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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2011

These cookies are more addicting than crack! ;-) I made several changes to the written instructions. I placed the peanut butter cups in the freezer as others suggested, chilled the dough before placing into the pans and I also lined the mini tins with paper liners. Removing the cookies from the tins was super easy and no mess.

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Delicious Ham and Potato Soup

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2011

I realize there are a gazillion reviews of this marvelous soup, but I couldn't resist adding my own. Outstanding! I did change the water to chicken broth and added a small can of corn and left out the salt completely due to the salt in the chicken broth. I cooked the meat and veggies in the broth in the slow cooker for several hours, made the roux and added it for a couple of hours. Delicious!

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Danish Pastry Apple Bars II

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2010

This is a great recipe. I did as others suggested and used milk instead of water and measured the yolk and milk to equal 2/3 cup. But it's very important to chill the dough for about 30 minutes before trying to roll it out. Chilling pastry dough makes all the difference when trying to work with it. I chilled it and had no problems rolling it out on a lightly floured surface. I would also recommend using just a bit more than half for the bottom crust, since it needs to cover the side of the pan.

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Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting

Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2010

Texture was great, but the taste was icky. Way too heavy and greasy, even using half butter and half shortening.

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Baked Potato Skins

Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009

These are fabulous! The only thing I have changed is to use olive oil instead of veggie oil. Try them, you won't be disappointed.

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Best Brownies

Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2009

These were perfect. An earlier reviewer mentioned they were a cross between a cake and brownies and that description is very accurate, which is what I liked. I didn't overmix or overcook (exactly 25 minutes) and spread the frosting on top while still warm. Fabulous. However, I did have to add a 2-3 tsps of milk to the frosting to improve the consistency.

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Barbecue Ribs

Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2009

I thought the taste of the sauce was excellent. I wasn't paying close attention to the ingredients and used chili sauce, instead of chile sauce. Since I wanted a sweet/spicy flavor, I added several teaspoons of cayenne pepper sauce to it. Like others, I simmered the ribs in water, liquid smoke and onions for about an hour, marinated the ribs in the sauce for 3-5 hours and then baked them covered for about 1 1/2 hours. Since the sauce was very thin, I poured off the sauce, thickened it with cornstarch in a saucepan and then put it back over the ribs for another 20 minutes or so. Next time I make them, I'm gonna do the same thing, but add even a bit more cayenne pepper sauce. I love this recipe.

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Raspberry and Almond Shortbread Thumbprints

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

I thought these cookies tasted great, but I didn't like the look of them at all. I took the advice of others and after putting them on the cookie sheet, I stuck them back in the fridge. They still spread out way too much. I wonder if adding a 1/2 tsp of baking soda or powder might help? Like I said, they tasted fabulous, but just not pretty after baking and spreading so flat.

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Unbelievable Chicken

Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2008

We used this marinade to make chicken kabobs and it was wonderful. I followed the ingredients as listed, except I used Dijon mustard. Extremely yummy.

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Grilled Lamb with Brown Sugar Glaze

Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2008

Loved these chops! I followed all the ingredients as the recipe states and then added olive oil to the mixture to make a paste. Rubbed both sides of the chops and let them sit in a seal container in the fridge all day, until we grilled them for dinner. This is my favorite way to fix lamb chops from now on. We had very thick chops (about 2 1/2 inches) so they took longer to cook, but very, very yummy.

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Beth's Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2007

I thought these were good as written, but didn't are much for the ground cloves. Next time I make them, I think I'll leave that out.

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Citrus Garlic Shrimp

Reviewed: Jul. 4, 2007

I thought this dish was just okay, nothing horrible, just not great. I thought the citrus flavor was much too strong and perhaps I might try it again, cutting down on the zest and juice.

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Honey Baked Chicken II

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2007

Following Colleen's suggestions, I cut down the butter to 1/4 cup, used Dijon mustard, upped the curry powder just a bit, added a few drips of tabasco sauce and added some minced garlic. I put my chicken pieces in a zip-lock bag and allowed it to marinate for several hours. Then I poured the whole thing in a flat casserole dish, covered it and baked it at 350 for over an hour. Then I took off the lid, increased the oven temp to 400 for another 30 minutes, the chicken pieces turned out very tender, nicely crisped and tasted wonderful. My teenage son is a very picky eater and he loved it!

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Sour Cream Raisin Pie

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2007

This probably turned out the way it was intended, but I felt the cinnamon and cloves overpowered everything else. I couldn't taste anything but the spices. I would either reduce the amount or leave them out altogether.

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Creamy Rice Pudding

Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2007

As someone else suggested, I added cinnamon, nutmeg and increased the sugar to 1/2 cup. Consistency and flavor were perfect!

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Magic Cookie Bars II

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2007

Oh so easy, but oh so yummy. These always disappear fast.

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Blue Cheese Burgers

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2007

I'm not a big blue cheese fan, but these are my favorite burgers. Sometimes I substitute chopped onion for the chives, but other than that, I don't change a thing.

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Pear Honey Cranberry Sauce

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2007

This sauce is simply lovely and such a nice change of pace. Like others, I've cooked it longer (15-20 min) and sometimes replaced the water with OJ. Either way, it's great.

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Chocolate Trifle

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2007

After reading the reviews of others, I made the following changes. I used a cup of whipping cream (whipped) instead of the frozen whipped topping in the pudding mixure and also added some Bailey's to the pudding mixture. Instead of plain whipped topping, I substituted french vanilla whipped topping. I also added strawberries and raspberry sauce over the brownie layers. I know I changed it quite a bit, but when I took it to my pot-luck dinner, it disappeared fast!

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Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2007

These turned out marvelous! However, there was enough chocolate to dip 2 lbs of strawberries. I also drizzled them with white chocolate and they looked as good as they tasted.

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