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A Different Way I’m Giving Cookies This Year

I’ve been mixing and freezing cookies for a few weeks now, getting ready for my bake-a-thon. And what do you suppose happens? The oven is on the fritz. On the fritz!! It started acting up half way through roasting the Thanksgiving turkey and finally gave out that weekend (with a little persuasion from a man…
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cindyp

Additives: Sweeteners

First up in my Additive research is Sweeteners. These are food additives (other than a mono- or disaccharide sugar) that add sweetness with or without extra calories, or make a food more palatable. They can be found in beverages, baked goods, confections, table-top sugar, substitutes, and many processed foods. You’ll find Sweetener Additives on your…
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cindyp

Cookery 101: The Low-Down on Low-Fat Fish

We have never been much of fish eaters here. Oh we love to go fishing, especially salmon fishing, and eat our catch, but fish was not on the menu on a regular basis. Along comes the doc and tells us 33 grams of total fat per day…that means fish, chicken, and turkey. I know some…
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cindyp

Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Sourdough gives a nice, old-fashioned flavor to the things you make with it. Cinnamon Rolls is one of my favorite things to use sourdough in. This dough is tender and flavorful, with butter and cinnamon throughout. How to make Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls: For the dough, you will need: 1 cup of sourdough starter 1/4 cup…
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kathleennoland

Oven Pancakes

Time for a little German in your breakfast, jah? I have to tell you, I loathe breakfast. I don’t know if it’s because I hated the smell of eggs when I was young, the fact that 99% of the time cold cereal is NOT appetizing, or just because I’m selfish and don’t wanna spend my…
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rmr1984

A Summer Salad, Even in January

This is a summer dish–a fresh-picked-from-the-garden salad. stock.xchng/awottawa Step carefully through your garden at just the right time of the day. It should be late in the afternoon, when the heat of the sunshine has caused everything there to reach upward toward the sun, and all the leaves are dry. You should have a quaint…
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murphala

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MSG free substitute for bouillon or granules used in cooking

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Marshmallows

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chumblytym

Fuitcake Cookies

My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this...
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Sweet Pickled Crab Apples

When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I...
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