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There’s buzz on Twitter about a new book called “Ratio” and some people are going out and buying scales. Yay! Scales! Homesick Texan (Lisa) bought one and used the book’s ratios to create her own Mexican wedding style cookie. She wanted a ratio of 1 part sugar, 2 parts butter and 3 parts flour. That [...]
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Today’s cookie is themed after one of my grandfather’s favorite candies, turtles – blobs of caramel topped with chocolate and studded with 4 whole pecans which jut out of the sides like turtle legs. Turtles are so popular they’ve become the namesake for many desserts with a combo of caramel, pecans and chocolate. This is [...]
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If you haven’t entered my spectacular contest with the amazing prize, click here for details. I am enjoying reading the entries and will be turning them over to the celebrity judge at 6:00 PM…..or whenever I find the celebrity judge. For now, here are some cookie recipes from some true baking celebrities. These …
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Happy Chinese New Year! Fuzz’s class is celebrating today, so I volunteered to bring something. Fortune cookies seemed like the obvious choice, but I hadn’t made them in a while and was hesitant for a number of reasons. One being, I’ve been burning myself a lot lately and fortune cookies require that you grab them [...]
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This cookie is a tribute to the famous Viennese dessert, the Sacher-Torte. It’s perfect for when you don’t have time to a) travel to Vienna b) make an actual Sacher-Torte or c) find a good bakery that sells them. It’s cheaper too. That said, I’d rather go to Vienna but in all practicality…. This is a [...]
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I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to make these, but they sound good and rather unique. The intro to the recipe says they are crisp. Also, someone posted this on Recipezaar and gave it 5 stars. This makes a ton of cookies so you may want to cut it in …
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I didn’t think I’d make it to the kitchen today, but Therese sent me a quick and easy recipe so I threw these together quickly. I baked some of the cookies and saved the rest of the dough to bake up tomorrow for a school function. This one was adapted from Taste of Home, however, [...]
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