November 2011
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A few people asked for ways to use chocolate extract. It’s a new product for me too, but based on the brownies from yesterday and the cookies I baked this morning, I think chocolate extract would enhance just about anything with chocolate. As for today’s chocolate extract infused treat, I went with this simple cookie. [...]
Published on November 13, 2011
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So what’s the point of chocolate extract? As an extract enthusiast I’ve asked myself that a number of times, and as a penny pincher, I’ve avoided buying a bottle because I couldn’t think of a good way to use it and it seemed redundant in chocolate cake and brownies. Luckily, Nielsen Massey helped me out [...]
Published on November 12, 2011
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Thanks for all the comments on the giveaway! Would it be weird if I emailed people for recipes? Yes, probably. Anyhow, speaking of recipes, I have a good one today. It’s a new cookie from Better Homes and Gardens with kind of a healthy slant to it. It’s a whole wheat bar cookie with a [...]
Published on November 10, 2011
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Congratulations to Carolyn C! ————————————————————— Last week I had the opportunity to attend a very well organized, educational and fun blogger event at Smucker’s headquarters in Ohio. Over a period of 2 days, we tried several of Smucker’s coffees, learned how to make ice cream with condensed milk, prepared pie crust, had a photography lesson [...]
Published on November 9, 2011
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Last week a spokesperson for Cardelle LLC asked if I’d like to try their new sweetener, Fibrelle. Since I usually bake with sugar and detect the aftertaste in almost every artificial sweetener, I was tempted to say no. What changed my mind was the fact that this sweetener has loads of fiber and helps to [...]
Published on November 8, 2011
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For those of you who dream of Food TV stardom, here’s a chance to audition for the second season of Sweet Genius. Good luck! ————————————————————– Food Network is Now Casting Season 2 of SWEET GENIUS! We are in search of PASTRY CHEFS, BAKERS and those who have MASTERED THE ART OF SWEETS. AMERICAʼS SWEETEST SHOW [...]
Published on November 7, 2011
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If you’ve followed this blog for a while then you know I’m a big fan of Milk Bar, a bakery in New York famous for cookies, pies and flavored milk. Due to the fact it’s thousands of miles away and I can’t make it there very often, I was happy to hear about this new [...]
Published on November 7, 2011
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As promised, here is the link to the Super Simple Homemade Ice Cream we made at Smucker’s. You don’t need an ice cream maker to make it and it calls for very few ingredients, so I’d say it lives up to its name! The basic recipe is for vanilla, but using the tricks I …
Published on November 5, 2011