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fisch
 
Member Since: Sep. 2007
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Dessert
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About this Cook
My favorite things to cook
cookies, brownies, pies from scratch, strawberry shortcake & any other desserts
My favorite family cooking traditions
Used to be making pies with my Grandma, but now that she has passed away I make them every Thanksgiving and Christmas with my sisters and husband. My daughter likes to help too. My whole family uses a lot of my Grandma's recipes (not always healthy for you, but VERY good comfort food).
My cooking triumphs
Chocolate chip cookies. I make some awesome ones.
My cooking tragedies
My first meatloaf I made. I didn't have celery and used celery seed instead.. and way too much! Yuck! Went straight to the trash. And it was so aggrevating cause it takes so long to bake. I learned next time to leave the celery out. I think it tastes better without it anyway. And now my meatloaf tastes pretty good.
Recipe Reviews 26 reviews
Poor Man's Pecan Pie
This was really good! I thought it was a great idea to use rolled oats instead of pecans because pecans are so expensive. The top tasted a lot like granola. I thought the middle part did taste just like pecan pie and the oats on top are really good. Only change I made was I used light corn syrup like other reviewers suggested and I used half granulated sugar and half brown sugar (which I always do for my pecan pie). I made it in a smaller pie pan (so I halved everything) and I cooked it 40 minutes and it was done. I think if you made the recipe in a full pie pan it definitely would need more time than that since it would be thicker, and you'd have more filling. I found that if when you are baking it and the filling moves a whole lot because it is very liquidy in the middle, then it is not done. It usually is done when it moves just a little when you shake it (like jello). I did not think that this should have received a lower rating because someone cooked it incorrectly. All ovens cook differently, so you have to figure out on your own when it looks done. Thanks so much for the recipe. I will make it again! (I was testing it out for a fall festival and am going to make another one in a couple days.)

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 1, 2009
Flourless Chocolate Cake II
Followed the directions exactly except used a chocolate bar. Turned out perfectly. Though, next time I may put parchment paper on the bottom so it won't stick (still stuck a little bit with grease and cocoa powder. Very chocolatey and very good! Made a satiny chocolate glaze by Ginger from this site and it went perfectly.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 7, 2009
Satiny Chocolate Glaze
Tastes very good. Very chocolatey!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 7, 2009
 
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