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Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Tracy Lingenfelser Tracy Lingenfelser

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This recipe came from my daughters years ago. They made it for one Thanksgiving and it was just so good and so much better than the gelled canned stuff.  My daughters are both grown now and are both good bakers and cooks. 

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French Breakfast Puffs (aka Cinnamon Muffins)
Tracy Lingenfelser Tracy Lingenfelser

French Breakfast Puffs (aka Cinnamon Muffins)

This is a muffin that is close to my heart.  When we were young, my dad would stay home while my Mom took all of us to church.  We would come home to the most amazing breakfast that he made.  These muffins were one of the things he made regularly. 

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Cookie Sheet Cake
Tracy Lingenfelser Tracy Lingenfelser

Cookie Sheet Cake

Cookie Sheet Cake, A/K/A Texas Sheet Cake, is what I call the 30 minute cake.  It is so easy to make, is delicious, and just a really amazing little cake.

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