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Hello Folks! Recently, I was standing in my kitchen over a sizzling pan trying out a new recipe and I got to thinking, “Why am I doing this all by myself?” There I was, trying a new recipe and making myself …

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You guys, I made some thumbprint cookies this weekend, but they sucked so hard. I took the recipe from the Internet, and I had never made thumbprint cookies before so I just kind of trusted the recipe, even though the cookie dough …

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I love banana bread. I used to make it all the time back in the day (before GMS existed and I used my personal blog as a cooking blog, too.) Then I stopped eating bananas circa 2010 because they were …

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Somehow we got into a breakfast groove here. I am not complaining. I love a breakfast full of flavor (read: maple syrup) or that’s unexpected (read: sprinkles and sugar.) Sometimes you just have to Treat Yo Self in the morning. …

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When I was 13, we moved to Chelsea, Michigan. It was a small town by most measures of the imagination, the kind of place you might want to raise a family. Looking back, I didn’t know what I had because …

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Breakfast week continues and we have another delicious recipe for you to try out. We love savory breakfasts, but sometimes you just need a sweet treat in the morning to reward yourself or cheer yourself up – or just because! …

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We can’t stop sharing cookies with you. We’re sorry, but not that sorry, because it’s the Christmas season which means cookies. It’s the one time a year that making four kinds of cookies in one weekend isn’t considered crazy….right?! These …

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This year, GMS participated in our first Food Blogger Cookie Swap. This is the swap’s fourth year running, and it is a partnership for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, which means we’re raising money to support an amazing cause and we’re getting …

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So we’ve all been there before, right? Four people coming to your Thanksgiving, and each of them has a famous pecan pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie…what are you to do? You’re in charge of dessert, but you want to bring …

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Whoever invented sprinkles was really onto bottling happiness right up. We love sprinkles over here at GMS, and we’re always itching to put them on anything we can get our hands on…or IN anything. So a funfetti bundt for Mary’s …

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