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brendaw
 
Living In: Warsaw, Indiana, USA
Member Since: Aug. 2005
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Healthy, Dessert, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Hiking/Camping, Camping, Boating, Biking, Walking, Fishing, Reading Books, Music
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About this Cook
I have been married for 27 years to the best husband. I have 2 wonderful children, my daughter was just married in Jan. 2008 and my son is a Sophomore at Indiana University. My dog, Misty (my profile picture) is 12 years old, but acts like a young dog. She loves my banana bread. I work in the Athletic Dept. of our local school system. I love to cook and bake, love to try new recipes.
My favorite things to cook
Baking fresh bread, baking muffins and cookies. Like to try new recipes.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My Grandma made the best applesauce cake with caramel icing. My other Grandma made wonderful cookies and the best potato candy.
My cooking triumphs
When I finally found a recipe that was close to my Grandma's caramel icing for applesauce cake. She was one of those cooks who didn't go by recipe to cook.
My cooking tragedies
Anything that sets off the smoke alarm in our house or camper...
Recipe Reviews 10 reviews
Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Even though I made a few changes, the overall recipe is excellent. I followed a few of the suggestions; 335 degrees for 12 minutes - perfect, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. salt. I put the oats in the food processor and blended them to a coarse flour texture and used milk chocolate chips. Refrigerate for a couple of hours and they do not spread. Made them yesterday and they are still like they were after they cooled. Not rock hard. Thanks for a great recipe.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jul. 1, 2009
Hearty Jambalaya
Great recipe! I used chopped ham instead of sausage and left out the hot sauce and cayenne pepper (don't like it too hot) and it was was wonderful! I lost the one jambalaya recipe that I had, and this is the closest to it. Thanks!

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 25, 2008
Skinny Fries
This was easy and very good. The only changes I made was to use olive oil to toss them in and sprinkled with seasoned salt and pepper before baking. I turned the oven up to 450 degrees after the 45 minute cook time and cooked an extra 10-15 minutes to crisp up.

6 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Dec. 28, 2007
 
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