Bake or Break

Adventures of an amateur baker

Entries from October 2006

Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 26th, 2006 · 14 Comments

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I haven’t been in much of a baking mood lately. I’m not really sure why, but I just haven’t. I’ve been trying to talk myself into it by looking through recipes in hopes of finding inspiration. However, where I actually found my inspiration was in [...]

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Tags: chocolate · cookies

Mix Review: Barefoot Contessa Outrageous Brownies

October 23rd, 2006 · 23 Comments

I picked up a box of Ina’s brownie mix during our recent travels. I had been wanting to try out a brownie mix for a while. I also had been wanting to give Ina a try in an attempt to get over my anti-Ina-ness. Seeing this box on the shelf seemed a [...]

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Tags: brownies · chocolate · mix reviews

Chocolate Chip Date Nut Cookies

October 19th, 2006 · 7 Comments

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An alternate name for these cookies would be Cleaning out the Pantry Cookies because that’s basically what I did. I was staring at my pantry shelves trying to think of something to bake when I realized that I had accumulated so many different things from my baking [...]

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Tags: chocolate · cookies

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins

October 14th, 2006 · 12 Comments

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We returned from our trip almost a week ago. Since then, I’ve been in that awkward re-familiarizing state you live in right after a chunk of time off. Trying to get back into usual routines, remembering how to live your everyday life, forcing yourself to get out of the car [...]

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Tags: breakfast · chocolate · muffins

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cheesecake

October 5th, 2006 · 17 Comments

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I have become famous, or perhaps infamous, in my family for cheesecakes. For every occasion, they can somehow justify serving cheesecake. I actually enjoy making them, so it’s not really a huge imposition on me. Sunday was my daddy’s birthday, so out came the best cheesecake book I’ve ever found. [...]

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Tags: cheesecakes · chocolate · peanut butter