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Lawsuit Muffins

Meet the fabulous muffin recipes that inspired a lawsuit!

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March 2018 A Note from Marcy

Dear Bakers and Friends, Happy Purim everyone and welcome to the March issue of Betterbaking.com. What do they say? Beware the Ides of March? Indeed!  Sometimes those ‘ides’ bring a fragrance wind of hamantashen and sometimes they bring other things. I will explain shortly. In the meanwhile, for those of you not on Instagram, you […]

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March 2024 A Note from Marcy

March 2024 A Note from Marcy

 Dear Friends and Fellow Bakers, Welcome to the March 2024 issue of Betterbaking.com and our seventh Leap Year together! This edition is a compelling and unique collision of St. Pat’s and Purim Baking, which of course is a natural mash-up. Ok, that’s not really accurate but I amboasting the best quartet of recipes you can […]

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Marcy Goldman's Book List

Marcy Goldman’s Book List

    Marcy Goldman’s Book Club Favorite Book List 2025 Just some of the stand-out books I’ve shared with my book club. It’s a new season of reading – here’s some of my favorites I’m happy to share. Some of these books are ones I’ve presented to my book club (which I still host on […]

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Marcy Goldman’s Original Matzoh Buttercrunch, aka Matzoh Crack

A more recent feature by Katie Workman in Associated Press about my recipe! https://apnews.com/article/passover-recipe-chocolate-caramel-matzo-f96f0955966b0cf0c356107c632c9aa6   My Legendary Matzoh Buttercrunch Marcy Goldman & Betterbaking.com This recipe almost needs no introduction but once in awhile it can use some credit. I created it in the mid-80’s for my then toddler son who wouldn’t eat anything at Passover […]

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May 2018 A Note from Marcy

May 2018 A Note from Marcy

Dear Bakers and Friends, Happy May 2018 and welcome to the festive month and one I consider it the crown of spring. It’s a feminine, blossoming time, tender with the potential of so many good things to come. May is also my birthday month and of course, for many of us, it’s also Mother’s Day.  […]

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May 2018 A Note from Marcy

May 2018 A Note from Marcy

Happy May 2018 and welcome to the festive month and one I consider it the crown of spring. It’s a feminine, blossoming time, tender with the potential of so many good things to come. May is also my birthday month and of course, for many of us, it’s also Mother’s Day.  So it’s natural that […]

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May 2024 A Note from Marcy

May 2024 A Note from Marcy

Dear Bakers and Friends, Welcome to the May 2024 issue of Betterbaking.com which is also the 27th year anniversary of my site. Betterbaking.com was launched in May 1997 or as I like to say, at the end of the last century. At the outset, I had something called a ‘webmaster’ which is now just called […]

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Nest Bedding’s Easy Breather Pillow (and a discount!)

Nest Pillow Ever from Nest Bedding And 8 % discount for Betterbaking.com folks – Nest Bedding Pillow Promises a Sweet Sleep (Discount code for Betterbaking.com readers is: Betterbaking8 and use either of these links: https://nestbedding.uxsi.net/V7V4A nestbedding.uxsi.net/V7V4A Be aware I try every product I recommend and generally I seek out great products versus promoting (still worthy) […]

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Not Honey, A Little Honey? Some Honey Swaps from BeSweet

It’s always nice to have options in sweeteners and here are two from Canadian company, Be Sweet. Choose their Vegan Honey Substitute or or their part honey, part glucose Honey Spread. www.BeSweet.com

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