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In honor of Election Day and the fact The Daily Cookie debuts tomorrow, I am revisiting Family Circle’s First Lady Cookie Recipe contest. Remember back in March when they put Michelle Obama’s White and Dark Chocolate Cookies up against Ann Romney’s Peanut Butter & M&M Cookies? I received an email recently saying Michelle Obama’s recipe won. [...]
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It’s been a while since I posted a Top 10 list, so to make up for lost time, I’ve increased the count to 15. Here are 15 of my favorites from the past year. Speaking of which, can you believe it’s almost May? We are already a third of the way through 2012. Best Yellow [...]
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So I recently acquired another outstanding cookbook — Perfect Pies: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes from America’s Pie-Baking Champion. The “pie baking champion” being Michele Stuart, National Pie Festival champ, Bobby Flay’s Throw-Down contestant, and owner of Michele’s Pies in Norwalk, CT. One of these days I’ll try the Chocolate-Pecan-Bourbon Pie, the Maple Walnut Pie, [...]
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My house is a mess right now. I have this fantasy of calling a maid service to come clean up it up, but it’s messy to the point where I need to clean up for the maid service. Given the situation, rather than bake today I’m going to share my five latest favorite chocolate chip [...]
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Today’s recipe is another one I plan to make for Austin Bakes for Japan. Inspired by Stef and her vanilla bean buttercream (she said it tastes like melted ice cream!), I made a batch of white cupcakes which really showcase the flavor of vanilla bean paste. Why the paste instead of the bean? Vanilla beans [...]
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Yesterday’s Irish Cream Cake was fun, but I wanted to create a scratch version and this is what I came up. Todd and I agreed it was better than the cake mix version, and even thought it’s scratch, it’s just as easy. The ingredients list seems long, but it’s mostly basic pantry items and the cake itself is a “stir-and-bake” variation on Black Magic Cake.
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Whether it’s a bake sale, class party or pot luck, one thing you can count on is that Rice Krispie treats will disappear. The fact that they’re inexpensive and easy to make is a bonus, but there are a few things to remember.
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This week I posted a link to an article in The Atlantic. I guess a lot of people read The Atlantic because after I posted that one, a few people mentioned another baking article in that magazine – an article with an outstanding chocolate chip cookie recipe! I made the dough Saturday night and baked a batch Sunday morning.
This recipe is from pastry chef Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery in Boston, and in the article she tells how she came up with it. It evolved from the Toll House recipe, but Joanne Chang uses part bread flour, adds a combination of milk chocolate and the best semi-sweet chocolate available, lets the dough rest and scoops it out by quarter cups so the cookies are nice and big.
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