April 2011
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Hi everybody! This is Todd, Anna’s husband, filling in for a quick guest post. Unfortunately, Anna isn’t feeling so great and hasn’t been able to bake anything for the last couple of days. Hopefully, she’ll be back to her old self soon. I sure hope so, I can’t cook and I’m going to starve without [...]
Published on April 29, 2011
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I’ve been under the weather and craving the foods I like when I’m sick: fruit, yogurt and biscotti. The fruit and yogurt are easy to come by, but the biscotti has to be baked. And I don’t know about you, but baking biscotti is not the first thing I think of doing …
Published on April 27, 2011
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A few years ago I could only find Kraft Caramel Bits near the holidays, but now I see them year round at Target. The other day I bought some on impulse (Easter shopping!), and this morning I put them to use in these bar cookies. This is an old recipe from Kraft, but I updated [...]
Published on April 26, 2011
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A few weeks ago I tried to make a copy cat version of Potbelly Sandwich Factory’s Sugar Cookies. The sugar cookie experiments went well, but now I want to clone their “Sheila’s Dream Bars” which means I need to go to Potbelly and buy one. In the meantime, here’s a more traditional …
Published on April 25, 2011
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Happy Easter to all of you out there who are celebrating. We’re having a relaxing weekend at home, but as usual I’ve been baking and wanted to share a new recipe. It’s a quick bread I came up with for my mom, who likes having healthy (ish) breads for breakfast. This recipe …
Published on April 23, 2011
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The people on our street are rather sociable, and tonight they have organized an Easter Egg Hunt. My contribution is 16 filled plastic eggs and a batch of these oatmeal crusted brownies. This recipe, which is a lot like Revel Bars or the old Fudge Jumble Bars that Pillsbury used to sell. It has a [...]
Published on April 22, 2011
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Using the slogan “Bake On and Give Back!”, Duncan Hines has joined forces with Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale and are asking readers to join them in the 1 MILLION Cupcake Challenge. Photo Courtesy of Duncan Hines If you like hosting bake sales or want to try it for the first time, this is [...]
Published on April 21, 2011
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If you’re new to Cookie Madness, here’s a cookie you might have missed: The Hard Boiled Egg Cookie! I pulled it out of the archives today since Easter is afoot and chances are you have some hard boiled eggs lying around. Plus, is it me or are there more features than ever …
Published on April 21, 2011