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Way back in 2007 I posted a Chocolate Chunk Cookie with Oreos in it. A lot of bakers were stuffing Oreo chunks into cookies back then, and one of the recipes being used as “base” was from the Nielsen-Massey recipe collection. I thought I’d mention this because people people appreciated the link posted earlier to [...]
Published on July 31, 2011
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by Anna on February 13, 2011

Red Velvet Cupcake and Red Velvet Cake Comparisons
Published on February 13, 2011
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The yellow cake tests are done! The winner was Shirley Corriher’s cake, but if you have the ingredients on hand for any of the cakes below, they were all more than passable. If you like charts, here’s an at a glance table showing the ingredient lists. Yellow Cakes Based on 1-2-3-4 Cake Recipe Magnolia Carole Walter Paula [...]
Published on April 18, 2010
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I had a long story to go with this biscotti, but I just erased it. The important thing to know is this is biscotti #3 of the great gingerbread biscotti trials which I plan to finish by Christmas. To jog your memory…. Recipe #1. was gingerbread biscotti from allrecipes. It didn’t have any add-ins and [...]
Published on March 3, 2010
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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 …
Published on December 3, 2009
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I’m going to a food blogger potluck this weekend and have decided to take blondies; the ulterior motive being that I can get multiple opinions which should help me choose the Top 5. “Blondies” is a tough category. First, there’s the question of what’s in them. Should we really compare a butterscotch blondie with one [...]
Published on May 15, 2009