Peanut Butter Pound Cake

31. January 2008

View more photos Lately, I’ve been trying to be more prompt about making recipes I find in the obscene number of magazines I receive every month. Most of the recipes I want to make get filed away for future reference, but there always seems to be a few that are just crying out to be [...]

Pear and Chocolate Crumble

26. January 2008

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View a printable recipe or more photos As I told you recently, I came into possession of several new cookbooks. This recipe comes from one of those books, simply entitled Cobblers and Crumbles. When I first saw this book, I thought to myself that those are two things I just don’t make frequently. In fact, [...]

Double Delicious Cookie Bars, Revisited

23. January 2008

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View more photos I shared one of my most well-received recipes a while back. It is so, so simple. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s just that when you slave over something that is pretty involved, it’s a tiny bit disheartening when something you threw together in 10 minutes gets a better response. [...]

Giandua Souffle

20. January 2008

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View more photos I don’t watch much Food Network anymore. Somewhere along the way, it has lost its appeal to me. A few weeks ago, I accidentally watched Giada, and she made these wonderful-looking chocolate souffles. Not only are they chocolate, they also have one of my favorite things – Frangelico, a hazelnut flavored liqueur. [...]

Raspberry, White Chocolate, and Almond Loaf

18. January 2008

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View more photos Being a big fan of Williams-Sonoma, you can imagine that I am an even bigger fan of the Williams-Sonoma outlet about 90 miles from here. I try to keep my visits to a minimum, but I do love perusing the aisles looking at all of that lovely, mostly unnecessary stuff. Last weekend, [...]

Sweet and Salty Peanut Chocolate Chunk Cookies

15. January 2008

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View more photos I am still intrigued by those World Peace Cookies. The addition of sea salt to them really makes them much more interesting than a traditional cookie. When I found this recipe in a Cooking Light magazine, my salty cookie interest was heightened.

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