I JUST finished making this and am having my first bowl. It is delicious! I halved the onion because I've never really been a huge fan, added two larger-sized cloves of garlic, and used half Crimini, half white mushrooms. I used skim milk, low fat sour cream, a quarter of the butter it called for, and didn't have any Chicken boullion so I just added a bit more chicken broth. I made a double batch, and blended about a half of the soup after boiling to thicken it up. I felt it was missing a little something so I added about 2 cups of shredded lite mozza, and it is simply scrumptious! Will make again with my tweaking! :)

Reviewed On: Nov. 29, 2011

I added a bit of shredded mozzarella I had in my fridge, cut way down on the onion, and probably added only about half the tomatoes, and some fresh basil to the end result. I omitted the red pepper flakes because I didn't have any and I didn't miss them at all. I will definitely make it again, it was delicious!

Reviewed On: Nov. 1, 2011

I loved these! I substituted all margarine for shortening, added 1 teaspoon of cloves as another reviewer said they did, but in my second batch I used only 1/2 a teaspoon, and cut back to 2.5 tsp ginger. I find the cinnamon sugar mixture for coating to be unnecessary. Just use sugar, otherwise it becomes too "spicy", and they lose their fresh, wonderful taste, and become almost "dirty" tasting.

Reviewed On: Oct. 30, 2011