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Apple Crisp (Sweetened with Maple Syrup)

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I have one question: is there anything better than the smell of apples, cinnamon, and a little maple syrup baking away in your kitchen? Maybe pumpkin pie baking. But the smell of sweet apples coated in cinnamon is by far one of the best smells out there. To me, it smells like my Grandma's house, which is probably why I LOVE baked apples anything. I don't ever remember my Grandma baking apple crisp when I was growing up because we were all too obsessed with her apple pie to want anything … [Read more...]

Banana Rhubarb Bread (Gluten Free)

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This post  and recipe has been updated for a better user experience. (The original recipe is also included below). There is a short window for good spring time baking. The perfect time for when spring produce is available, I'm looking at you rhubarb, berries, and peaches, but while the weather is still cool enough to want to turn on your oven for an entire hour. At least in my sauna kitchen. Except for spring of 2019 lol! With the exception of a few hot days peppered in we have had an … [Read more...]

Healthy Peanut Butter Raspberry Bars

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Remember that 3 ingredient raspberry chia jam we made on Monday?! It's time, my friends, to bake with it. We are going to make healthy peanut butter raspberry bars! You are going to love these! The peanut butter crust is soft, chewy, and a little bit crumbly. The raspberry jam is baked right on top creating a gooey layer of sweet tart raspberry goodness. Some of the crust is reserved for the top and it's soft, sweet, and peanut butter-y. If you like peanut butter and jelly anything you will … [Read more...]

The Best Gluten Free Carrot Cake

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It's Friday and your carrot cake recipe is here. As promised!! Now you can make good use of that cream cheese frosting we made on Monday. And with plenty of time to spare before Easter. You're welcome! You guys!!! I made a cake!!! One that has two layers!!!! I have been wanting to share a gluten free carrot cake recipe for years but chickened out. Guys, this is only the second cake I have shared on Robust Recipes. The first one was a caramel apple upside down cake. It was delicious, but … [Read more...]

Cream Cheese Frosting without Powdered Sugar

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If you don't know this already, Friday means CARROT CAKE!!! I mean, no, Friday does not actually translate to carrot cake lol. What I mean is that on Friday I am sharing a carrot cake recipe. Right here, on this very blog. Just in time for your Easter celebrations!! But first, before the carrot cake, I am here to talk about the frosting. Cream cheese frosting...without powdered sugar, to be exact. Yes, you read that right. A cream cheese frosting. Without. Powdered. Sugar. But, is … [Read more...]

Chocolate Whiskey Zucchini Cupcakes

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Happy St. Patrick's day week Friends!!! I just love that we have a Holiday to celebrate all things Irish. It gives me an excuse to talk about when I studied abroad in Ireland for a semester of college. And an excuse to drink whiskey and make something fun like these chocolate whiskey zucchini cupcakes!!! Which, I never actually had while I was living in Ireland. But my Irish cookbook has a recipe for a chocolate whiskey cake...inspiration had me turn that idea into cupcakes!! The result was a … [Read more...]

5 Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Snack Cookies

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Do you ever wish that you could make a banana bread cookie? You know, when those bananas have gotten all brown on you, but you really don't wanna go make a time consuming loaf of banana bread? Don't get me wrong banana bread is the absolute best! Buuuuut sometimes you don't want to take all that time to make it, right? Yet, you don't want those perfectly overly ripened brown bananas sitting on your  counter to go to waist again....or to add to the pile in your … [Read more...]

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies (Gluten Free)

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I am so distracted by that photo above. I so badly want to eat one of these cookies. The struggle is real friends, because I have two peanut butter blossom cookies waiting for me to devour at lunch. My last two cookies from this batch. I might cry once I'm done eating them. Yes, they're that good. If you ever doubted that peanut butter and chocolate belong together than these cookies will erase all of your doubts. Seriously, perfection in a cookie. Let's count the ways these … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Rosemary Drop Biscuits (Gluten Free)

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Ready for a buttery biscuit with rosemary and a hint of pumpkin? It's the perfect fall baking experience. Also, they would be a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving table. Because that's what we're all about right now. Thanksgiving food and sides and all the Thanksgiving love! These pumpkin rosemary drop biscuits are super easy to make - which is a must for Thanksgiving food! Let me show you! We use our all time favorite kitchen appliance, the food processor to cut the cubes of butter … [Read more...]

Banana Sweet Potato Bread (GF)

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  This was a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. I have updated it for a better experience. Enjoy! Another recipe update? YES! Although, I won't ever get to updating all of my old posts, I have been seeing a few that deserve a little face lift. No botox here...but the photos were not so great because I published it when I was still learning how to photograph food. AND the instructions in the recipe were a little too wordy. Practice and time really helps … [Read more...]