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Sara

Home Town: Kailua, Hawaii, USA

Living In: San Jose, California, USA

Member Since: Aug. 2007

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Cooking Interests: Baking, Dessert

Hobbies: Walking, Reading Books, Music, Charity Work

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake III
By: Jan Taylor
Kitchen Approved

Caramel Apples
By: Suzie
Kitchen Approved

Zucchini Cornbread Casserole
By: Diana S.
Kitchen Approved

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Baby Shower Cookies

Cupcake assortment

Devil's Food Cake w/Cream Cheese Filling Cupcakes & Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Garlic, Spinach & Tomato Pizza

About this Cook

I recently acquired a box full of piping tips from when my grandfather was a baker in the Navy (which I was unaware of). My grandfather died before I was born, so I never met him & knew very little about him. It makes me smile to think that we have a love of baking in common and that I am putting his piping tips to good use. Also about me.. I am 24, live in California, and have a chihuahua/pug mix that I absolutely adore. I am a social worker by career but a baker by heart.

My favorite things to cook

Cookies, cupcakes, cakes, bars, pies! Anything sweet :)

My favorite family cooking traditions

My family was big on pasta dishes and I am still trying to get my meals to come out as delicious as my dad's.

My cooking triumphs

Most recently: Strawberry cupcakes w/strawberry frosting. Delicious!

My cooking tragedies

I had a horrible experience with the White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake from this site. Let's just say I'm never again attempting a cheesecake in my lifetime.

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Award Winning Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

These tasted great, but I had problems with the baking time. I ended up having to throw out about half of the batch because they were wayyy too soft and undercooked :( It was a bit frustrating, but once I found the right time (15 minutes), they came out perfect and held their shape. I took others' suggestions and used 2T of vanilla and 2 tsp salt. I also only used about 3 cups of chocolate chips, because 4 seemed like overkill. I'll be using this recipe again; thanks!

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Reviewed On: Sep. 2, 2009

Banana Blueberry Muffins

For all you recipe-purists out there, don't hate me.. but I made about a million changes to this recipe. Used AP flour (that's all I had), 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/3 cup ground flaxseed, 1/3 cup rolled oats, 4 medium bananas, 3/4 cup soymilk, 3T applesauce, 2 whole eggs + 1 egg white, and 2 cups fresh blueberries. I also added a not-so-healthy streusel to the tops of the muffins consisting of 1/2 c flour, 1/2 c brown sugar, 4T butter, 1/4 c granola, 1/4 c rolled oats. Baked at 335 for 16 minutes. The result was a moist, slightly sweet muffin with a sinfully delightful crunch topping. YUMMMMM. The only problem is that the muffin sticks to the paper liner and you lose a lot of it when eating it. I don't know how to avoid that. I'll probably use this recipe a lot for a fairly simple and healthy way to use leftover bananas- plus you can sub the blueberries for a variety other fruits.

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Reviewed On: Aug. 22, 2009

Jay's Signature Pizza Crust

This was my first attempt at homemade pizza crust and it was SO easy and delicious!! I added Italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, and grated Parmesan cheese to the flour for more flavor. I used the dough hook attachment for my KitchenAid mixer to kneed the dough-- so quick and easy! *Be careful about the temperature of the water when mixing with the yeast- I accidentally killed my yeast once because the water was too hot and it was so frustrating!*

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