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Life got in the way of a pecan pie baking spree, but I did manage to make four. Out of the four, I was able to nail down a really good, straightforward, classic pecan pie recipe. This is based on a recipe from “Cooking Pleasures” magazine. What I like about it is that it sets [...]
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The hardest thing about making pecan pie is choosing the right recipe. To get started, I used recipes which had high reviews and lots of butter in the filling. This was the first recipe I chose. It was good, but you’ll probably want to add 15 minutes to the cooking time. …
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Happy National Good Neighbor Day! And of course you know what that means — an excuse to bake something for the neighbors. Frankly, I’d probably be a better neighbor if I stopped taking cookies over to them.
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As I mentioned below in the comment section, the texture of the flan smooths out considerably after a few hours in the refrigerator. Here’s a cross-section shot. I think this would also be good with banana cake.
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For an “Ooohs and Ahs” cake, try this one. It looks complicated, but it is incredibly simple. When I poured the flan batter over the chocolate, Fuzz said it looked like “Alligators in a Swamp”. …. …but when I flipped it out she said “Wow”. So did Todd. Todd and I don’t really like flan. [...]
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Shalom! And (almost) Happy New Year! In keeping with my goal of “themed cookies” and with Jewish tradition, today’s cookie features a touch of honey to ensure that the upcoming year is sweet. This recipe is one I found on Recipezaar, though I have made a few changes and have listed them in the recipe [...]
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This is a recipe I worked on last night and one which will be perfect for holiday parties. I think I saw something similar on Recipezaar, but I decided to try making my own version using a scaled down version of the recipe on the back of the Karo syrup bottle. These are …
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Over the past few days, I’ve had a series of disappointing cookies. Some were experiments, and others were published recipes which I just didn’t care for. Things seem to be on the upswing now, thanks to these cookies. This started out as an old Southern Living recipe, but I scaled it down to a third, [...]
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