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no, there is nothing involving olives in these cookies, but they are a peace offering at work for a group that has been doing a whole lot for me, and i have inadvertently ruffled the feathers of. i won’t get into the situation, but it isn’t good, and cookies certainly won’t fix it, but baked goods are a good compliment to a thank you card in my humble opinion.
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a lot of people i know substitute ingredients to make recipes healthier, or to replace something they do not have on hand, but how much of a difference does it really make? today, i will show you the major difference made between margarine and butter.
this will be a short post…mainly because i just became a foster mommy to a cat a couple hours ago and i have no idea what i am doing (other than freaking out). while i waited for her to arrive, i decided to make cookies– not only to take my mind off of it, but also to potentially lure in some friends to help me out.
i will admit to being proud of my cookies. my scones are delightful. my cupcakes are great. my cakes… my cakes are disasters. if there wasn’t already a wildly popular site called cakewrecks, i would consider creating a section on my site with that name. let me tell you about my weekend, which resulted in putting flowers on a cake for my friend ed, a 40 year old male.
…i have not abandoned you. some say that distance makes the heart grow fonder, so those of you must be missing me dearly. others say that distance makes the heart go wander, so you folks have moved on and perhaps didn’t even stop to look at this. in any case, i certainly miss updating you with my weekly baking escapades, so i hope to resume doing so! i have been experiencing a rough patch in my health problems and focusing most of my energy on getting better. i have, however, been baking a bit here and there…just nothing impressive. i will leave you with a recipe i tried out that claimed they were the best chocolate chip cookies EVER. they were quite good, but i am not sure about the whole “ever” claim.
you may have noticed that i am a couple weeks behind in my posting… but this pumpkin bread is still from december, as i refuse to let go of fall. to be fair, this isn’t all me; i asked my friend ed, the birthday boy, what he wanted and he said pumpkin, i knew that the fall season would need to be extended until the very end (we still have until the solstice, ya know). even then, i am pretty sure you will find me making pumpkin treats well into winter…especially this bread! mmmmmmmmm
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i have a lot of friends that are enamored with slow cooking/crock pots. something strikes me a bit odd about about food cooking allllllll day. i am very particular about food consistency, and picky about soup and other mushy vegetables, so i opted for a different kind of slow cooking– low temperature cookies! Continue reading »
i’ll admit it: i have issues. i want my tasty treats to look tasty…is that so wrong? while i completely understand that things can taste good even when they don’t look good, i have also learned that presentation is important, especially if i want to make money. my other issue, apparently, is that i can’t figure out the correct amount of time to let something chill before slicing. sometimes i cut too soon and end up with layers mixing, which is admittedly better than when i wait too long, which you can see here, as well as my disfigured yet delicious rainbow cookies.
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the air is crisp, the breeze is refreshing, the temperature is in the 60s… it’s official, fall is here!!! i have said it before, and i will say it again– I LOVE FALL! not only do i love the weather, but i love all the spiced goodies, so although i started a little early with the apple pie cookies, i am kicking off fall baked goods season, so expect lots of apple, pumpkin, cranberries, pie-like things, etc! Continue reading »
this week, one of my good friends, a former roommate, had surgery and i couldnt be there to help her out with things since she is in denver and i am in jersey…so i made my best attempt at making her feel better from a distance– with cookies, of course! courtney and i used to be peanut butter, chocolate, and cookies fiends, so there was no choice but to make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for her, but i wanted to try out a new recipe, mostly for your sake. i mean, if i used one of my previous recipes i couldn’t post it, and you would be missing out on these amazing cookies!
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