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A while ago I bought a box of bran cereal to make bran muffins. Since then I’ve made multiple batches of muffins, but I’m still trying to use up the cereal and have been cruising All Bran’s recipe database for ideas. Did you know you can make chicken enchiladas with bran cereal? Or how about [...]
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Have you tried the new honey oatmeal raisin cookie recipe from Food Network Magazine? It’s on page 42 in the “Ask Ellie” section and it’s quite similar to the agave honey cookie I posted months ago but with some key differences. For instance, it makes about double the yield, uses all honey instead of agave, and includes dried milk powder and almond butter, [...]
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For those of you tired of reading about Italy, here’s a truly American style cookie –chocolate chip cookies with whole grain flour and a big scoop of bran cereal. This recipe was on a little card which fell out of a magazine I was reading. I kept it because I liked the design …
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I was surprised, but not unpleasantly so, to see that all the dessert category finalists in the Cooking Light Ultimate Cook-Off were cookies. There was a Mexican Shortbread, a Caramel Apple Oatmeal, and Heart Smart Chocolate Cherry Cookies, which won. I had all the ingredients on hand, so I made a quick half-batch yesterday to share [...]
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A few weeks ago a reader emailed to tell me about an amazing wholesome chocolate chip cookie she’d created using a recipe from Cookie Madness as a base. Along with whole wheat flour, she’d used a reduced saturated fat spread for butter, added maple flavoring, and the most interesting change – substituted coconut sugar for [...]
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If you’re curious about Stevia, the all natural herbal sweetener that’s been around for years, there’s now a convenient easy to find and easy to use granulated blend. It’s called Sun Crystals, and teaspoon per teaspoon, it’s about half the calories of regular granulated sugar. I saw Sun Crystals a few weeks ago in the [...]
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As promised, here is the whole wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe. I put this together after looking at a few other versions made with whole wheat flour, so it’s really just a mix of different recipes. What I like about these cookies is the mix of nutty flavors from the wheat flour and walnuts. The [...]
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Sorry today’s post is late. I’m in the middle of a cleaning project. Given all the junk in my house, putting less in my body seemed like a good idea today, so I decided to make something sort of healthy. This recipe is from Heidi Swanson, who makes cookies with natural peanut butter, maple …
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