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If you haven’t perfected classic New York style cheesecake, here’s a recipe worth trying in the new year. I’ve made it twice in the past two weeks and think it might be our new go-to cheesecake. Or at least I hope. I need to stop hopping from one cheesecake recipe to another. Anyhow, this one [...]
Published on December 24, 2011
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Since it’s the holidays and you don’t need excuses for having 5 or 10 kinds of cookies around, why not try making multiple cookies out of one big starter mix? I was resistant to the idea at first, but now that I’ve found a really good starter mix, I’m warming up to it. The starter [...]
Published on December 21, 2011
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Back in October I told you about the Booktrib Best of the West Cookie Contest. To promote a new romance novel called A Lawman’s Christmas, Booktrib hosted a contest asking readers to come up with a cowboy themed Christmas cookie to win a trip to Las Vegas. The winners have been selected. Have fun [...]
Published on December 16, 2011
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For those of you who dream of Food TV stardom, here’s a chance to audition for the second season of Sweet Genius. Good luck! ————————————————————– Food Network is Now Casting Season 2 of SWEET GENIUS! We are in search of PASTRY CHEFS, BAKERS and those who have MASTERED THE ART OF SWEETS. AMERICAʼS SWEETEST SHOW [...]
Published on November 7, 2011
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Well everything was going just swimmingly but alas, I am stuck in Chicago. It’s a long story. We could share airline woes all day long, but I’m trying to keep my cool. Speaking of which, I have a great new ice cream recipe courtesy of Eagle Brand! I’ve discovered the soothing …
Published on November 4, 2011
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Anna is stranded in Chicago and won’t be able to post anything until tomorrow. To top off a frustrating travel experience, her Smuckers blog post seems to have disappeared. She will repost her pictures tomorrow.
Published on November 3, 2011
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Our family has a new favorite baked chip recipe. Adapted from The Williams Sonoma Kids’ Cookbook , it’s super easy, but has flavors sophisticated enough to serve at an adult get-together. I have to credit Fuzz for discovering this one because if it weren’t for her, we would have just made chocolate chip cookies again. [...]
Published on October 30, 2011
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I love crunchy ginger cookies but tend to jump from recipe to recipe and half the new recipes I try end up being chewy. Today, rather than focus on a new ginger cookie, I decided to try one of my old favorites but with a few changes. My favorite gingersnap recipe is based on “English [...]
Published on October 12, 2011