September 2011
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Deciding to make cookies at 9pm on a school night
is a perfectly acceptable thing to do, right?
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Baking up a storm yesterday morn..
Well, 3ish kinds of cookies… so a manageable storm. Something to put your rain boots on for, but won’t blow your umbrella away.
In case you missed it, I made a batch of Dolly Partons and posted a clearer recipe (I had shared it once before but not in one single post).
So that’s cookie #1. After filling 2 pans with these, I still had a little bit of peanut butter batter left,...
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Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss: A Recipe
(AKA Dolly Partons or Peanut Blossoms)
Ingredients (yields 40+ cookies)
1 1/2 cups AP flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1 egg (room temperature)
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
large-crystaled sugar, for rolling (you can also use...
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Anonymous asked: this is a very happy place to visit -- photos of food and smiles!!!
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Sunday baking, more zucchini
My mom told me that people don’t usually buy zucchini just to bake with, but that they usually buy it for other things, and throw extra zucchini into baked goods. Not me. I bought it to make cupcakes (see: First Day of School Cupcakes, part 1, 2 and 3) and used the rest to make some more.
I wanted to use the rest of the zucchini before it went bad and I felt like making bread. I pulled up...
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First Day of School Cupcakes: part 3
…and then…
I opened my car door and I picked up my cupcake carrier by the handle… and everything dropped.
I was so devastated I could cry. I probably did cry.
(that’s me in the purple) A couple of teachers helped me salvage the cupcakes, and my dignity, while laughing. Really it was quite comical.
More than half ended up being perfectly fine, just a lot less...
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I'm going to make chocolate chip cookies now
And this time I’m not going to set my oven on fire.
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