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Delicious Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

The Best Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream  - delicious minty ice cream with melt in your mouth peppermint chocolate pieces! Perfect summer treat!

The Best Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

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Classic Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Buttery Espresso Shortbread cookies

Classic Chocolate Eclairs - A foolproof recipe for making perfect eclairs that are crisp and puffy and filled with chocolate or vanilla pastry cream. 

Perfect Classic Chocolate Eclairs (Foolproof Recipe)

Fluffiest Blueberry Pancakes - Delicious blueberry pancakes to start the day with juicy and sweet blueberries. Make them with a pancake mix or from scratch, but either way will be fluffy and amazing. 

The Fluffiest Blueberry Pancakes

How to make the best Homemade White Bread that is soft and delicious. An easy to follow recipe for perfect homemade bread with step by step instructions.

The Best Homemade Bread (White Bread Recipe)

Cocktail Meatballs - juicy, flavorful meatballs coated in a honey sriracha sweet and spicy sauce. Perfect appetizer for parties or as game day snacks. 

Delicious Cocktail Meatballs

Chocolate Molten lava cake recipe - these molten lava cakes are  ready in under 30 minutes with only a 15 minute prep time. Easy, delicious and impressive desserts that can be frozen ahead of time! With gluten free options.

Super Easy Chocolate Molten Cakes (With Video!)

All you need to know about making and serving the ULTIMATE Maine Lobster Rolls in one post. A flavorful Lobster salad roll made with buttery lobster and homemade lobster roll buns.

Maine Lobster Rolls

How to cook lobster perfectly - A comprehensive guide to help you prepare and cook a lip-smackingly delicious, and impressive lobster with no guess work. 

How to Cook Lobster Perfectly

New England Hot Dog Buns - A lobster roll is not complete without these lobster roll buns! Easy to make, soft, buttery and delicious. Perfect for lobster rolls or as hot dog buns. 

New England Hot Dog Buns

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Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (or Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies) - Soft and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies with white or dark chocolate chips, or both! Easy to make and customize. 

Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Funfetti cookies - also known as Hundreds and Thousands biscuits are soft, buttery and milky cookies topped with rainbow sprinkles and are an absolute crowd favorite!

Funfetti Cookies (Hundreds and Thousands Biscuits)

Thyme and Cheddar Cheese Cookies - These slice and bake savory cookies are easy to make and delicious! Perfect as appetizers or as snacks.

Thyme and Cheddar Cheese Cookies (Savory Cookies)

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows - Soft, springy, fluffy peppermint marshmallows that are addictively delicious. Fantastic for gift giving and for your hot chocolate. Make them with or without corn syrup. 

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows

BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies - Learn how to make perfect chocolate chip cookies with the most flavor! You can make them your own BEST chocolate chip cookies with all the tips I've shared. 

The BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies

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