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Holiday Baking

Some of my favorite holiday memories are of baking cookies, breads and other treats, and making candies.  Growing up we always had cut out sugar cookies and ginger cookies, as well as fudge, english toffee, chocolate steamed pudding, and Norwegian favorites, rosettes and fatiman.   As an adult I have added new favorites including King Arthur

June Dairy Month

June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin– It seems pretty silly that we have an official dairy monthin Wisconsin when every day is dairy special!  In June Wisconsinites celebrate Dairy Month all month long withCows on the Concourse, Breakfast On The Farm events, and the newly crowned Alice in Dairyland begins her year-long reign marketing Wisconsin Dairy products.  The

Ricotta Berry Cake

Bon Appetit recently posted a recipe for a Raspberry Ricotta Cake which looked and sounded so delicious that I had to try it myself. I found some gigantic fresh blackberries at the store and decided to use those for the cake. I’m not sure if it’s better for breakfast or dessert…either way it’s incredible! This

Irish Cream Cheesecake Little Bits™

Growing up my dad always called me Little Bit, so when I had a cheesecake business and wanted a unique name for the bite-sized cheesecakes we sold, I named them Little Bits™. They were hugely popular at weddings and other functions and enabled people to sample multiple flavors in one sitting. I recently came across