Butter Tart Square

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So, for some reason, I have never had any interest in trying a butter tart. I know they are a classic seasonal treat during the Holidays; one that people seem to drool over. Something in the name just turned me off. Like, how much butter is in a butter tart any way!? While at a book club meeting a few months back, the hostess put out homemade butter tarts and everyone was devouring them like crazy. I was intrigued! People appeared to be losing their minds over the butter tarts! So, I finally tried one…and wow….how I been missing out!!!…

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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

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Thanksgiving with my family is not Thanksgiving until everyone has had one of these famous cupcakes. I’ve been required to bring these every Thanksgiving for the past 8 years. This year I tried to bring a different & new dessert to Thanksgiving dinner and I was almost disowned! I must admit…these cupcakes are delicious. I normally do not use cake mixes, but the yellow cake mix works well with this recipe; if anything to add a golden “pumpkiny” colour to the cupcakes themselves. The cake itself has a wonderful cinnamon & nutmeg flavour with a subtle hint of pumpkin. However,…

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Pumpkin Honey Walnut Bread

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I used to hate anything flavoured with pumpkin. Oh, how times have changed! There is nothing better than the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg and pumpkin. I’ve been busy making a lot of different things with pumpkin lately. I’ve made pumpkin cupcakes, pumpkin soup, pumpkin lasagna (don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!) and this pumpkin honey walnut bread. The bread was extremely moist and had a lot of flavour. It was fantastic warmed up with a little bit of butter. I also made a homemade vanilla pear butter spread to go on top that was really delicious.  Ingredients Canola oil…

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