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Cyndi
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Home Town: Tyler, Texas, USA
Living In: Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
Member Since: Aug. 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Kids, Gourmet
Hobbies: Walking, Reading Books, Music
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Cinnamon Rolls
Peanut Butter Cookies
About this Cook
I am a mother of three beautiful children. I love cooking for my family. I don't always have time during the week but try to cook on the weekends. I live in MA but am originally from Texas. My Mom is a wonderful Southern Cook. I was in the kitchen learning from her from the time I was old enough to stir.
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook but my passion is baking. I love making cookies and cakes for friends and family. I also love to bake bread.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I enjoy cooking for the holidays. Friends and family always come to our house on Christmas Eve for appetizers and desserts. I always cook a LOT of food. On Christmas morning I cook breakfast for the family and then later that evening I make a Beef Tenderloin with all the trimmings. It's a lot of work but I LOVE IT.
My cooking triumphs
The perfect Beef Tenderloin on Christmas Day! It's taken a few years to perfect the meal but I think I've got it down. At least my family and husband's family rave about it anyway!
My cooking tragedies
Thanksgiving Dinner -- My turkey took 2 hours more than I had calculated! Luckily we had plenty of appetizers to keep people from starving before I got the turkey on the table!
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Cinnamon Rolls III
This is a 10 Star Recipe! They are absolutely sinful! I baked as per the recipe except I did use the entire package of vanilla pudding. I don't think that made a big difference either way. I don't have a breadmaker so I just proofed the yeast in the warm milk, water and sugar for 10 minutes. I blended in my stand mixer by adding the yeast mixture, butter and egg slowly to the dry ingredients. I used anothers reviewer's tip (possibly from another recipe) to cut into rolls. USE DENTAL FLOSS! Cut off about a 10" string of floss. Slide it under the roll, pull up the ends and criss cross as if you're tieing your shoes. This will slice the rolls without "squishing" the dough! Nifty trick! I found the cream cheese icing to be just the perfect amount. I got 12 nice sized rolls into my 9x13 pan. Some people might prefer a bit more icing but I think it would be overkill. These are almost TOO good!

6 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 17, 2007
Beth's Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
These are very good cookies. I double the cinnamon (Just a personal preference.) This is the same recipe that appears on the Quaker Oats container with cloves added and substituting half the butter for shortening. The shortening does help the cookies not to spread as much. I don't use the butter flavored shortening becaue I just don't like the artificial butter flavor. I always soak my raisins in very hot water for about 10 minutes and then drain.

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 9, 2007
Bread Machine Bagels
These turned out very well. I was please as this was my first time to make bagels. I do not have a bread machine. I mixed the dough in my Kitchenaid stand mixer. Therefore, I mixed the flour and yeast together first with a little of the sugar and let it sit for 10 minutes. I let the dough rise for about an hour. Then I separated into 8 balls of dough. I punched a whole in the dough with my thumb and stretch the bagels with my hands. I then let them rise for 30 minutes on some silpat. I boiled the bagles for 3 minutes on each side. Then baked as per the recipe. I also added molasses instead of sugar to the water to give the bagels and nice rich color. They turned out nice and chewy and even looked better than I expected.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 6, 2007
 
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