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KaryninPhilly
 
Living In: Sewell, New Jersey, USA
Member Since: Nov. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Vegetarian, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Walking, Reading Books
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About this Cook
34 year old grad student in Psychology. You'd think that wouldn't give me much time to cook, but you'd be surprised!
My favorite things to cook
Bread, both yeast and quick breads, particularly sweet ones due to my never-ending sweet tooth. Have never gotten good at cookies, though. Everyone else's chocolate chip cookies taste better than mine. I probably think too much about them.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Christimas cookies, old German traditionals. I love making pfeffernusse each year, but have to hide them every time to let them age properly before I start munching them!
My cooking triumphs
The three tiered wedding cake I offered as a gift to a friend. Truly a triumph - much better than most bakery cakes because it was moister, each layer infused with a liqueur syrup. Yum!!!
My cooking tragedies
Beef consomme that I labored for hours on, only to have it mistaken for "dirty potato water" by my brother cleaning up the dinner dishes. Plus, every batch of chocolate chip cookies I try to make, as indicated above! :)
Recipe Reviews 33 reviews
Pecan Filled Cookies
Excellent cookies. I made my dough a little drier (i.e., added a bit more flour) due to comments about stickiness here. Then the dry dough cracked when I pressed it down to fill, so it's a trade off. I made a variation with raspberry jam instead or in addition to the pecans. I think the combo of the raspberry and pecan was excellent. Also used part white wheat flour (to be healthier), which worked well.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 10, 2009
Caramel Apples
These directions, similar to those found on the back of a package of caramels, always overcook them in my microwave. We have a 1100 watt microwave, and 2 minutes at high power heats the caramel to the soft crack stage, way too hot. If you have a powerful microwave, put it at 50% power and run it for a minute, then stir, evaluate, and put on for another 30-45 seconds if necessary at 50% power. I like mine with shredded pecans on top of the caramel. :-)

3 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Oct. 10, 2009
Grandpa McAndrew's Irish Soda Bread
I followed this recipe almost to the letter (plus the 1/2 t salt recommended by someone and using both currants and raisins) and it was just blah. I'm not sure why people have liked this so much - heavy and tasteless. It's edible with butter and jam.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Sep. 30, 2009
 
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