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Chicken Pot Pies….mmmmmmm

Posted in Pies, Poultry on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nothing says *comfort food* like Chicken Pot Pies.  (And nothing helps my waist line continue to expand quite like them either…)
There’s been much MUCH eating going down at the Parents-of-Geek Baker-residence and these little pies have been my favorite dinner meal so far.  You can make them in a large pan and dish individual servings [...]

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Krumkake

Posted in Cookies on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Krumkake is a delicious  light and crisp ‘cookie’ that hails from Norway.  Its dough is really a batter which is spooned into a Krumkake iron (either a stove-top or electronic model) which imprints a beautiful Scandinavian design on the cookies.  The hot cookies are then rolled around a horned shaped wooden dowel and left to [...]

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Daring Bakers’ Challenge: The Gingerbread House

Posted in Daring Bakers on December 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »

I was pretty excited when the challenge was first announced for this month.  I knew I wouldn’t have time to complete it until I went home (my parents’ home…I’m 28, single, and haven’t lived in the same city for much longer than a year in over 6 years… so its still *home* to me) for [...]

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Aunt Penny’s Cranberry Applesauce

Posted in Fruit Desserts, Vegetarian Cuisine on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Now, we all get recipes from someone else.  And no doubt my aunt Penny got this recipe from someone else.  But how far back in the recipe chain should one go in order to give food creators their proper due?  I’ve decided one person back is suitable when no other information about a previous creator [...]

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Christmas Cookie #7: Swedish Dreams

Posted in Cookies on December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

What an apt name for a cookie.   It most certainly is Dreamy….
I chose this recipe because 1 – I’ve been on a Swedish kick lately and 2 – I actually had all the ingredients on hand.
And I will be making these every year from now on.  The browned butter puts this light, melt-in-your-mouth cookie over [...]

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