Pumpkin Spice Pop Tarts with Maple Glaze

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Pop Tart Real Talk: These pop tarts are a revelation and a tick off my 4 Simple Goals list (flaky pastry, yeh!) These pop tarts are considered breakfast because there is a hint of maple in that sticky glaze on top of that crispy pastry. These pop tarts eat up all those pumpkin carving leftovers,… 

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Pumpkin Spice Autumnal Cake

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Confession number one: This isn’t a pumpkin cake. I know that shining title says pumpkin, but it’s really pureed butternut squash. Which is a type of pumpkin. So we will just deal with that one. Confession number two: I’ve had a tough time this week, the toughness mainly existing as a sort of internal monologue… 

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Skinny Raspberry Éclairs

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Recently I had my first encounter with a Twitter troll over a small, ring shaped snack that began a debate over the term ‘food’. According to said troll, doughnuts cannot be classified as food because they are sugary, fatty and all round bad for you. Oh dear. My doughnut troll had me fuming for a… 

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Simple Student-Friendly Plain Scones

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“It’s just a silly wee show, but it makes you feel great when you see something you’ve made win a prize for being quite good.” This seems to be the sentiment surrounding my local flower show in my family. The flower show is a big display of the best in baking, cut flowers, home grown… 

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