Chocolate Angel Food Cake

January 19, 2012
chocolate angel food cake

My grandmother didn’t enjoy baking, but every year she made the best angel food cake. Covered with her famous seven minute icing, she’d serve it with peppermint ice cream for the ultimate combination of temperatures and textures. The leftovers were even better, because after a day or two the icing would crust over and flake [...]

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More Levain Cookie Clones

January 17, 2012
Levain clone not quite right

UPDATE I was really sad to read the first review of my Levain clone — the one by Kelly, who said hers were too flat. I’ve made the non-baking powder version three times and have had high rising cookies, but given Kelly’s failed batch, I feel like I should just revert back to the baking [...]

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Loaf Pan Angel Food Cake

January 16, 2012
angel food cake

Happy Martin Luther King Day! To celebrate, I’ve been making some of our favorite southern foods, including angel food cake. We love angel food cake, but I don’t make it often enough. Part of the reason is I never know what to do with the 12 leftover egg yolks, and the other part is that [...]

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Alton Brown’s Lentil Cookies

January 15, 2012
lentil cookies

After making a taco recipe that called for lentils instead of beef, I wanted to use more of them and (finally) tried Alton Brown’s Lentil Cookies.  If you’ve never seen the recipe, it’s on Food TV’s website and it has great reviews.  With lentils, oatmeal and whole wheat pastry flour, it’s a recipe with some [...]

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Mini Chocolate Loaf Cakes

January 14, 2012
mini chocolate loaf cake

Time for more fun with mini loaf pans! If you’re out and about this weekend, consider picking up a couple because they are quite handy, especially if you’re cooking for two or want to make small loaves to share with multiple neighbors. Plus you can make these little cakes!  I was trying to make mini [...]

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Fisher Nuts Giveaway and Crunchy Nut Granola

January 13, 2012
Panda Bento Box with Granola

Hey, hey! It’s a giveaway! As a reminder that nutrient dense nuts are a pretty healthy addition to your diet, Fisher Nuts is giving one Cookie Madness reader two nice sized portions of almonds packaged in their Freshness Seal Bags. For a chance at finding some almonds in your mailbox, just leave a comment saying [...]

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One Bowl Mini Pumpkin Loaves

January 13, 2012
Mini Pumpkin Loaves

My New Year’s resolution to “bake more layer cakes” hasn’t gotten off to a very start, so I’m changing it. “This year I resolve to make use of my 3×5 inch loaf pans” Do you own a 3 x5 inch loaf pan? I have a metal one and two ceramic ones from Garden Ridge Pottery. [...]

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Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

January 12, 2012
cheddar cheese biscuits

Do you ever plan the evening meal around the bread? I don’t do it often, but yesterday I made this Chunky Beef Chili (which was excellent, btw) because it seemed like a good accompaniment to these cheddar biscuits.

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