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August 2006
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I’m back from Birmingham, Alabama where I and 14 new cooking friends competed in the Cooking Light Ultimate Reader recipe contest. My recipe was a dessert called “Chocolate Chip Irish Cream Pound Cake”. It did not win its category this year, but the dessert recipe which beat it, a cupcake, won the whole contest. That [...]
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Published on August 31, 2006
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Thank goodness I’m done with cupcakes. Not that there’s anything wrong with them, but I find them stressful. I needed to get back on track with regular cookies, so I baked up a batch of these for my hairdresser and her co-workers. This recipe was adapted from King Arthur’s “Good-as-Store-Bought”. The cookies are kind of [...]
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Published on August 23, 2006
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Today I tried out a few new frosting recipes. Out of the three I sampled, this one was the best. Fluffy Truffle Frosting 8 ounces good quality semi-sweet chocolate or chocolate chips 6-8 ounces of heavy cream 1/4 cup dark corn syrup 8 tablespoons butter, softened 1-3 cups sifted confectioners sugar 1-2 teaspoon vanilla Place [...]
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Published on August 22, 2006
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And here’s one more excuse not to bake cookies. I found these this morning at an Austin, TX Target. They are a limited edition, so if you see a box you’d best snap it up. I liked these, but didn’t think they tasted much like dulce de leche. The filling has the flavor …
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Published on August 21, 2006
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies 1 cup butter 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup dried cherries [...]
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Published on August 20, 2006
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I was too chicken to give Fuzz’s teacher the cookies yesterday, but it was for the best. We found out this morning that today is the teacher’s birthday, so we now have a legitimate excuse for giving her cookies. Since the chocolate chip cookies are all gone, I started fresh. There was some Maida’s Mexican [...]
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Published on August 17, 2006
