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olive oil apple crumble

A crumble is simple yet feels special. It’s the answer to the bag of apples sitting on your counter or the overzealous amount brought home from apple picking.

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simple banana bread (gf + df)

This banana bread has gotten us through many a quiet evening in the pandemic. But we all know that banana bread is beautiful anytime. It’s soul level nourishing, filled with whole ingredients, and the perfect slice of something I’m looking for.

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peanut butter swirl brownies (gf + df)

A tub of freshly ground peanut butter inspired this recipe. Mixed with some agave syrup and swirled through the rich, chocolatey batter, these brownies are the equivalent of Reese’s peanut butter cups.

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apple cake (gf + df)

I wanted a cake that felt special, seasonal, and had just the right amount of sweetness. This cake has apples two ways – diced into the batter and sliced atop for an #imsomartha moment.

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oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (GF + V) c/o beaming baker

I’m sure we all have our favourite dessert that goes with our coffee or chai. Mine is a toss up between the perfect chocolate chip cookie or a slice of cake – depends on the time of day,

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grilled peaches with roasted macadamia nuts and honey (gf + df)

guess this is my final ode to peaches. I wasn’t able to perfect my crisp recipe in time, but the desire to keep having these beauties for dessert led to learning how to grill them.

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cherry summer cake (gf + df) – one bowl

Everyone goes crazy for cherries in our house – I have to watch baby M around a bowl of them otherwise he’ll pop a whole cherry in his mouth, pit and all. He does the same with strawberries, eating the stem without a blink.

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banana walnut snacking cake

It was about this time last year that banana bread went viral. Did you make it? I fell in love with one by Aran Goyoaga and made the banana bread from her book Cannelle et Vanille once a week. It was decadent and delicious.

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salted Caramel Skillet Cookie c/o Kale Junkie

I’ve been dreaming of a chocolate chip skillet pie sort of situation (as one does?), and in my hunt to find one I came across Kale Junkie’s Salted Caramel Cookie Skillet. The “caramel” is a blend of almond butter

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vegan salted chocolate chunk cookies (gluten-free)

If dessert was a love language, mine would probably be chocolate chip cookies. My idea of heaven is a stash of cookie dough in the freezer, the smell of them baking,

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julia turshen’s afternoon cake, slightly adapted (gluten & dairy free)

This is probably the first (and so far only) simple cake I’ve mastered. It’s from Small Victories by Julia Turshen, which is a staple cookbook in our home. The kids call it afternoon tea cake

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seriously good walnut brownies (gluten & dairy free) + missing friends

I first made these over the summer when restrictions had started easing up. We visited a close friend who we hadn’t since BC (Before Covid). Our daughters were born weeks apart and have grown up together.