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Diane S
 
Home Town: Dublin, Ohio, USA
Member Since: Dec. 2004
Cooking Interests: Baking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
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Elmo
School Bus Cookies
About this Cook
I have been a baker for about six years and own a gourmet cookie business, www.bitesbakingcompany.com. I am always looking for new baking recipes. I would ultimately like to assemble a book filled with perfect recipes for cookies, brownies, cakes and other desserts.
My favorite things to cook
I love to bake just about anything. I also like cooking things that are quick and that my kids will like. I like eating healthy. I enjoy grilling and always try to incorporate as many food groups into a meal as I can.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mom is a great cook! My daughter loves to bake with me and try our results (including licking the bowl, spoon, and her fingers). My son also likes to help and be a taste tester. I would love to start a holiday cookie cut-out tradition with the kids.
My cooking triumphs
I have come up with a pretty great original brownie recipe that is sort of a mix of several other recipes. It has three different kinds of chocolate and is pretty involved, but it's also quite fantastic. I also have made a couple of gorgeous wedding cakes that my clients have raved about, and that makes me so proud. For me, it's all about the taste.
My cooking tragedies
In a word - fudge. My only total failure!
Recipe Reviews 13 reviews
Real Hummus
Awesome! Followed the tips by submitter RoyHobbs (great name) in his review, and it came out perfect. My young kids, who did not like my last attempt at homemade hummus, love this recipe. It tastes like a fresh version of a good prepackaged hummus.

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Reviewed On: Aug. 25, 2009
Fudge-Nut Oatmeal Bars
YUM. I, too, made this in a 9x13 pan and the bars are thick and yummy. I baked them until the top was golden brown, which didn't really require extra baking time from the original recipe. Other things I would recommend are putting parchment paper in the pan, and using wax paper to spread the oat mixture crust. The only change I would make, and this is tiny, is to only save about a cup of the oatmeal mixture to drop on the top - 1/3 of it was a bit too much. Great bars!

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Reviewed On: Apr. 30, 2009
Torrejon Oatmeal Bread
This recipe is really good for the bread machine! I did exactly what another reviewer suggested and just put half of everything (even the last bit of water and sugar) in the machine and it came out awesome. Not too dense and not too light - perfectly moist and chewy. This is one of those rare recipes where you don't have to add or change anything to make it great!

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Reviewed On: Feb. 15, 2009
 
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