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Brown Butter Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies

May 20, 2013
Brown Butter Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies

New recipe on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) I’ve got some really fun new cookies to share!! :) Click on the title below to get the recipe: Brown Butter Salted Caramel Mocha Cookies Enjoy!! :)

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Shrimp and Avocado Pasta

May 2, 2013
Shrimp & Avocado Pasta

New recipe on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) Creamy avocado and Parmesan is tossed with fresh pasta and loads of buttery, garlicky shrimp. It’s pasta perfection! Click to get the recipe: Shrimp & Avocado Pasta Enjoy!! :)

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Cheese Ravioli with Five-Ingredient Homemade Brown Butter Tomato Sauce

April 18, 2013
Cheese Ravioli with Five-Ingredient Homemade Brown Butter Tomato Sauce

New recipe on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) Seriously one of the most delicious, freshest, easiest pastas I’ve ever made. Homemade brown butter tomato sauce? Five ingredients? Need I say more?? :) Click to get the recipe: Cheese Ravioli with Five-Ingredient Homemade Brown Butter Tomato Sauce Enjoy!! :)

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Cheesy Sausage Tortellini

March 18, 2013
Cheesy Sausage Tortellini

New quick and easy weeknight dinner recipe on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) This Cheesy Sausage Tortellini is saucy, cheesy deliciousness. Make it for dinner tonight! Click to get the recipe: Cheesy Sausage Tortellini Enjoy!! :)

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Cinnamon Sugar Soft Pretzels with Salted Caramel Dipping Sauce

March 8, 2013
Cinnamon Sugar Soft Pretzels with Salted Caramel Dipping Sauce

New recipe on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) You need these pretzels in your life. Make them this weekend! :) Click to get the recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Soft Pretzels with Salted Caramel Dipping Sauce Enjoy!! :)

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Smokey Sausage Cups

January 29, 2013
Smokey Sausage Cups Appetizer. Like Crockpot Little Smokies + Pigs in a Blanket all wrapped up in one PERFECT bite! kevinandamanda.com

New appetizer on Kevin & Amanda Recipes today! :) If you are a fan of Crockpot Little Smokies AND Pigs in a Blanket, you will LOVE these Smokey Sausage Cups! Click to get the recipe: Smokey Sausage Cups Hope you enjoy!! :)

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Rainbow Cupcakes

February 17, 2012
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It’s the final day of Cupcake Week! And I saved this fun, colorful, rainbow cupcake for last. It’s got five layers of colorful cake batter to create this gorgeous, rainbow swirled cupcake. Then it’s topped with pillowy soft buttercream frosting and fun rainbow sprinkles. How cute would these cupcakes be for a birthday party?? Here ...

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S’mores Cupcakes

February 16, 2012
Smores Cupcakes

My goodness, am I in love with this cupcake. This chewy, gooey, chocolaty, sweet toasty cupcake. From the buttery graham cracker crust, to the soft, fudgy middle, to the gooey toasted marshmallow on top — it’s everything you love about a S’mores — in a cupcake! Oh and guess what? It’s also stuffed with a ...

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Caramel Toffee Latte Cupcakes

February 15, 2012
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You guys. This cupcake is an absolute triumph. I’m just going to go ahead and tell you. This frosting rocks my face off. This cupcake was the hands down winner at our cupcake taste-testing party last week. We’d sampled three other cupcakes at this point, and fullness was starting to set in, but this was ...

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Chocolate Swirled Peanut Butter Blast Cupcakes

February 14, 2012
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Welcome to day two of Cupcake Week! In honor of Valentine’s Day, I have just one thing to say. Chocolate + Peanut Butter = True Love. Forever. Amen. This chocolate and peanut butter fudge swirled cupcake is topped with two of my absolute favorite frostings ever: Peanut Butter Buttercream and Sweet Milk Chocolate Ganache. I ...

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Mini Peanut Butter Oreo Chocolate Fudge Swirl Cupcakes

February 13, 2012
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Hi guys! Welcome to Cupcake Week! I’ll be posting a brand new cupcake recipe every day for the next five days. I’ll be sharing the cupcake recipes we taste-tested at the Cupcake taste-testing party last week. I can’t wait to share these fun cupcakes with you guys! I’m kicking off cupcake week with this ultra ...

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Mini Funfetti Cupcakes with Sprinkles

February 10, 2012
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Ahh, who can resist a cute mini cupcake with colorful confetti sprinkles?? A simple vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting is my absolute favorite kind of cupcake. I knew I had to make this fabulous little cupcake for our Cupcake Taste Testing Party, and it’s the perfect recipe to kick off Cupcake Week! I used ...

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Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies

February 6, 2012
Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies

I am so in love with these darn chocolate lava cookies! What is it about a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie stuffed with decadent, rich, melted chocolate that makes it so irresistible?? Especially when topped with vanilla ice cream. These are one of Kev’s favorite homemade treats, and he usually asks me to make them ...

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Sparkly Vanilla Bean Macarons with Three Christmas Inspired Frostings

December 19, 2011
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Oh my gosh, I am absolutely  in love with our latest edition of Christmas macarons! Stephanie and I are at it again, and we had seriously way too much fun making these sparkly holiday macarons. We got glitter everywhere! Yes, these decadent vanilla bean macarons are topped with gorgeous edible glitter for a completely magical, ...

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Make Vanilla Sugar with Leftover Vanilla Beans

November 23, 2011
Make Vanilla Sugar with Leftover Vanilla Beans

If you’ve got leftover vanilla beans — say, from making macarons — don’t throw the empty pods away. Did you know you can throw empty, scraped vanilla bean shells into a container with sugar to make vanilla sugar? You’d be surprised at how much flavor and fragrance those would-be disposable beans still have left to ...

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Caramel Apple Macarons with Cinnamon Apple Butter Buttercream

November 21, 2011
Thanksgiving Themed Holiday Macarons: Caramel Apple Macarons, Chocolate Acorns, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Candy Corn Turkeys

Happy Thanksgiving week! I’m so glad the holidays are here. My dear friend and neighbor Stephanie (who has a fun crafting & homemaking blog called All Artful) and I have been bitten by the macaron bug. You guys know how much I love macarons, and I love them even more now that I know how ...

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Frosted Candy Bar Stuffed Cookie Cups

November 14, 2011
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Oh boy, first of all, let me apologize in advance for these cupcakes! They are just downright ridiculous. I don’t know about you, but I still had some leftover Halloween candy in my house this weekend, and I knew I had to find something delicious to do with it. I couldn’t decide whether I wanted ...

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Trick or Treat! Halloween Cookie Dough Pops

October 31, 2011
Halloween Cookie Dough Pops Tutorial

Happy Halloween! Here are some fun treats to help celebrate today. I made these sprinkled Halloween pops over the weekend, and they turned out so cute, I just couldn’t not share them today! We all know that cookie dough is the best part of making cookies… And what could be more fun than cookie dough ...

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Halloween French Macarons

October 27, 2011
Halloween French Macarons | Failproof Step by Step Photo Recipe & Tutorial

Oh my goodness, am I excited to share these Halloween macarons with you today! My sweet friend and neighbor Stephanie from the fabulous blog All Artful came over on Monday and we had so much fun goofing off in the kitchen, cranking up the music, and dreaming up these Halloween-themed macarons. I remember the first ...

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Mini Chocolate Chip Maple Pancake Cupcakes

October 21, 2011
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Today I’m sharing these fun mini, mapley, and chocolaty cupcakes over on my sweet blogging buddies Maria and Josh’s site, Two Peas and their Pod. As you may remember from their virtual baby shower post this summer, Maria and Josh just welcomed a new pea into their pod. His name is Caleb and he makes ...

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