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Red Velvet Crackle Cookies

Also from Sunday Parade magazine article on holiday cookies.  Putting the recipe in the blog first, then trying it.  I figure typing it up will make me read it more carefully. Postscript:  They came out great.  Like better than the … Continue reading

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Nutmeg-Maple Cream Pie

From the New York Times.  Doesn’t include pie crust recipe.  Would it be really bad of me to just buy a pie crust? “This pie is a delicious twist on a custard standby, and it is exceedingly easy, a humble … Continue reading

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Holiday Stout Cookies

From Elysian Brewery, Seattle.  There link is here:  http://www.elysianbrewing.com/holiday-stout-cookies/ But in case they take it down later, here’s the recipe.  Looks good.  Sort of reminds me of Whoopie Pies made with stout!

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Glazed Lemon-Blueberry Loaf

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Vegan Vanilla “Butter” Cream

This recipe came out rather goopy.  I kept the whoopie pies in the frig so that the filling didn’t spill out.  

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Lemon Whoopie

Made a delicious cake.  Filled with Blueberry Cream filling, which is just the normal filling with two or three tablespoons of blueberry syrup added.  Of course, hand mixer worked fine on these.

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Stained Glass Cookies

My roommate’s mom cut this out of a Bloomington-Normal IL paper (maybe the Pantagraph?) and sent it to him to try.  I came home from errands today to find  him midway through the recipe.   He thought it was too … Continue reading

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Chocolate Buttercream

Posting this to show what I made.  This might make a good frosting for a cake but didn’t much like as whoopie pie filling.  Too dense and grainy.

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Red Velvet Whoopie

I would definitely follow the recommendation at the end to use less cocoa.  I used the recipe’s amount and found it too dense.  I don’t have a stand mixer; hand mixer worked fine.  

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Strawberry Buttercream Filling

I couldn’t find the freeze-dried strawberries this recipe calls for so I bought frozen strawberries and skipped the milk.  Still made it quite runny when not in the frig.  Filling used with Red Velvet Whoopie Pies.  Very tasted and we … Continue reading

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