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NikkiC
 
Member Since: Sep. 2002
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Indian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean
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About this Cook
My favorite things to cook
Soups, stews, anything with eggplant or lamb. I also love cooking with spinach.
My cooking triumphs
A four-course meal that I prepared with a homemade lamb and bean soup, carrot rice, garlic chicken and a peanut-butter pie with ganache topping.
Recipe Reviews 114 reviews
Peanut Butter Bars I
These really do taste like Reese's peanut butter cups. These are super rich, I cut them into 24 squares instead of 12 and I think they're still decent-sized. I used 1 and 1/3 cups of butter, any less and it would have been too crumbly. Very decadent but easy to make. My only gripe is that the chocolate is too hard. Next time I might use a milk chocolate ganache topping.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 8, 2009
Oatmeal Pancakes
Quick, easy and delicious. Those three alone give it 3 stars at least in my book and then an extra star because I would definitely make this again. I used old-fashioned rolled oats (because that's what I use to make oatmeal) and just let the batter sit for 10-15 minutes or so after I mixed with the wet ingredients so the oats could soak up the milk. I added chocolate chips to the recipe because I didn't have any syrup on hand and can't eat pancakes without something sweet or savory but they would do just fine without chocolate chips. Next time, I may add some fruit like bananas or blueberries.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 4, 2009
Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies
I should give this recipe 0 stars for the directions. 30 minutes is WAY TOO LONG for these brownies. I took mine out after 22 and they were already dry, I can't imagine how they would come out if someone actually followed the recipe. 1/3 cup of butter is not enough to make moist brownies. These were dry and crumbly. I would advise if you are going to make this to add more butter (maybe 1 stick), lessen the flour (by 1/4 cup) and bake for only 20-25 minutes (depending on your oven). I'm not going to bother making this again. Wasted my time and half a jar of peanut butter on this recipe, that was enough.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 3, 2009
 
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