Beat and Bake Orange Cake

Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

Last week I made the Orange Yogurt Bread on this site and thought it was wonderful and gave it a glowing review. Last night I made the Beat and Bake Orange Cake. I prefer this recipe and the frosting is so good, it really makes makes this cake. The only change I made was to substitute orange yogurt for the milk. I felt it gave the tang that an orange cake should have.

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Spicy Oatmeal Cookies

Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2009

I liked this recipe, it was easy and quick to put together and fairly simple. I mixed it in my food processor as I do whenever I find a recipe that requires butter or shortening be "cut in". Although, it seemed they cooked very quickly and the first pan were way too dark and I didn't overcook according to the 8-10 minutes. I removed the other cookies from the oven much earlier than the first ones. The banana in the recipe is unique. I did add vanilla extract although the recipe didn't call for it.

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Orange Oatmeal Muffins

Reviewed: Aug. 16, 2009

Yesterday I made the Tasty Orange-Oatmeal Muffins on the Allrecipes site and tonight I made these. These I found were much better tasting. I put 1 cup of craisins in with the boiling water/oj/oatmeal mixture to help plump them and even forgot to add the vanilla extract. I made a streusel from a banana crumb muffin recipe on Allrecipes and think this is an excellent muffin.

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KathleenO

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Tasty Orange-Oatmeal Muffins

Reviewed: Aug. 16, 2009

Muffin with nice oatmeal texture and tangy orange flavor. Instead of the orange juice/sugar icing I made a streusel from another muffin recipe on this site. I had no problems with sticking, I use a jumbo muffin tin and just greased the tin with butter. I did not add the raisins to the batter.

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KathleenO

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Orange Yogurt Bread

Reviewed: Aug. 16, 2009

Wow, what great taste! On my second go-round I also substituted some of the all-purpose flour with wheat flour. Wonderful, pound cake flavor that would be really good with fresh fruit and whipped cream. I added some orange zest to the glaze. Loved the glaze too.

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KathleenO

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Orange Banana Nut Bread

Reviewed: Aug. 14, 2009

I also really liked this recipe. I made only one change: instead of 1 1/4 cups mashed banana, I added 1/2 cup banana yogurt. I thought this banana bread recipe rocked. So, good!

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Juiciest Hamburgers Ever

Reviewed: Aug. 11, 2009

These were very good. They really were nice and moist and I liked the spices just the way they are, but it would be easy to change it up, according to your tastes. Yum!

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Bright Blue Monday Cake

Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2009

I usually don't change the recipe on the first try, but broke my own rule here. I added 1 tsp. vanilla to the batter because others had recommended that change. The change I should not have made was I doubled the recipe and then baked in a 10" tube pan. I had to bake for 1/2 hour longer than recommended in the recipe. Once cooled though, I could not remove from the pan without it breaking apart, so I just cut pieces off as we ate it and then today took it completely out of the pan. The cake itself tasted great. I won't bake it in that type of pan again.

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Blueberry Clafouti

Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2009

I had never heard of a clafouti. Since I love any custard, I really liked this and with the blueberries, it was fabulous. Easy to make and not your standard cobbler.

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Blackberry Cobbler

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2009

As I don't routinely have self-rising flour in my pantry, I made the changes as suggested by Caramello in her review. I also did half white sugar and half brown, added a couple of "glugs" of half and half to the milk, and added a 1/4 cup wheat flour to the flour to make up for the additional liquid. I also added almond extract, vanilla extract and cinnamon to the blackberries. Even so, I told my husband after putting in the oven that this recipe seemed deceptively easy and I had my doubts about the finished product. Not to worry: this is a fabulous tasting and fabulously easy recipe that just begs for vanilla ice cream and says summer picnic to me. Great recipe, Valerie!

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KathleenO

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Frosted Peanut Cookies

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

I didn't pay close attention to the recipe and when I was actually in process of making it up, I noticed there wasn't peanut butter in the actual cookie, just in the frosting. BUT, after baking and frosting these, I and my husband decided we love these. Great flavor and crunchiness with the peanuts that are in the oookie.

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Restaurant-Style Potato Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

I come from a family in which my mother's (now deceased) potato salad is legendary. I was surprised by how good and simple to make this one is. I did increase the onion, grated carrot and celery and added hard-boiled eggs, but I don't think it changed the flavor overall with these additions. Great recipe, Mary Ann!

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Chicken Marsala

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2009

Very good and really easy. Loved the flavor. Sent leftovers with hubby to work.

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Spiced Banana Cake

Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2009

I wasn't so impressed..., Not a bad recipe, but I think I'll save my overripe bananas for a banana bread or the Banana Crumb Muffins on this site which are fabulous.

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Passion Bars

Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2009

After seeing other's issues with spreading the peanut butter/condensed milk mixture I thought that the bars would be more easily prepared in my food processor. It worked great. Another change I made was to add 1/3 cup of cream cheese and 1 tsp. vanilla to the peanut butter/milk mixture in the food processor. I store the cooked bars in the refrigerator so it keeps longer and that helps with the crumbly top layer, as well. Great dessert with these changes.

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Fluffy French Toast

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2009

I thought this was good, but nothing spectacular. I used half & half instead of milk. But I didn't think the flour made it that much better than the French toast that I usually make.

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Feta Chicken

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2009

I thought that this was good, but my husband thought it was a little heavy on the feta cheese.

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Amish Macaroni Salad

Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2009

This was a good salad. I only added 1/4 cup of splenda and personally thought it was too sweat. I also added only 1/2 the mayo, used whole wheat macaroni and put cucumber and bell pepper in it because I had them on hand. It dissapeared at the bbq we hosted and I had 4 people ask me for the recipe. I would give it 5 stars when I make it without the sugar:)

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Shrimp Tempura

Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2009

This was a great recipe! I did have to add about 1/4 cup additional water to the batter, but it's easy, and it's delicious! My whole family loved this, including my 3 year old and 1 year old!

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