Posts in lisa maliga
Macarons and Murder [A Yolanda’s Yummery Cozy Mystery, Book 4] – Book Trailer

Yolanda's Yummery is abuzz with excitement as Yolanda prepares for Valentine's Day, but a shocking discovery threatens to derail her celebrations. With the help of Detective Churchill, she sets out to uncover the truth behind the murder mystery, all while juggling her yummery, a potential killer, and a web of deceit. A thrilling tale of love, betrayal, and hidden agendas. Will Yolanda unravel the mystery before it's too late?

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Valencia Orange Cupcakes Recipe

You’ll love these vanilla-based cupcakes infused with freshly squeezed orange juice. Read the recipe and watch the video and get ready to bake some wonderful cupcakes!

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How to Make Mint Ice Cream + Uranium Glass!

As I love anything peppermint, I thought I’d make some peppermint ice cream and here’s my recipe which makes just under 2 quarts. You can use peppermint or spearmint extract. But if you want only a pure mint oil flavor, check out peppermint essential oil. I only added ¼ teaspoon and that really made the ice cream extra cool and refreshing!

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Key Lime Pie Recipe

How to cool off on a hot summer day? Enjoy a nice, cold slice of Key Lime pie! This deliciously tart and sweet crumb crust pie is easy to bake. Don’t have key limes in your area? Not an issue. Use regular Persian limes. They taste just as good.

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Convenient Container Soap Recipe

This soap comes in its own container or soap dish! I bought this 10-pack of round plastic container and lids at a discount store for a dollar. Each of these little containers holds 2.3 ounces [68 ml.]. They also come in square and rectangular shapes.

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Almond Macarons Recipe & Video Tutorial

Almond is a classic flavor and the filling also contains almond flour. Using a high quality almond extract will make the flavor even richer. These lovely almond macarons will brighten any occasion!

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with Einkorn Wheat Flour ~ Recipe & Video
Orange Macarons Recipe & Video Tutorial

Orange curd, like lemon and lime curd, isn’t difficult to find in many grocery, health food or even discount stores. I was in TJ Maxx checking out the jams and jellies section, which is nicely stocked throughout the year, when I saw a jar of orange curd and thought it, might make a nice macaron filling. The taste wasn’t as tangy as I thought it would be so adding orange extract was necessary to get a brighter and tangier orange flavor. 

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Cinnamon Roll Macarons Recipe & Video
French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 20: Fruit Swirled French Macarons Recipe & Tutorial
French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 16: Chocolate & Raspberry Macarons

As a huge fan of chocolate, I decided to combine that with a dollop of homemade raspberry jam in the center of each macaron. All I had to do in advance was make the jam and the chocolate ganache.

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 9: Chocolate Mint Macarons

At first, all was great with the meringue. It had the standard stiff peaks and to get that lovely minty color, I added 7 drops of gel food coloring. And that was followed with one drop of pure peppermint essential oil. So it looked and smelled like chocolate mint chip ice cream.

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An Excerpt from "Liquid African Black Soap Recipes for Skin and Hair"

For the record, I'd like to state why an author of books on soap crafting and shampoo bars is actually writing about liquefying soap!

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French Macaron Baking Adventures, Part 7: Pistachios & Vanilla

I colored the batch green because of the pistachio flour. It also contained that marvelous vanilla bean paste which gives it more flavor and added interest to the shells. These shells came out flat but with feet.

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