bourbon

Maple Bacon Cornbread Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Garnished with Bacon

Happy Birthday! No, not mine, but it’s the one year anniversary of the Recipe Swap, a group put together by Christianna Burwell. Started as a way to build community and create a challenge for all of us, we are assigned a recipe from an old cookbook that Christianna found at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. [...]

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Bourbon and Apple Cider Cocktail for #HappyHourFriday

I’ve been wanting to post a fall-centric cocktail with apple cider and bourbon since we officially entered the fall season but I’ve been hampered by the fact that until recently Colorado has been hanging on to summer temperatures. Finally I can feel a change. No need for air conditioning or ceiling fans and not cold [...]

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Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam

Maybe for others it’s been a week of planning, packing, flying and socializing. BlogHer Food in Atlanta, Eat, Write, Retreat in DC and Plate to Page in Germany. I miss meeting the bloggers that I’ve gotten to know professionally and ‘virtually’ but it’s helped immensely that I’ve had a great week with bacon and I [...]

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Maple Bourbon Bacon, Grits and Eggs – #Charcutepalooza meets #PennyPalooza

Maple Bourbon Bacon with some southern grits and a fried egg - #Charcutepalooza

Bacon! Bacon! Bacon! You know that commercial where the dog is going crazy for some artificial bacon strips? Well, I found myself saying those three words with the same level of excitement recently. Last weekend I planned to do two things. Make something with the Maple Bourbon Bacon that I had cured the week before as [...]

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Manhattan Bundt Cake – Bourbon, Pecans and Maraschino Cherries

Like many people, I’ve got some traditions for New Year’s Day. Nothing that would stand up to any historical perspective but just ‘our’ traditions. We have to have some Black Eyed Peas for luck, a tradition that started when our family lived in North Carolina for 10 years, and I have to make a Butter [...]

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Bacon, Bourbon, Pumpernickel and Rye Stuffing

This pumpernickel and rye stuffing (on the right) were recommended to me by a sommelier friend that tweets for a local liquor store . We’ve done a fair amount of recipe sharing and when she said this was amazing; I trusted her. My BFF was coming for Thanksgiving dinner with her family and she asked [...]

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Bourbon Pumpkin Pecan Pie

I’ve always liked pumpkin pie but have never really loved them. Maybe it’s too many store bought, cardboard crust, metal tin, cafeteria style boring pies that turned me off, so I’m always experimenting and looking for one that suits me because I really think there is potential. This pie…for me, seems to be the best [...]

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Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie with Toasted Pecan Crumble

Now this is truly comfort food isn’t it? I love caramel, in truth, even cheap caramel but give me something with homemade caramel and add the richness of Bourbon and I’m in trouble! Add to those ingredients a flaky crust and apples and it’s sort of a fall, fruit flavor combination I could not resist. [...]

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Barbecued Baby Back Ribs Throwdown

I’ve been using a grill for a long time; first helping my Dad as a kid (back in the days of cavemen and dinosaur meat) and for many years perfecting a lot of dishes outdoors. I’ve even cooked a turkey at Thanksgiving on my grill! But I had been slow to come to ribs; guessing [...]

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