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I was craving ginger but needed a little chocolate fix. We didn’t have a lot of ingredients on hand, so I decided to make a quick batch of gingersnaps with a twist — chocolate chips. It’s not a groundbreaking twist, to be sure. But usually chocolate ginger cookies are soft and …
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Angie from Bakerella posted a lot of new photos from the Eat and Greet. She even got one of me…..and I’m not blinking! Bakerella’s Eat and Greet Photos
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Earlier this week, I spent a few days in Minneapolis touring the Betty Crocker test kitchen with 50 other bloggers. We’d been invited to the General Mills first ever “Eat and Greet” where they were excited to share some new products and introduce us to the people behind the brands. I was happy for the [...]
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One nice thing about state fair competitions is that in most cases, it seems the focus is on execution rather than originality. For instance, if I controlled the state fair I’d surely have a Chocolate Chip Cookie category and everyone could enter their version. I might even have a “Thick Chocolate Chip Cookie” category and [...]
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Sorry there’s no recipe today. I would have liked to have baked, but I spent the day at General Mills touring the Betty Crocker test kitchen and meeting the people behind brands I’ve used for years — Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Big G cereals. Having met more than a few General Mills employees at Bake-Off, I knew [...]
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What a long crazy trip it’s been. Seniors Forever! This is the Meringue Class of 2009. Let’s look back on all the Cookie Madness meringues of 2009. Luckily, they all occurred in the past 10 days. Time is different in meringue land. Class Clown – Famous Dave’s Meringue This meringue was a joke. First there was [...]
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Made a quick batch of these today too. This is an old recipe, but a good one. Oatmeal, Browned Butter, Pecan Praline Cookies 2 sticks butter (8 oz) — I used salted butter the first time I made these 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon [...]
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For the past few months, I had an ancho chili pepper sitting on the kitchen counter. I’d bought it on impulse and just didn’t get around to using it. Sometime last week, I got tired of looking at it and threw it away not realizing how sorely it would be missed. First, …
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