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    Apple Spice Scones

    Is it Fall, yet? Heard people say “you know Fall’s here when coffee shops start serving Pumpkin Lattes” hehe. So it’s here!   I don’t know about you guys, but Autumn to me reads apples, pears, pumpkins and cinnamon. And booties with sunglasses., skinny jeans, hoodies and red lipstick…. browns reds and yellows. Ha! Although Chicago still celebrates summer weather, I was inspired to bring back my September scones. Apple spice scones. Yum. You will love these. I do. Bf does. Been making these for two Autumns already. Here’s the recipe, before I think of anything else fall I want to add on here… ‘Njoy <3 Ingredients: 1c wheat flour…

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    Gingerbread Pound Cake

    …and still no new mixer… So I made this by hand. I used Paula Deen’s pound cake recipe, and added my fall twist on it. Her Ingredients are: 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan   1/2 cup vegetable shortening   3 cups sugar   5 eggs   3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan   1/2 teaspoon fine salt   1/2 teaspoon baking powder   1 cup milk   1 teaspoon vanilla extract I used margarine instead of butter. You will also need 4T cocoa powder and 1T gingerbread spice (i make mine from cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, nutmeg, ground cloves, in big batches, about 1/2…