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Citybyrd
 
Home Town: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Living In: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Member Since: Jun. 2002
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Cooking Interests: Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Needlepoint, Camping, Boating, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
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About this Cook
My favorite family cooking traditions
As a newly married couple, my husband and I are always looking for inexpensive ways to spend fun time together without breaking the bank - enter cookie baking!!
My cooking tragedies
Burning Kraft Dinner -- yep... I sure did!!
Recipe Reviews 26 reviews
Good Old Fashioned Pancakes
I couldn't find my regular pancake recipe so I just grabbed the first one I found online yesterday morning. This was clearly a good choice!! This recipe made 9 perfectly sized pancakes. They are dense but still fluffy. I froze 1/2 of them and when my 3 year old requested them for breakfast again today, just popped them in the toaster -- perfect!!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 20, 2011
Pierogi (Polish Dumplings)
These were delish! Haven't had homemade pierogi since my Dzia-dzia passed several years ago and although I didn't have him standing next to me during the prep, they turened out fantastic!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 11, 2011
Amish White Bread
After reading all the raving reviews I was very excited to try this bread. I made 1 loaf and 8 dinner rolls. I should have listened to the other reviewers and reduced the sugar but I like to try the recipe as written the first time. This bread was WAY to sweet... almost tastes like cake! I will try it again, but reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup. I gave it three stars because of it's ease to make but based soley on taste, I wouldn't give it more than 2. A couple of tips: - Reduce the sugar unless you really like sweet (really sweet) bread. - Let is rise, punch it down, then let it rise again before baking. - I only used 5 cups of flour, any more and it would have been to dense (the loaf is already a dense bread). - Bake a little longer than indicated or it will be a little raw on the inside (5 minutes did it for me). ******************************************Update --- I have been making this bread for the past little bit by using only 1/4 cup of sugar and the the items I've indicated above... We have stopped purchasing bread from the store because this is so easy, yummy, and sans-preservative :)... (When I say easy, I mean easy... I work full time and have my 2 year old son all evening to myself while my hubby is at work and I have time to make two loafs and clean up!) Enjoy!!

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Apr. 16, 2011
 
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