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Fitting 50 good recipes into 5×7 inch magazine supplement can’t be easy, but Food Network Magazine managed to do it with December’s “50 Holiday Cookies”. Using the one-dough-50-variations trick is one way to get the job done, but they went the extra mile by piggybacking off five different “families” of dough – Sugar Cookies, …
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Thanksgiving’s over but I haven’t lost my newfound interest in pie. I even watched a National Pie Cook-Off “Challenge” episode last night while I was on the treadmill. It was actually more interesting to me than the cake challenges because making a good pie is something I (we) baking enthusiasts can aspire to, …
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This morning I scanned the new Cookie Madness index and noticed there wasn’t a recipe for Morning Glory Muffins, one of my favorites. To remedy that, I made a quick batch using a recipe from Gold Medal. It’s a good one! It calls for brown sugar, carrots, apples, coconut and nuts and it may be [...]
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I didn’t have time to bake from scratch this morning, so I took advantage of some boxed mix I had in the pantry and made these Rocky Road brownies. I wasn’t expecting them to be that great, but they were delicious. Or maybe I was just craving that instant brownie mix flavor of …
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Last year’s post-Thanksgiving treat was a brownie made with leftover mashed potatoes. This year, in keeping with the “use-up-the-potatoes” theme (because aren’t there enough ways to use leftover turkey? ), I decided to do something with the leftover sweet potato casserole which I make every year for my mother – the only person at …
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If you like cheesecake and apple pie but can’t choose between the two, here’s a good compromise. It’s a cheesecake bar with almonds, lemon and apple – a little of everything. I found this recipe in one of Fine Cooking’s special publications “Sweet Cakes”. Their photo made it look more like an apple bar, but [...]
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This past week I’ve been trying to index recipes to make browsing easier. It isn’t quite finished, but I’ve posted the new index anyway because I think it might be helpful. At this point, there are still duplicates and a few weird links, but it’s better than the sitemap which at this point, …
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I was on the fence about whether to make Thanksgiving dinner this year, but we bought the turkey this weekend so I’m locked in. I should be focusing on prep work, but chocolate helps me focus so I made a quick batch of brownies. Inspired by Jennifer at Bake or Break, I used …
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