Monthly Archives: December 2009

Dark Chocolate Fleur de Sel Cupcakes with Snappy Butterscotch Icing

Salty sweets seem to be catching my eye lately. First there were those salty oatmeal cookies and now these dark chocolate cupcakes that are liberally sprinkled with coarse salt before baking and after frosting. The cupcakes were good, but the … Continue reading

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Salted Oatmeal Cookies

The two weeks before Christmas were filled with batches of caramel and almond toffee, peppermint bark and nougat. At the end of it all, I was sugared out. That lasted approximately 10 seconds, then I found this recipe for oatmeal … Continue reading

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Chicken & Pork Adobado

Currently cooking from All About Braising by Molly Stevens My last dish out of All About Braising was a bit disappointing. The first night we ate this chicken and pork dish, it was really good. The sauce was tangy and … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cookies

The folks over at www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/ have the perfect job. See, I’ve been trying to figure out how to make money by baking whatever I want, whenever I want. So far, I haven’t had much luck, but I’m sure enjoying the … Continue reading

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Golden Pull-Apart Butter Buns

A week or so before Thanksgiving, I went on a mission to find a really good roll recipe for those all-important leftover turkey sandwiches. I think I tried three or four recipes before finally settling on this one from the … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

There it was. Staring at me with sad little orange eyes. Every time I opened the refrigerator, I could hear its insidious whisper: “Please don’t throw me away.” But what to do with it? I had about a cup of … Continue reading

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Braised Celery with Crunchy Bread Crumb Topping

Currently cooking from All About Braising by Molly Stevens Thanksgiving left me with a surplus of celery, so I took a suggestion from a commentor and tried Stevens’ braised celery recipe. You start off by trimming and cleaning a bunch … Continue reading

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Black Pepper and Molasses Pulled Chicken

This is the second recipe I earmarked from the November issue of Cooking Light (that Beef-Barley Soup was the other one). And like the beef-barley soup, this was a hit. I followed the recipe pretty closely, except for one change. … Continue reading

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Yankee Post Roast Redux

Currently cooking from All About Braising by Molly Stevens Here’s another homerun from Stevens’ book. I’ve made lots of pot roasts (and eaten even more), but I think this might be one of my favorites due to its simplicity and … Continue reading

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Beef-Barley Soup

Here’s another recipe that I got from Cooking Light magazine. We tend to eat a lot of soups around here, and I’m always looking for new recipes. This one caught my eye because it looked more like a stew than … Continue reading

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