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Sorry if you all are drowning in the monotony of oatmeal cookies, brownies and double chocolate things, but I’ve been baking what I want to eat these days and items seem to be falling under the same umbrella. So suffer through this ye readers. You’ll thank me later when you are looking for …
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I wasn’t sure how the brownies would turn out, so I decided to make a quick batch of the Loaded Oatmeal Cookies from BHG. I had some doubts. With all the wheat germ and flax, would they taste too healthy? Would they be too oat-y? Because I had everything on hand, I baked them anyway [...]
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Epicurious hasn’t posted the March 2009 Bon Appetit Palmer House Brownie recipe yet, but I’ll keep checking so I can link. Until then, here’s my re-worked version of their re-worked version of the Palmer House brownies. All I did here was rearrange ingredients, add vanilla and use almonds instead of walnuts, but it’s …
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This is a basic red wine cake modified from a recipe I found while looking for Red Wine Cakes. Red Wine Chocolate Bundt Cake 2 cups all-purpose flour (9 oz) 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 scant teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder 8 oz unsalted [...]
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Here’s a cookie recipe I ripped out of Better Homes & Gardens. Luckily, it’s also on-line because I already lost the page I ripped out. I’ll review it as soon as I make it, but I’m trying to stay out of the grocery store today (because I didn’t go yesterday and if I …
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Today’s first recipe is an oatmeal cookie sent to me by Katrina. It’s another shortening based cookie, and Katrina gave it to me on request saying it was a recipe passed down to her mother by her grandmother who like a lot of people back then, baked with shortening. Overall, these are great cookies and [...]
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A few years ago, we inherited a box of genealogical data, old letters, newspaper clippings and photos. The box belonged to my great grandmother, who gave it to my grandmother who passed it to me. There are a lot of interesting articles in the box, but the one that’s been on my mind …
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