cookies/ brownies

Emergency cookies

November 20, 2008

Yesterday I received a dessert request for last night’s PTA meeting and family game night. It happened to be 3pm in the afternoon. I could have picked one up at the store but decided to bake instead. After looking in my pantry, I realized I was low on white flour and baking powder. What did [...]

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Ultimate Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

July 1, 2008

Today, you would have thought my six year old won a trip to Disneyworld. Why? Because this morning I baked my Sweet and Simple Bakes recipe. It was a thick, chewy, double chocolate cookie. According to my son, they were the best cookies ever. Of course, next time, he has homemade cookies, he may say [...]

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Big Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

June 5, 2008

Yes, I have to say I am officially baked. While cooking is my forte, I am been trying to improve my baking ability. So I have been baking, baking and doing more baking. Breads, brownies, bars, cheesecakes, muffins. You name it and I’ve baked it in the last 2 weeks. I promised myself I would [...]

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Raisin and Chocolate Flapjacks

June 1, 2008

I am happy to say that I joined a baking group called Sweet and Simple Bakes. See the cute little cupcake picture on my sidebar. I am much more of a cook than a baker so I thought this would be a good opportunity to get better at baking. Our first bake was flapjacks. I [...]

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Really Good Brownies

May 27, 2008

I needed another dessert to take to our swim club barbecue this past weekend. I saw my Pillsbury bake off recipe book sitting on the shelf. And out of the corner of my eye, I saw some brown bananas sitting in the fruit bowl. “Eat me, eat me”, they were yelling. No way! I don’t [...]

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Weekend Goodies!

May 26, 2008

Happy Memorial Day! It was great to start off the summer with a weekend of beautiful weather. We had a few barbecues to go to so it was time to make dessert. I went with a recipe given to me by my mother in law. Our family just loves these. My mother in law has [...]

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Brownies for school

April 30, 2008

Today I needed to make brownies for my daughter’s class. I love when I have to bake something for others. I get to try a new recipe, have a few bites and then cart the goodies out of the house. If brownies or cookies are on the menu, the first place I check is Cookie [...]

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Eat Your Veggies or No Dessert!

April 23, 2008

Those delicious looking brownies contain a whole cup of pureed veggies. Can you believe it? For Christmas, I received Deceptively Delicious as a gift. Since I have a 6 year old that is extremely picky, I thought this cookbook would come in handy. It gave me ideas to sneak some veggies into his diet as [...]