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Enjoy a slice of moist and delicious banana strawberry cake! This crumb topped coffee cake with fruit filling is perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cakerecipes #dessertrecipes #coffeecake #bananacake #strawberries #bananas

Banana Strawberry Coffee Cake

My homemade peach pie is an old fashioned treat filled with fresh peaches, brown sugar, and bourbon for the best flavor! The juicy filling is topped with a lattice crust for a dessert which is both delicious and beautiful. Perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #pierecipes #dessertrecipes #thanksgiving #holidays #summerrecipes #peaches

Old Fashioned Peach Pie

My homemade apple raspberry pie is the best! It's packed full of sliced apples and fresh, sweet raspberries then covered with a buttery streusel crumb topping. Perfect for holidays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidayrecipes #dessertrecipes #applepie #raspberrypie #pie

Apple Raspberry Pie with Crumb Topping

Looking for an easy fruit dessert recipe? This spiced rhubarb crisp is a simple, old fashioned dessert full of the flavors of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and topped with an oatmeal pecan crumble! Best served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #rhubarb #dessertrecipes #spring #fruitcrisp #dessert #crisp

Spiced Rhubarb Crisp with Oatmeal Pecan Crumble

It's easy to make fresh and homemade blueberry sauce! A few minutes of cooking and you'll be spooning this fruit compote over pound cake, cheesecake, pancakes, ice cream, and more. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #blueberries #fruitsauce #berries #cheesecake #pancakes

Blueberry Sauce – Fresh and Homemade

Easy to make, this homemade rhubarb syrup has so many uses! Rhubarb simple syrup can be poured over pancakes, made into cocktails and drinks, served over ice cream, added to pound cake, and more. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #rhubarb #springrecipes #dessertrecipes #syrup #simplesyrup

Homemade Rhubarb Simple Syrup

These homemade chocolate slice and bake cookies are rolled into a log, chilled, and sliced into tender cookies perfect for all sorts of decorations. Easy to make! Great for the holidays! Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and more. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cookies #chocolatecookies #chocolate #holidayrecipes #easterrecipes #christmasrecipes #valentinesrecipes

Chocolate Slice and Bake Cookies

This holiday make Italian Easter cookies (taralli dolci)! These are a traditional cookie often flavored with citrus, anise, almond, or vanilla and are made from a simple, soft dough then glazed and topped with sprinkles. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #italiandesserts #italiancookies #easter #easterrecipes #cookies #christmas #christmasrecipes

Italian Easter Cookies (Taralli Dolci)

Raspberry Orange Streusel Bars - Raspberries pair with an orange cream filling and are topped by an oatmeal streusel in these flavorful and easy bar cookies. And, to make them extra fun and colorful, you can drizzle them with a raspberry glaze! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Orange Raspberry Streusel Bars

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Syrup - This strawberry vanilla syrup is full of intense strawberry flavor that you will love on pancakes, mixed into yogurt, poured on pound cake, made into cocktails, and so many other ways! And it all starts from frozen strawberries. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Syrup

Hello, I’m Annemarie

Welcome to my kitchen! I’m a Italian-American girl who loves fresh foods, local ingredients, and all sorts of comfort foods. Here you will find Mediterranean flavors and recipes from a New England perspective.

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Winter Recipes

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream - These pears are poached in a spiced white wine syrup and then filled with mascarpone whipped cream and finished with a drizzle of bittersweet chocolate sauce. A wonderful way to end a holiday meal! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Poached Pears with Mascarpone Cream

Fall, winter, spring, or summer, you'll love sipping a simple maple lime bourbon sour! This drink is the perfect balance of sweet and sour combined with smooth whiskey to make a refreshing cocktail. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #cocktailrecipes #drinkrecipes #drinks #bourbon #cockails

Maple Lime Bourbon Sour

Pumpkin baked oatmeal is a healthy and filling breakfast for those days when you can't have enough pumpkin pie in your life. Great for a crowd! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

Winter Romaine Salad with Yogurt Dressing - Cold weather doesn't mean the end of yummy salads! It just means that it's time to make robust salads featuring heartier ingredients. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Winter Romaine Salad with Yogurt Dressing

My Italian-style pressure cooker pot roast is braised in red wine until the meat just falls apart and the potatoes and carrots are tender. Easy instant pot comfort food dinner! | justalittlebitofbacon.com #italianrecipes #dinnerrecipes #comfortfood #pressurecooker #instantpot #potroast

Italian Pressure Cooker Pot Roast

My homemade apple raspberry pie is the best! It's packed full of sliced apples and fresh, sweet raspberries then covered with a buttery streusel crumb topping. Perfect for holidays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. | justalittlebitofbacon.com #christmasrecipes #thanksgivingrecipes #holidayrecipes #dessertrecipes #applepie #raspberrypie #pie

Apple Raspberry Pie with Crumb Topping

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Italian comfort food of tomato, braised sausage, and pork shoulder ragu simmering on the stove is the perfect way to spend a chilly day. This pork ragu is easily doubled and freezes well. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Italian Braised Pork Shoulder Ragu

Beer Braised Pulled Chicken Tacos - These tacos feature slow cooked chicken braised in beer and finished with adobo sauce all layered with spicy coleslaw and guacamole. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Beer Braised Pulled Chicken Tacos

Easy, delicious, and full of bubbles! This pomegranate prosecco cocktail has everything you need for a great holiday drink. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Pomegranate Prosecco Cocktail

This easy flourless chocolate cake is amazingly dense, rich and decadent. Every bite is packed with intense bittersweet chocolate flavor. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy Flourless Chocolate Cake

Throw out everything you know about making pie crust to make the best easy flaky pie crust you've ever made. Simple, all butter, no fail! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Easy Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Bars - These one bowl bars have all the comfort of an old-fashioned butterscotch bar and the added pleasure of gooey chocolate chips in every bite. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Bars

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