I usually struggle with pastry dough, but this was easy and stress free to make and came out light and flaky for my Thanksgiving pumpkin pies. I'll definitely use this again.

Reviewed On: Nov. 27, 2009

This is the best snickerdoodle recipe I've tried, they came out perfect. I recommend sifting the dry ingredients so you don't end up with any clumps of cream of tartar in the dough. The dough was very soft but wasn't sticky. Used the plastic bag method to coat with sugar as recommended by other reviewers.

Reviewed On: Nov. 11, 2009

This is a fast and easy chowder, just what I was looking for. I made it exactly as written. Rich and creamy with a smoky flavor from the bacon, great balance. I was a little nervous about cooking a cream based soup for 25 minutes or more, but it was fine. I watched and stirred pretty carefully until it came to a boil then reduced the heat as low as possible. I cooked it covered for 5-10 minutes but the lid kept it boiling too vigorously so I cooked it the rest of the time without a lid.

Reviewed On: Oct. 30, 2009