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Tateyama
 
Member Since: Aug. 2008
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Stir Frying, Asian, Mexican, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Knitting, Gardening, Walking, Music
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About this Cook
I'm married with 2 teenage boys.
My favorite things to cook
Breakfast and dessert. My son's like when I make them breakfast and of coarse who doesn't like dessert. I'm now getting into cooking something different than I usually cook, which means I have to use a recipe.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Making cookies at christmas time. We host a family barbacue every summer where my husband cooks on the BBQ, and I make the side dishes. Our end of summer BBQ always turns out great. It brings us all together, and that has also made us a closer knit family.
My cooking triumphs
Making a moist checkerboard cake for my sons birthday. It was decorated with cars on top. Making the best cinnamon rolls. After I made them twice, I thought that they were the best, but it just takes too long. Some triumphs are in the past, time to make new ones.
My cooking tragedies
I forgot to add the Splenda in a muffin recipe. They were horrible, I threw them out.
Recipe Reviews 15 reviews
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The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
The recipe was very good, it was simple. I did have to add more flour. It is easier if you roll it between to sheets of wax paper. I've tasted cookies like these ones at one of those specialty cookie shops, that put the fancy decorated cookies on a stick. I devided the dough and the left over dough I decided to give them more flavor by adding lemon to one batch and fresh squeezed orange juice and rind to the other batch. I made them look like lemons and oranges with the sugar glazes of powdered sugar and a little milk or water. I was missing the red food coloring, so I wasn't able to make the orange flavored ones look like orange slices, but you get my idea. My sons loved these cookies.

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Reviewed On: Jul. 15, 2009
Big Soft Ginger Cookies
These cookies are absolutely delicious. They have enough spicy ginger flavor, like a ginger snap. They have a soft center, and I cook them at the 10-11min. They make a good presentation for plating. Sometimes I give cookies away as gifts and these are wonderfully round in shape. I don't think you need to roll them in sugar. The icing is a nice touch, and you can sprinkle them with raw sugar to add some sparkle and more sweetness if you like. My son who doesn't like molasses, gingerbread cookies really liked these cookies. They have a ginger snap taste.

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Reviewed On: Jul. 15, 2009
Lemon Poke Cake II
I enjoyed this cake. I liked the tartness of the glaze. My son thought it was too tart. I ran into one problem, but that was my own fault. I bought the cake with the pudding already in it. I didn't want it to taste like yellow cake only, so I add the box of lemon pudding, and then I add some lemon juice to loosen the batter up, because it got sticky. I've made cakes before, so I was able to tell consistency. I baked my in a loaf pan, and it came out great. It looked good on the inside and out. It was light, and lemony. I had a thin glaze over the top to soak into the holes, then I used more confectioners sugar to add a white drizzle look, that covered the holes. I used a tooth pick to prick holes into the cake, that way they were not craters. I will definitely make this again.

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Reviewed On: Oct. 5, 2008
 
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