Daily Indulgence: January 2011

Satisfy your cravings with this daily recipe collection of guilty pleasure recipes including salty snacks, decadent desserts, and festive cocktails.

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Smothered-Covered Hash Browns

After ringing in the New Year, cozy up and enjoy this diner favorite on the couch. We give you permission to start your diet tomorrow.

Smothered-Covered Hash Browns Recipe

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Cranberry-Hazelnut Coffeecake

Once you cut a decadent slice of this delicious coffeecake, we guarantee you won't be able to leave even a crumb on your plate. Consider yourself warned.

Cranberry-Hazelnut Coffeecake Recipe

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Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes

Chocolate Shortcakes with Bananas and Caramel

Becky Luigart-Stayner

If chocolate cake filled with bananas and whipped topping isn't enough, we've gone and smothered it all in gooey caramel ... you're welcome!

Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes Recipe

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Warm Apple-Buttermilk Custard Pie

Photography: Becky-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

Go ahead and lock your doors. Once the neighbors get a whiff of this creamy apple pie, they'll do whatever they have to for a slice!

Warm Apple-Buttermilk Custard Pie Recipe

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Chocolate Bar Fondue

Photo: Michele Michael

Make tonight's indulgence a breeze. Melt chocolate, slice fruit, and enjoy.

Chocolate Bar Fondue Recipe

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Red Velvet Cupcakes

Photo: Oxmoor House

While cakes are beautiful to look at, sometimes a single-serving of rich cream cheese icing and moist red velvet cake is all your heart desires. Run your fingers through the icing and enjoy.

Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

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Chocolate Cream Martini

Oxmoor House

Happy hour just got a little happier when this dreamy martini showed up. It's so decadent, even the glass is lined with chocolate.

Chocolate Cream Martini Recipe

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Crab Eggs Benedict

Dan Goldberg

Layered with delicate Dungeness crab, this Eggs Benedict is so luscious and filling, you could serve it for dinner. But why wait till then?

Crab Eggs Benedict Recipe

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Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Melanie Clarke

Top mini cheesecake bites with an array of oh-so-good sauces including cherries jubilee, dark chocolate, and hot caramel. It's the perfect dessert for sharing, if you can stand to part with even one.

Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars Recipe

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Nachos Magnifico

Oxmoor House

These nachos know no boundaries. Three cheeses, beef, chilies…you name it, it's on there!

Nachos Magnifico Recipe

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Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake

You'll have second thoughts on sharing this decadent chocolate cake. Lock everyone out of the kitchen and enjoy a slice all by yourself.

Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe

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Nutter Butter®-Banana Pudding Trifle

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Lisa Powell Bailey

Remember the peanut butter-banana sandwich you loved as a kid? Bring back that fond flavor combo in this creamy, dreamy trifle.

Nutter Butter®-Banana Pudding Trifle Recipe

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Caramel-Pecan Tart

Jennifer Davick; Buffy Hargett

With all the flavor of a traditional pecan pie, our tart features a candylike filling encased in a shortbread crust. This slice is for you!

Caramel-Pecan Tart Recipe

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Bacon-wrapped Shrimp with Basil-Garlic Stuffing

Howard L. Puckett

We think everything is better with bacon. And these 5-star, herb- and cheese-filled shrimp are no exception!

Bacon-wrapped Shrimp with Basil-Garlic Stuffing Recipe

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Victor Protasio

Chocolate and peanut butter go together like Ozzie and Harriet. Pay tribute to this all-American dessert duo by slicing into our luscious cake.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe

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Caramel-Pecan Monkey Bread

Caramel sundae sauce, pecans, sugar. No, we’re not making dessert, we’re serving up breakfast! This monkey bread feeds a crowd, but don’t feel obligated to share.

Caramel-Pecan Monkey Bread Recipe

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Whipped Topping Dollops On Spoons

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Leigh Anne Montgomery

Stir into hot chocolate, add to your ice cream; you’ll find several ways to enjoy these delightful dollops. Truth be told, they may be best licked right off the spoon!

Whipped Topping Dollops On Spoons Recipe

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Fried Cheese Sticks

Photo: Oxmoor House

Why go out to eat when you can have these gooey, cheesy, fried pieces of fabulousness right at home? Yep, we thought you’d being staying in.

Fried Cheese Sticks Recipe

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Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro

If you can resist this decadent 5-star cake topped with drizzles of chocolate and caramel, then slide your piece right on over to us. We'll be happy to take it off your hands.

Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake Recipe

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Mrs. Floyd's Divinity

You’ll think your dreaming when these fluffy confections melt in your mouth. So wake up and grab one before they’re all gone!

Mrs. Floyd's Divinity Recipe

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Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits

What? It's not your birthday? That's ok, go ahead and enjoy this over-the-top dessert. We'll even let you blow out a candle, just for kicks.

Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits Recipe

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Toffee Blond Brownies

Becky Luigart-Stayner

Do blonds really have more fun? In the brownie world, these buttery bars topped with crunchy toffee bits definitely do!

Toffee Blond Brownies Recipe

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Lemon Meringue Pie

Oxmoor House

Today is National Pie Day. In observance of the holiday, it’s your duty to serve this zesty dessert to friends and family. That’s what pie-abiding citizens do.

Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

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Fudge Butter Cake

Caitlin Bensel

Fluffy, moist cake, rich chocolate icing, and a simplicity that makes our mouths water. Grab a fork and dig in.

Fudge Butter Cake Recipe

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Orange Marmalade-Ricotta Cupcakes with Marmalade Buttercream Frosting

Photo: James Baigrie

This dessert recipe is hiding some pretty special ingredients (think ricotta cheese and orange juice) in its mix. Shh, don’t give away the secret to super-moist cupcakes!

Orange Marmalade-Ricotta Cupcakes with Marmalade Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Cookies

Sweet and Salty Peanut Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr

Meet the overachiever of the cookie class. Sweet, salty, crunchy, chewy, and light? We didn’t think it was possible till we found this showoff.

Sweet and Salty Chocolate Cookies Recipe

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Warm Fudge-Filled Cheesecake

Photo: Tina Cornett; Styling: Trinda Gage

You may feel guilty just looking at a slice of this over-the-top cheesecake. But if loving something this rich and indulgent is wrong, we don’t want to be right.

Warm Fudge-Filled Cheesecake Recipe

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Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Add a little of Friday’s libations to the batter for these golden rings. Slather them in ketchup, and toast to the end of the week. You deserve it!

Beer-Battered Onion Rings Recipe

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Baked Smokin' Macaroni and Cheese

Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontzas; Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine

This mac and cheese is smokin’...literally! Smoked ham and smoked Gouda come in for a one-two punch of flavor that will be hard to beat.

Baked Smokin' Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

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Sugared Chocolate Beignets

Photo: Annabelle Breakey; Styling: Karen Shinto

Chocolate and cream and everything in your dreams, that’s what these beignets are made of!

Sugared Chocolate Beignets Recipe

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Pound Cake French Toast

Sure, it’s daring to batter pound cake and serve for breakfast. But topping it with homemade cream and raspberry sauce? Now that’s indulgent!

Pound Cake French Toast Recipe

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Daily Indulgence

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Smothered-Covered Hash Browns

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Cranberry-Hazelnut Coffeecake

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Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes

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Warm Apple-Buttermilk Custard Pie

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Chocolate Bar Fondue

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Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Chocolate Cream Martini

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Crab Eggs Benedict

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Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars

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Nachos Magnifico

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Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake

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Nutter Butter®-Banana Pudding Trifle

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Caramel-Pecan Tart

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Bacon-wrapped Shrimp with Basil-Garlic Stuffing

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

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Caramel-Pecan Monkey Bread

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Whipped Topping Dollops On Spoons

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Fried Cheese Sticks

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Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake

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Mrs. Floyd's Divinity

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Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits

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Toffee Blond Brownies

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Lemon Meringue Pie

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Fudge Butter Cake

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Orange Marmalade-Ricotta Cupcakes with Marmalade Buttercream Frosting

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Sweet and Salty Chocolate Cookies

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