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Mark
 
Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA
Living In: Vermontville, Michigan, USA
Member Since: Apr. 2009
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Dessert, Kids
Hobbies: Fishing, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I'm a computer geek/technician. I build and repair computers when not at work. When I AM at work, I'm a casino slot tech. I bring cookies in a couple times a week for my co-workers, and they absolutely love everything I've brought in so far.
My favorite things to cook
Cookies, Mexican/American, American. Pretty much sums up the whole batch. There's a wide variety in those 3 catagories.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I kinda started my own tradition of baking up about 9 or 10 different cookies. Whenever mine or my wife's family needs cookies, they come running to me for them. Makes a person feel good knowing their baking skills are in high demand :)
My cooking triumphs
Perfecting my cookies. Got them all timed down to the exact second on my oven.
My cooking tragedies
Meringues....just can't seem to get those little buggers to come out....
Recipe Reviews 1 review
Rainbow Cookies
These turned out great. I didn't have any almond paste, and the grocery store does not offer any, so I made the recipe exactly as is without it...and they came out fantastic. I also did not cut the melted chocolate chips with anything. The trick to cutting without breaking is to cool it enough to keep its form, but not enough to break. You can finish cooling them after you cut them. I tried to add butter and cream to make it smooth, and it came out clumpy...so I used THAT chocolate to make fudge and finished off the cookies with straight melted chocolate chips. I'm the one that takes cookies and such to work and everyone absolutely loves them. My family and friends all gave this one a 5 star thumbs up. Just to clear a few things up...you don't HAVE to use the jam on the recipe. I used strawberry jam on both layers and it was great. Next time, I may use lemon pie filling. Another would be to add different extracts to each layer (strawberry, vanilla and chocolate for a neopolitan cookie)...with the chocolate layer colored brown of course. You can use icing (powder sugar w/water) to bind the layers. The possibilities are pretty wide.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Aug. 21, 2009
 
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