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Soft Chocolate Cookies

Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2012

Good Luck getting the cookie dough into the stove...

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took what I had and used this recipe as a guide: no chuck, so used ground chuck; no beef broth so I used 1 can Golden Mushroom soup (not diluted); added 1 heaping tbsp minced garlic (the refrigerated kind) and next time I'll use more; used 1 regular onion instead of the green onions; no flour or other thickeners (didn't seem to need it); and closer to a cup and a half of sour cream. I forgot the mustard, but I didn't miss it. I give 4.5 stars, but since AllRecipes won't let me, I rounded up.

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Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2011

for those of you adding baking soda, etc. - those recipes are also on allrecipes, so you're kind of rating the wrong recipe. For a THREE INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE this recipe is perfect. If you want more than 3 ingredients, go to another recipe for peanut butter cookies.

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Super Sausage Gravy

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

Made with Rice Milk, as I didn't have any milk on hand, and it still turned out great. (Also, my son is dairy-free, so he was able to have sausage gravy and he loved it.)

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Greg's Southern Biscuits

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

I used 1 stick (8 tbsp) frozen butter instead of 4 tbsp frozen lard and butter, and I increased salt to 1 teaspoon instead of the 3/4 tsp the recipe called for; the biscuits tasted really good. The only thing is that, next time, I will roll out to 1" thickness, otherwise these are really flat biscuits.

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Molasses Sugar Cookies

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2011

I'd never eaten molasses cookies before, let alone baked them, so this is a new 'flavor' for me - and as far as the flavor:These cookies are really good in a 'different' or 'holiday' way (I'm not able to eat more than 2 at a time, and I probably won't bake but once a year). As far as the smell while baking: Wonderful! My home definitely has that 'holiday baking smell' that no candle can replicate. CHANGES I MADE: I was leary of the 'greasy cookie conundrum' that some other reviewers talked about, so I used 1 cup margarine, 1/4 cup butter flavor shortening, and 1/4 cup butter. My cookies turned out perfectly, without a strong butter flavor nor were they greasy. CHANGES I WILL MAKE NEXT TIME: I will cut the sugar back by 1/3 cup, because my taste buds felt like the unique flavor and spices were competing with the sweetness, and I think the sweetness should be a little less than, say, a chocolate chip cookie as this is a spice cookie, to me. (I've eaten sugar cookies that were less sweet than these, so I do think it's for sure too much sugar.) I give 5 Stars because I think it's a fantastic recipe to build on, and it's a fantastic treat for the holidays that is 'special', not just another sugar cookie.

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Southern Cornbread Dressing

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2011

The eggs was kind of weird, to me, so I did not use; I also made 2 pans of actual cornbread and used no bread (also strange to this Southerner). I put my onion, celery, and a can of corn in the food processor and pulsed til teeny-tiny, so each nite of dressing would have veggies in it. Had to take 2 stars away for each weird ingredient (in my mind casserole has eggs).

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Popovers

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2011

I've been using this recipe for years (I got it out of Paula Deen's first cookbook). I did try the different baking method in Christy's recipe, but find my popovers turn out better if I follow P's recipe and start with a cold oven, baking at 450 for 30 minutes (I have a gas stove) then pulling them out.

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Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2011

I substituted 1 can of Cheddar Cheese soup for 1 can of Cream of Potato; I shredded my ham in the food processor rather than dicing it; and I used colby jack in the casserole and monterey cheddar on top. The casserole came out well, and is good - however, I found it a little lacking in flavor. (My 14 year old son thought it was "plain".) I will make again, but I think next time I'll add some onion powder and possibly garlic powder to the mix.

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Hudson's Baked Tilapia with Dill Sauce

Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2011

I'm on Dukan Diet, so I used fat-free mayo and sub'd fat-free greek yogurt for sour cream; also, I only have dried dill weed... and this was FABULOUS over cod. My go-to dill sauce from now on.

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White Bread For The Bread Machine

Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2011

If I were out of bread AND out of milk, HAD to have bread AND couldn't get out of the house - I would totally make this again. Otherwise, I'll stick with the white bread recipe that came with my bread machine. This recipe is just heavy and greasy and lacks the one thing I LOVE about bread machine bread, and that's the yeast flavor. Yeast flavor in this bread is undetectable, because all I could taste was flour and oil. Sorry.

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Irresistible Pecan Pie

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2009

I'm not a pecan pie lover like some, but I like good pecan pie around the holiday season. This is a real pecan pie. Not Jelly Goop with Pecan Topping pie, like every other pecan pie I've had. I did do my pecans a little different - I chopped all pecans in my food processor save the halves I laid on the top. I do think this would be amazing with a shortbread crust and will try that for our Christmas.

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Angel Chicken Pasta

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

I like Chicken Danielle better; it's not as rich (and I usually have no problem with rich foods). I won't make again. Sorry.

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Stuffed Green Peppers I

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

This is what I would call a 'man meal'; I think meat and potato lovers will enjoy more than anyone. (Hubby loved it, much like he does meatloaf. I won't make either again til he asks for them.) I give 4 stars b/c it is super easy to make and it did make for a different meal. (I take one star away b/c I just didn't care for it - it tasted like lazy, unfinished spaghetti to me. As in, I was too lazy to cut up the peppers, I forgot the mushrooms, and I didn't have the rest of the ingredients to properly finish the spaghetti. However, my DH raved over it... and happily finished off the leftovers the next night.)

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Yellow Squash Casserole

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

I didn't have fresh squash or onion but did have canned squash with vidalia onion, so I completely drained and used three of those; I also was out of crackers so I used 2 cups of boxed chicken flavored stuffing mix (and left out the salt). This was the best squash casserole I've ever made and I didn't even have all the right ingredients!

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Pumpkin Casserole

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

I used 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice instead of the 2 pinches ground cinnamon. This was perfect! This is less sweet than sweet potato casserole, which is great when you want something that's more like a light side than a heavy dessert.

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Sweet Corn Cake

Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2009

Cornbread-Pudding-Cake. That pretty much sums up the taste (sweetened cornbread) and the consistency (pudding-cake) that you get with this recipe. And that may be what some people enjoy, but to me it was just weird. I would give it only one star, but I give it 3 because my son, who abhors corn, actually ate it.

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Annie's Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2009

You HAVE to try this recipe: There's a reason it has 1500+ high ratings. If I could give this 10 stars, I would, it's THAT good! Like others, I did change it up a little... I tossed the diced (gala) apples in a few tablespoons lime juice to prevent browning; I added no sugar whatsoever; I also added blueberries. With the chips, I found the cheaper flour tortillas, the thicker kind that are on the shelf, were better than the more expensive refrigerated kind. That's just my opinion. Also, I sprayed the chips (after cutting the rounds into quarters with a pizza cutter), cinnamon-sugared them, resprayed, then second coated with cinnamon sugar. They were awesome by themselves. I 1 1/2 times'd this recipe and it made 1/2 gallon of salsa... which was the only food at the party that was gone before it was over.

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Brunch Strata

Reviewed: May 24, 2009

Let me start off by saying that I made some substitutions: chopped, fresh spinach for zucchini; orange bell pepper for green; canned mushrooms for fresh (forgot to buy fresh). I also halved the recipe (except the cheddar, which I only cut by a third). I mixed cheeses and wet ingredients in food processor, as well as my fresh baked bread (forgot to 'age' it) to kind of expedite mixing time; I used a vidalia chop wizard to cut down on chop time... and I still had 45 minutes in the prep, so I think 45 min. prep is for someone REALLY fast or it's off a bit. And I baked it every minute of the recommended bake time, was a little skittish that the toothpick came out clean but there seemed to still be wet egg mixture, so I baked an extra 10 minutes for safety reasons as much as anything. All that said, this strata is really, really good. It's not jump up and down, have it every weekend great, but it is really good for an occasion(al) brunch. I also think it's too much trouble for an every weekend or every day breakfast/brunch. I would

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Creamy Rice Pudding

Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2009

This is fantastic! I had to make the last cup of milk heavy cream (only had 1/2 c milk)and I added 3 dashes (maybe ~ 1/8 to 1/4 tsp) nutmeg. This is the very best rice pudding I've ever had. If I change anything else, I might cut down down on the sugar by a tablespoon or two- the golden raisins make would make up the sweet 'difference'.

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