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~Marianne~
 
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Living In: Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA
Member Since: Mar. 2005
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Dessert
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About this Cook
I'm a self-taught baker since I was 12. I learned over my summer vacation to occupy myself while my brother was out with his buddies, and my ma was at work. I love the theraputic affect of baking, and the way a simple dessert can be turned into a work of art.
My favorite things to cook
pastries, muffins, and bread
My cooking triumphs
FINALLY making yeast bread with success!
My cooking tragedies
TRYING to make yeast bread with success
Recipe Reviews 23 reviews
Melt In Your Mouth Toffee
according to one reveiwer, I added 3 TBS each water and corn syrup to the HALVED RECIPE-mind you that his calculations for 1 1/4c brown sugar were spot on- adding them along with the rest of the ingredients, made for an addictive recipe! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!! Everyone is mad at me for making them fat, but I never thought I'd be good at making candy so I keep making it!!!

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 29, 2012
Scottish Shortbread IV
Great! Drizzled them with white and dark chocolate, and they looked awesome! I added vanilla to it to add flavor too!

8 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 15, 2011
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Perfect! Here are some sugar cookie rolling tips to make the most of your dough, as well as make things go a little easier and faster for you (hopefully!), because these are as time consuming as you'll let them be! So worth it though!: -I divide the ENTIRE batch into about 5 pieces, and leave them covered in plastic wrap or in plastic baggies in the fridge, removing one at a time to roll out. -Once I've used my cookie cutters on one as much as I can, I roll up the scraps, put them back into the plasic wrap/baggie, and into the fridge it goes. I do not re-roll it, even if I'm working fast and the dough's still cold. I then move onto the next ball of dough in the fridge, and so on, rotating in the same order I started. I do this until all of the dough is gone. -Everything gets rolled out onto a surface dusted with a 50/50 mixture of powdered sugar and flour. The powdered sugar helps keep the dough from getting tough, instead of using just flour alone. I hope all this helped some of you! Enjoy and have fun decorating!!

55 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Jan. 15, 2011
 
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