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KarenKWP
 
Home Town: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Member Since: Jul. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Italian, Southern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, Knitting, Sewing, Gardening, Biking, Walking, Fishing, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing
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Plain, Peanut Butter, and Turtle
Strawberry Preserves
Turtle Cheesecake
Plain Cheesecakes
About this Cook
I'm recently married and have one husband, one kitty, and one dog. We live in Oklahoma and I work in a museum full time. I love to cook (especially desserts), as everyone in my family are spectacular cooks (I am definately not the best either!).
My favorite things to cook
Desserts by far! I am excellent at cooking and making up my own dessert recipes! They always turn out fabulous! Now if only the rest of the food I cook was that way...
My favorite family cooking traditions
My family makes every meal homemade. That's how I was raised. Cookies from scratch, mashed potatos from the real things, etc. It's been such a comfort and a blessing to be around my family and not have take out!
My cooking triumphs
I have an award winning brownie recipe that I created. I also make mini cheesecakes in a variety of flavors that are divine! I would really like to open my own pastry shop.
My cooking tragedies
I did try to make a pork loin for Christmas last year and didn't follow the directions (first time I'd ever made one) and it was terrible. I thought I would adjust the time/temp and cooking length and it was just not worth eating!
Recipe Reviews 1 review
Mini Cheesecakes I
Fabulous recipe! So simple! I have only made plain cheesecakes one time. I have altered the recipe to make white chocolate raspberry, carmel, peanut butter, turtle, and strawberry. I am getting very creative w/flavors and will someday have a list to rival the Cheesecake Factory! : ) I used fresh fruit for the raspberry and then preserves for the strawberry. I find the ones w/fruit take about twice as long to bake. The peanut butter has probably been the biggest hit out of all the flavors! I just made the plain, peanut butter, turtle, and strawberry for a wedding reception (I made about 200 of them). They were gobbled up within moments! This recipe is definately a keeper! Some tips- I've used both the little mini muffin pans and normal muffin pans. I prefer mini, but I think it really helps if you use muffin liners. I used a water bath the 2nd time I used this recipe, and am not sure if it made a difference, except by making my oven feel 4 times hotter! I'd like to think it made a difference, so I will do it again. Garnishing these little bite sized beauties really sets them off and it's also very fun! You can't go wrong w/this recipe. Please let me know if anyone wants details on the specific flavors I used and how I made them. Happy baking!

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Reviewed On: Jul. 25, 2007
 
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