January 2006
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A few weeks ago I was reading a blog by someone in California who mentioned breakfast cookies. Shortly after hearing of breakfast cookies, what should appear on the shelves of my local grocery store but Quaker Breakfast Cookies. What took them so long? Now I must admit, I did not take the …
Published on January 24, 2006
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The other day I found Fuzz looking at Cooking for Mr. Latte by Amanda Hesser. I think she liked the colorful drawing on the book jacket. A few days later, I found the book jacket, but the book had been removed. I went looking for the book and found it …
Published on January 21, 2006
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These are high on my peanut butter cookie list. They are big, fat, full of peanut & peanut butter morsel chunks, and soft. Triple Play Peanut Butter Cookies (Adapted from KA Cookie Companion) 1 cup butter — very soft 1 cup dark brown sugar — (8oz) 1 cup sugar — (7 oz) 1 1/4 cups [...]
Published on January 20, 2006
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This morning, I baked up some chocolate truffle cookies. The recipe is here on Recipezaar and you can also find it on page 153 of the Gourmet Cookbook. The dough keeps well. In fact, I made it last week, and the truffle cookie dough balls have been wrapped in foil in my refrigerator for at [...]
Published on January 18, 2006
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This recipe, which Fuzz loved because it had 4 eggs to crack, is from one of my favorite cookbooks “Classic Home Desserts” by Richard Sax. It’s a simple but informative book with great recipes, a friendly laid back tone, and a bit of history on some classic dessert favorites. This particular recipe was given [...]
Published on January 16, 2006
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This is a handsome cookie which travels well and a good alternative cookie for people who don’t like chocolate. Making the cookies big by scooping the dough out into quarter cup mounds is a key to its success. If you want to bake small white chocolate macadamia cookies, the second recipe, from Recipezaar is very [...]
Published on January 15, 2006
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I have no intention of turning this into a low carb cookie blog, but being as it’s January and people have good intentions for the new year etc. etc.., I’ve found myself in the position of baking cookies for people who would like cookies with fewer carbohydrates. I’m a proponent of protein rich diets, but [...]
Published on January 11, 2006
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Recipe and review to come! I just wanted to post the picture since these came out so good. I was surprised to find a healthy, low carb recipe. Hooray. Here’s the recipe. I found this one on www.lowcarbfriends.com. …
Published on January 9, 2006