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Yesterday I wrote about an old recipe called “Halfway Cookies” and pointed out how recipes were similar, but had different amounts of butter in their crust. To see which version I liked best, I made two half batches. Yesterday I tried a recipe from Apartment Therapy’s “Kitchn”, then today I tried a recipe …
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Halfway cookies are really bars. I haven’t figured out the origin of the name, but I like the theory that they’re “halfway to being cake” . If you’ve tried a Halfway Cookie, you know they’re a base layer of dough, sprinkled with a layer of chocolate chips and a baked on layer of crispy brown sugar [...]
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Well I was hoping to post a picture of some “Halfway Bars” this afternoon, but the recipe turned out to be a dud and the bars went into the trash. I’m still kind of bummed about it, but rather than sit and stew I decided to post a trip report. Sorry it doesn’t include any [...]
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After spending a few days of fun and sun in Chicago, we returned home late yesterday refreshed and rejuvenated. I had chores to attend to, but was dying to bake and couldn’t ignore the fact we had self-rising flour, red food coloring and buttermilk all on hand at the same time. That rarely happens, so I [...]
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I already have a good recipe for granola chocolate chip cookies, but last week I pulled this recipe off Epicurious and decided to see how it stacked up to my old favorite. Overall, the reviews were pretty good and I was excited to try them. In the end, it’s hard to say which I like [...]
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This year I made a lot of lemon meringue pies but never got around to doing a rundown on which ones I liked best. Well, here’s that rundown. I’ll leave it to you to decide which to make, but for those of you new to lemon meringue pie baking, I highly recommend the Sunset recipe. If [...]
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