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Salted Caramel and White Chocolate Puppy Chow

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There are so many names for this stuff: puppy chow, muddy buddies, reindeer food… The list goes on and on.  I like to call it crack because it’s so dang addicting. I had never heard of puppy chow until I lived with Heather in college (her blog here).  She is the puppy chow queen!

Most puppy chow is made with peanut butter and chocolate, but I wanted to spice things up for the upcoming fall season.  Other than pumpkin, my most beloved flavor in the fall is caramel. (I’m basic.) I need to combine the two for a recipe ASAP.

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Coffee Cake Muffins

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Since Labor Day is officially over, I can now start bringing some fall flavors to this blog!  (Watch out, pumpkin might be incorporated to every recipe I make…) To transition from summer into fall, today I am sharing with you coffee cake muffins!

Coffee cake muffins are the perfect breakfast with a cup of coffee.  They go great with cold brew coffee on those hotter days or warm coffee for when it’s colder in the mornings.  Joe has been dying for me to make coffee cake muffins ever since he tried Dunkin’ Donuts’ version, so this was kind of a no brainer to make.  Joe even helped make these! #joeBakes?

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecake

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Since I bake desserts pretty much every other day, many of the leftovers go to my coworkers.  The other day one of my fellow nurses requested that I make a peanut butter cheesecake.  I did some research, and stumbled across this recipe .

It looked so good on the screen I just wanted to eat a piece right then.  However, I felt like the cheesecake needed a little something more so I added peanut butter frosting and little mini Reese’s cups.  I absolutely love these little mini cups because they are so stinkin’ cute.  Plus, you can eat like 10 of them and not feel as guilty.

This cheesecake is easy to make but requires time to chill.  Trust me, it is worth it in the end!

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Peach Pie

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Happy National Eat a Peach Day!  What better way to eat a peach than in a peach pie?! Plus it’s a healthy way to get your fruits for the day…. am I right?

Peach pie is the epitome of summer desserts. This is a classic, no frills peach pie with just peaches, sugar, flour, and a whole lotta butter.

I used to be terrified of making pies because I thought pie crust was way too difficult to make and I thought I needed some fancy tools to make it look nice.  Boy, was I wrong!  This pie crust is SO EASY  and you can use your hands to make it.

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Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

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Blueberries, lemons, cream cheese, and cookies! What more could you want in a summer dessert?

I recently got a Costco membership and have been going there to get my groceries (and apartment stuff, and maybe some clothes…) Anyways, the other day I went on an empty stomach so naturally I not only ate all of the samples, I bought a ridiculous amount of groceries. One of those items were blueberries. Of course, since I got it at Costco, I had enough blueberries for a family of 10. I not only bought a giant container of blueberries, I also bought a giant tub of cream cheese. So it only made sense to make blueberry cheesecake bars, am I right? And what goes better with blueberries than lemon? Nothing.

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