August 2009

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peanut butter blondies with chocolate ganache

Today’s recipe came from Louise, who emailed me a photo and note saying how great it was. This happened about a month ago, and I’m kicking myself for not making these sooner. They’re dense, moist, packed with peanut butter flavor, and not overly rich or sweet even though they’re topped with a chocolate …

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Published on August 18, 2009
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It’s been a little crazy around here. Fuzz is recovering from stomach flu, we’re prepping for a big birthday party bash on Saturday and there’s the usual back to school madness. I’ve been dealing with the stress by baking multiple lemon meringue pies. Unfortunately, I’ve been monkeying around with the same one …

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Published on August 18, 2009
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Fake Moe’s Oatmeal Cookies

by Anna on August 17, 2009 · 9 comments

stack of cookies 2

Hey There, It’s Monday and I’ve accomplished  nothing. I did bake some cookies, though. They’re from a blog that also turned out to be nothing. It was kind of disappointing because I thought I had a new friend who brewed beer, made candy and baked cookies, but alas, no. The blog was built in a [...]

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Published on August 17, 2009
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sugar cookies

Last year a friend asked if I’d auction off a kind of “Cookie of the Month” service for our school’s silent auction. The highest bidder would get freshly made cookies dropped off at their house once a month. I was worried Todd would end up having to bid on me, but someone beat him to [...]

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Published on August 16, 2009
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Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

by Anna on August 14, 2009 · 12 comments

whole wheat pastry flour cookies

As promised, here is the whole wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe. I put this together after looking at a few other versions made with whole wheat flour, so it’s really just a mix of different recipes. What I like about these cookies is the mix of nutty flavors from the wheat flour and walnuts.  The [...]

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Published on August 14, 2009
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Lemon Meringue Pie

by Anna on August 14, 2009 · 10 comments

lemon meringue pie slice

I went on a mad baking spree this morning and baked whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, Dutch chocolate brownies (which were “eh”) and a basic lemon meringue pie. Out of the three, the chocolate chip cookie recipe was my favorite. I’ll post that that in a bit. For now, I want to talk about lemon [...]

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Published on August 14, 2009
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Fat Tire Beer Bread

by Anna on August 13, 2009 · 18 comments

buttery mess

This recipe was the first thing that came up in a search for “beer bread”, but based on the results with the Fat Tire, I think the type beer you use really matters so I put Fat Tire in the name. You can use whatever beer you like, but with Fat Tire, I got a [...]

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Published on August 13, 2009
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Dark Chocolate Toberlone Cookies

by Anna on August 12, 2009 · 30 comments

gun book

Remember the cleaning project from yesterday? It’s coming along nicely, but I’ve run into a problem. How do I get rid of some books? I could freecycle them, but do I really want an Ayn Rand reading, lock-picking, gun collecting freak dropping by the house?  And why do I have these books?  What to do, [...]

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Published on August 12, 2009