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I love a cookie. I rarely meet a cookie I don’t like. So in my quest to eat cookies that have some nutritional value, I decided to swap out chocolate chips for dates in these oatmeal cookies.
1/2 cup soft butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 teaspoon [...]
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If you have a sweet tooth, a family recipe that is dying to be shared, or just want to support a good cause, this event is for you! This Saturday kicks off the first annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale in support of Share our Strength, a national organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger. There [...]
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Thanks to the day-of-love quickly approaching, everywhere we turn chocolate is being forced upon us in red cellophane and in the shape of little hearts. Who decided that chocolate = love just once a year? Pretty sure I’m in love every time I bite into some no matter what day or month it might be.
Often [...]
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I’m not talking about laundry folks, I’m talking about baking – as in, how to fold in ingredients. Folding is a simple technique that I often overlooked or ignored when I first started cooking. Then, I saw Ina Garten prepare a Blue Cheese Souffle on Barefoot Contessa and realized how essential it is when preparing [...]
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A tarte tatin (pronounced tart tah-TAN) is a traditional French dessert normally made with apples. This version calls for any type of firm, seasonal pears, which are then cooked with delicious caramel, topped with pastry crust, baked and finally served upside down. Legend has it that two French sisters, Stephanie and Caroline Tatin, created the [...]
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Nothing rings in the holiday season quite like baking a batch of your favorite Christmas cookies. Something about mixing sticks of butter with cups upon cups of sugar and then topping it all off with added chocolate or frosting is pure bliss….and totally justified during the holidays. So to kick of the baking season, I had [...]
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There are all kinds of crazy baking gadgets out there, from funky cookie presses to mechanical pastry bags, and each year I get suckered into buying at least one. Most have not withstood the test of time or met my expectations, but the Silpat baking mat really takes the cake (pun intended!). I bought one [...]
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