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It’s a cold and windy day here in Austin, and after taking Lizzie for a long walk I was quite ready for a cup of coffee and one of these cookies. They’re so good! The recipe is a twist on a very old one from Southern Living. It’s a peanut butter cookie stuffed with Dove [...]
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Peanut Blossom cookies were a 1957 Bake-Off entry from Freda Smith of OH. Her blossoms made the finals, but the grand prize went to Gerda Roderer’s Accordion Treats. Though they didn’t score enough points to win, Peanut Blossoms became very popular and 50 years later they’re still a national favorite. Pillsbury sticks with the version [...]
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These cookies were kind of an afterthought – something to make in case the Bundt cake didn’t work out, plus a way to use up some M&M trail mix I found in the pantry. The results were great and I loved how the cookies developed crackly tops (probably due to all the sugar). Unless you [...]
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I’ve been working on a few baking projects today and the compost cookie was one of them. It was a failure, but something good came out of it and that was the idea to toss the pretzels and chips with a brown sugar butter mixture, bake them, and then add them to the cookie. The [...]
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According to my brief and not very thorough research on coconut oil, its health benefits are numerous and we should be eating it every single day. Still, I’ve had a hard time getting myself to spend $7.00 on a jar of fat, and if it weren’t for my curiosity as to how it would work [...]
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This recipe was given to me by Val who got it from her friend Sadie in Canada. Over the years we’ve made adjustments. For instance, the original recipe calls for lard, but since non-hydrogenated lard is hard to find, we’ve used shortening. The original recipe also called for “cake & pastry flour” but Val and [...]
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I’ve been on a peanut butter cookie kick this week and have tried a few new (and old) recipes. This is one of the old ones, but I made the recipe with white whole wheat flour and turbinado sugar. The end result was a darker than usual peanut butter cookie with a soft but tender [...]
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Top 5 Update: A no-brainer peanut butter cookie recipe that actually tastes good. Today’s recipe comes from Taste of Home via a blog called Food, Family and Friends. It’s a great recipe for kids who are on holiday break and looking for something to do. This required very little adult supervision. I …
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