Most delicious cookies ever? Yes. Please enjoy.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon milk
1 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
nuts optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Dissolve baking soda in milk and set aside.
In large bowl, add pumpkin, sugar, oil, and [...]
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This recipe was a bit of an experiment, and though they were good, I would do a little less of the yellow cake mix. They go great with chili for those Monday Night Football games! (sorry for the bad food pictures, yet again–I still need a light box!)
Ingredients:
1 package (8-1/2 ounces) corn bread/muffin mix
1 package [...]
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I finally made it to New York, and so of course Katy and I just had to eat at Serendipity. I love the sound of the word and its definition: an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident, or as I like to think of it, a fortunate accident. And now, I also love the [...]
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Yes, you heard right: Cookie Cake Pie. This is inspired by our friend Cakespy, and now here it is on Megster Meter. Baked for our tailgate last weekend, this dessert brought smiles to many faces. Here is the story of the ultimate dessert experiment.
Begin with a pie crust of your choosing, and fill it with [...]
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We made these for our wine and cheese party a few weeks ago, and I made them again this weekend. They are SO delicious. Sadly my pictures this weekend did not turn out too well. But here’s the recipe from Rachel Ray anyway!
Cheesy Corn Bites
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup shredded pepper Jack [...]
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Posted in 101 in 1001, Daily Notes, Mmm...Food..., tagged 101 in 1001, cooking, cooking class, engagement, food, friends, tasty tuesday, viking cooking school on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guess what! Another friend is engaged And to surprise her and celebrate the engagement, her new hubby-to-be brought a whole bunch of us to Viking Cooking School to participate in a cooking class. And it was so fun!! Here are some pictures from our adventures in homemade pasta making…
Congrats, Spence and Carli!! And [...]
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As I mentioned Tuesday, my roomates and I had a wonderfully classy wine and cheese party last weekend! Here are my favorite shots. I was so proud of the way everything looked! Roommate Kate ingeniously put flowers not just in wine bottles, but in wine glasses too. The grapes in wine glasses and pears on [...]
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Posted in Daily Notes, Mmm...Food..., Picture Taking Time, tagged entertaining, food, hosting, party, photography, tasty tuesday, wine and cheese on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Oh yes, I certainly do LOVE cheese. And I posted several weeks ago when I made baked brie for the first time. Well guess what! I made it again. Two, in fact, for a wine and cheese party we hosted this weekend. One with fig, one with raspberries. And [...]
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Posted in Daily Notes, Life As I Know It, tagged bea's pie, door county, food, holiday, labor day, pie, travel, wisconsin on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, actually, when you read this, I will have left. I’m spending five quality days with my family to celebrate my birthday and life in general. I’ll be home for Saturday, and then taking a mini road trip with mom to Door County, the prettiest part of Wisconsin by far (well, besides Eagle River, obviously) [...]
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Absolutely THE most tasty chicken I think I’ve ever made. I found the recipe over here at Hungry Housewife, and cooked it for the boyfriend’s family. Let me tell you, I ruined the potatoes, and it didn’t even matter because this chicken was SO good. She crushed up the “breading” a little more than I [...]
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