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Skillet Corn Bread

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2011

I'm sorry, but I didn't like this at all and I generally love cornbread. It was like a pancake and had a very eggy taste. My boyfriend didn't even like it and he's a southern boy who loves cornbread. I think I'll stick to my traditional recipe from now on.

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The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Yummy!

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Slow Cooked Corned Beef for Sandwiches

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

This is the only recipe that I use now! It is soo good! I changed it a bit by only using about 4 cloves of garlic, crushed up, and about a tablespoon of peppercorns. So good though!

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Oh so good! I got my boyfriend who hates brussels sprouts to eat these!

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Fluffy Pancakes

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Great pancakes! I always add a bit of vanilla and cinnamon to my pancakes, just to give them a bit more flavor. My boyfriend loves these pancakes and says "make the vinegar pancakes!"

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Creamy Potato Leek Soup II

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Very good recipe! I made a few changes: used half cream and half 1% milk, added about 2 cloves of garlic, also (albeit tidious) I don't like the texture of the bacon when it is cooked in the soup - the fatty parts are just gross to me - so I try to cut off as much of the fat as possible and only use the meaty parts of the bacon. I also use my homemade chicked stock which has no added salt, which I think makes it better since the bacon is already pretty salty. My boyfriend demands this almost weekly after the first time I made it!

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Joey's Peanut Butter Cookies

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Very good! I add a bit extra vanilla and a bit extra peanut butter. That said, I add a bit extra flour to compensate (on top of the bit that I add for high altitude - Colorado mountains). Very good basic recipe though!

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French Bread

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Very good! I do add a bit more salt to make it a bit less bland, but otherwise very good!

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Fluffy Biscuits

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2010

This is the biscuit recipe that I have been looking for! They are so good and so fluffy! My boyfriend like buscuits and gravy but compains that I always make 'little discs' not biscuits. Well, this is it! These are PERFECT for biscuits and gravy! I used all shortening (Crisco), lowered the sugar to about 2 tsp and upped the salt to 1 tsp. I tried one with jam and it was great that way too! This will be my biscuit recipe from now on!

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Soft Oatmeal Cookies

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

So good! I added about 1 1/3 cups of chocolate chips and a splash (about 1/2 tsp) of almond extract along with the vanilla. Following what other reviewers stated, I didn't press the cookies flat. They the third pan is just coming out of the oven and omg! I can't stop eating them!! So good!!

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Potato Bacon Chowder

Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2009

This recipe is great! I made a few changes. Instead of using all onions, I used some shallots also. I also used a bit more bacon, but I think next time I will use more. My only issue is that the celery wasn't quite tender enough. I think next time I may use my mom's technique that she uses on the Thanksgiving stuffing, microwave the celery in water for like 8 minutes. This makes is really tender. Then I'll saute it. Next time I will follow other reviewers suggestions of adding corn. My boyfriend absolutely loves it so I'm sure I'll be making it plenty more times! Thanks for the great recipe!

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Hot Artichoke Spinach Dip

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2009

SO good! I took this to a party and was asked by everyone for the recipe!

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Lemon Sugar Cookies

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2009

I will give these a four because as the recipe stands, I'm sure they're great. Mine, on the other hand, were not great, but were still pretty good. I started making these at about 8pm, not having read through the entire recipe...So when I got to the part that they were supposed to chill for 2 hrs, I wasn't really feeling that! I ended up making balls and rolling them in sugar, flattening them a bit on the baking sheet then cooking them. The texture was great, but the flavor was a little different because I used Meyer Lemons. I had some from my tree that I needed to use and they gave the cookies less of a citrus taste and kinda more like biting a lemon tree! Aside from them tasting a little funky, they were great! My boyfriend and his friends liked them at least!

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Boiled Bagels

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2009

As far as I am concerned, this is a really good (or bad!) way to waste a day! I followed the directions exactly except I let them raise for about 40 min. They turned out flat and gooey. This was my first try as making bagels, but I would consider myself a quite experienced cook and I make numerous kinds of bread regularly. Maybe they need less boilig time or a lower temp in the oven to cook slower, or maybe it's because I live in the mountains! Don't think I will try this recipe again, maybe another one at some point...

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Cheese Straws

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2007

This recipe is wonderful! Although my dough (as recipe says) was fine originally, I added two eggs to fluff it up a bit, so I had to add some extra flour. I also added about a tablespoon of garlic powder, used a little less salt, but sprinkled coarse salt on top. I also put the red pepper on top, it gave it a nice kick. Very light and fluffy with wonderful flavor!

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Clone of a Cinnabon

Reviewed: May 13, 2007

OMG! These are the best cinnamon rolls ever! My whole family loves them and requests them often. A lot of the time, I make the dough the night before and out in a ziploc in the fridge over night; allows it to rise quite a bit, makes them huge and fluffy! HINT: For a shorter 'dough cycle,' stop the cycle after 10 minutes of kneading (mine machine beeps at that time) and then let rise. They turn out perfect and the dough cycle is like 15 min instead of 1 1/2 hours!

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San Francisco Sourdough Bread

Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2007

Wonderful! Very velvety texture and very fluffy! Not the strongest tang, but my starter was pretty young. I also didn't follow other reviewers' advice and put water in the oven to bake with and my crust isn't as thick as I wanted. I'll try that next time. Otherwise, very good bread and definitely a keeper!

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Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2006

WONDERFUL!!! I have made these quite a few times and everyone loves them! I make them almost every week during the fall because everyone requests them! I usually throw in about 1 1/2 cups of pumpkin. I also put in mini chocolate chips. Very good, but tones down the pumkpin flavor tho. GREAT COOKIES!!!

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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2006

Great cookies! Perfect texture! The only change I made is I added about 1 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Baked for about 12 minutes. For storage, put in bag or cookie tin and put a piece of bread in with the cookies, this will keep them moist far longer than without.

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Best Ever Caramel Apple Crisp

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2006

Since the "crunchy top" didn't turn out very crunchy because of the caramel on top, I would recommend to put the caramel on top of the apples and then put the crumble on top. You'll still get the caramel, but you'll also get a crunchy top.

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