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Hershey's ® 'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

This is the only chocolate cake recipe I use anymore! It's perfect every time. I follow the directions exactly. It's great for cupcakes as well as the multilayer cake.

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Quick and Easy Pizza Crust

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

Great for quick and easy meals. I can't get bread flour where I live and it works fine with normal all purpose flour. To add flavour, I sometimes add dried herbs (oregano, basil).

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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Nut Muffins

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

Oh my goodness! So good! I get requests for these often. Only change I make is to omit the nuts.

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We love this bread. Living in a rural town in Tanzania, there is nowhere to buy nice bread and this easy recipe produces great results with minimal ingredients and no need for extensive baking skills.

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Light Oat Bread

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2011

This recipe is flexible and it is my staple. It is perfect as is, but due to the flexibility of it, you can sub whole wheat flour, oil, less sugar, etc to make it what you are craving. The best part - powdered milk is extremely expensive where I live and this is one of the few bread maker recipes I've found that doesn't require it! Thanks for the recipe!

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Zucchini-Chocolate Chip Muffins

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2011

This is the only zucchini recipe that everyone loves. It's very flexible and forgiving. It is a 5 star recipe as it is, but is also a 5 star recipe if you substitute whole wheat flour for part or all of the all purpose flour listed. Enjoy!

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Potato Leek Soup III

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

This was a good base, but I did add a few spices to it as I found it a bit bland. I took another reviewers advice and used half and half. I will make this again.

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Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

These are my boyfriend's all time favourite cookies. I only make 1/2 batch at a time as he will eat as many as I make...

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Chewy Peanut Butter Brownies

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

My new favourite (non chocolate) recipe! Simple, quick and with every day ingredients. I do not change anything, though sometimes underbake them if they aren't to take somewhere. (underbaking makes them wonderfully gooey, but hard to serve nicely!)

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Hot Cross Buns I

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

Somehow these came out too light and fluffy. I followed the recipe - or thought I did! My boyfriend loved them, but they weren't quite right for me. I would make them again to see if it was me, or the recipe!

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Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

Easy with normal ingredients around the house. Tastes delicious! I sometimes use dark cocoa powder for a stronger flavour, but it's good with anything you have in the cupboard.

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Best Brownies

Reviewed: May 20, 2011

This is a no fail recipe. I am constantly asked to bring these to get togethers. Now I go armed with the link to the recipe to share! It's easy with basic ingredients. Thanks for sharing!

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Spicy Tomato and Lentil Soup

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2009

Loved this recipe! I'm living in Tanzania at the moment and it's hard to find ingredients, but did manage to find everything for this recipe following some of the substitutions that others suggested - Red chili flakes, fresh tomatoes and a bit of extra water. I'll be making this again soon!

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Classic Bran Muffins

Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2008

This is a great recipe. I followed the suggestions of others and used applesauce instead of oil. I also added one finely chopped apple with the raisins. I will definitely be making this again soon.

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Fresh Pear Pie

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2008

This was a great recipe. I followed the directions to a T. Next time I will cut down on the cinnamon as I found it a bit overpowering and I'm not the biggest cinnamon fan. But it was still delicious and I'll be making this every pear season for years to come!

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Pineapple Banana Bread

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2008

I used half brown and half white sugar and half whole wheat flour. Delicious. Moist. I did one loaf and 12 muffins. I'll be making this again.

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Oat Bran Muffins

Reviewed: Jun. 29, 2008

A friend gave me Oat Bran and I had no idea what to do with it. This was a great solution. I followed the other reviews and added more applesauce, cinnamon, vanilla and raisins in orange juice. Very tasty. I'll definitely be making these again soon.

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Rae's Vegetarian Chili

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2008

This is a good base recipe, but I did change quite a bit. I never have beer in the fridge so used white wine instead which added a nice flavour. I didn't use tomato sauce - just one can of tomatoes and one mini can of tomato juice because it was a bit too thick at the end. I only used three cans of beans as that's all I had and used frozen corn. There was a bit of tofu left in the fridge so I chopped that up and threw it in too! The spices listed make it quite spicy, but very flavourful. As I'd never made chili before, I wouldn't have known where to start, so this was a great recipe to point me in the right direction. Just know that it is flexible and you can change it to suit what you have on hand. Next time I might use dried beans (rehydrated obviously) and see how that turns out to save some money and cans!

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Annie's Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2008

This is a great recipe. I brought it to a girls night and got a great response to it. I didn't add any sugar, and used homemade strawberry jam. It was plenty sweet without the sugar. I didn't have quite enough raspberries, so added some frozen peaches which I let thaw in a strainer to eliminate some of the juices. The apples I plunged into lemon water for a second before adding to the salsa and they didn't turn brown. I don't use anything in an aerosol can, so lightly brushed melted butter over the tortillas and it worked well. I'll definitely use this recipe again.

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Banana Crumb Muffins

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008

Delicious. My mother had one and couldn't get over how easy the topping is, but it really makes the muffins! I used 1/2 whole wheat flour, 1/2 unbleached white flour. I also used organic cane sugar instead of white sugar and oil instead of butter. This will be a regular recipe from now on.

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