November 2008

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Chocolate Cappuccino Cookies

by Anna on November 30, 2008 · 14 comments

cappuccinocookies

This recipe is based on one from the 2001 Southern Living annual – a book I was supposed to be using to plan a week’s work of menus. I’ve been in a cooking rut and thought making a week’s work of interesting menus would help. It didn’t. But I did stumble across this cookie …

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Published on November 30, 2008
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Barney Butter Monsters

by Anna on November 29, 2008 · 23 comments

almond butter monster cookies

Monster Cookies are (usually) flourless cookies of oats, nuts and chocolate held together by a mixture of eggs, sugar and peanut butter…..a lot of it. Today I tried making Monster Cookies with almond butter — specifically, Barney Butter. Barney Butter is named after Jennifer Barney, who created it as an alternative to peanut butter. So [...]

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Published on November 29, 2008
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Good Morning Saturday Cookie Madness readers, I have an interesting recipe for you, but you’re going to have to work to get it. And by that I mean get to the page where it’s located, as I’m not ready to make any changes or adapt it and post it here. It’s a $3,000 prize winner [...]

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Published on November 29, 2008
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Double Chocolate Mashed Potato Brownies

by Anna on November 28, 2008 · 16 comments

Mashed Potato Brownies

Happy Black Friday. I haven’t ventured out of the house yet because I’m too busy basking in the glow of Thanksgiving success. Everything turned out great — even the turkey, though it tested my patience. The fancy digital thermometer said the turkey was done an hour earlier than anticipated. I didn’t believe the …

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Published on November 28, 2008
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Baking Tips from The Guardian UK

by Anna on November 26, 2008 · 5 comments

This is a pretty good read. I wonder how long it took him to collect all these tips?

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Published on November 26, 2008
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Pumpkin Pie

by Anna on November 26, 2008 · 15 comments

Easy Pumpkin Pie

Happy Day Before Thanksgiving! Todd went to work, so Fuzz and I stayed home and finished chores, one of which was to make the pumpkin pie with condensed milk. We took the pie out of the oven right as the housekeepers arrived. They said it was “muy bonita”. Speaking of which, here’s Fuzz with the [...]

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Published on November 26, 2008
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Sweet Potato Pie

by Anna on November 25, 2008 · 22 comments

Sweet Potato Pie

Last night at dinner Todd told me one of the guests was bringing sweet potato casserole. My first thought was “What am I going to do with the 5 pounds of sweet potatoes I bought?” and my second was “Hallelujah!” Thanksgiving Day’s cooking schedule just got a little less hectic. Since I’m in that …

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Published on November 25, 2008
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A Pre-Thanksgiving Thank You

by Anna on November 25, 2008

I’ve been meaning to say this for a while. Thank you to all the people who have linked to Cookie Madness. I appreciate it more than you know — and that goes for each and every one of you. I’d like to link back to everyone and am trying to figure out the best way [...]

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Published on November 25, 2008