb 22, 2011.

Weird title? Yes, well, I really wanted to try this recipe I found which happened to be vegan and I didn’t have “vegan chocolate chips” and other items, so this is just slightly adapted to what I had in my pantry!

It was very well-received by the husband and his football buddies over watching the Oregon game. I don’t say that to say, “look how good a baker I am…” but rather to remind myself of the details of the day I made these.  ;)
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For the true vegan version, where I found this recipe.

Here’s a  of what I did!

Sweets: Cookies & Bars

high-altitude ginger molasses cookies

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As I mentioned before, I tire of trying to adjust my own recipes to produce good results at high elevation, so I went on a hunt for a proven ginger cookie recipe. I’ll always save my mother’s for when I’m baking at sea level, but this I found is a phenomenal substitute.

How to describe how it tastes…?

In one word – CHRISTMAS. It tastes like Christmas, folks.

I didn’t adapt a single part of Mountain Mama’s . It’s that awesome.

Also, as she says and as I’ve tested out more than once, these freeze really well!

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Drinks

instant spiced tea mix

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Looking Back: Originally posted on Oct 31, 2012.

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I don’t know what possessed me to try to be creative, but I think it turned out all right!  I signed up to be a vendor at a local Christmas Bazaar here and created these jars:

It was fun to shop for the pieces with my mom and also to have a mom that owned a glue gun.  Heh.

The bazaar is going on this weekend (starting tomorrow!) so if you’d like to stop by and see all the other awesome items being sold, you can find the details on .  You might have to scroll down a little. :)

 gives an amazing flavor of Christmas.  Find it  if you’d like to create it yourself!