Posts tagged vanilla

Vanilla Pudding

I got the bug to make pudding from scratch this week after the husband bought some Jell-O pudding cups for his lunch. My favorite pudding is butterscotch, but I settled on vanilla because it seemed easier. (When trying new recipes, sometimes I have to play confidence games with myself.)

This was a messy experience, but overall [...]

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Mrs. Guenther’s Sugar Cookies

For the last four years, I’ve been attending my friend Nikki’s cookie exchange. What’s a cookie exchange? Everybody brings one dozen cookies for each person in attendance and then gets to go home with a dozen cookies from each person. So, on Saturday, I’m bringing five dozen sugar cookies to exchange for five dozen different [...]

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Brownies

I had one of the best kinds of surprises waiting for me when I got home today… brownies! Not your box brownies either, actual homemade ones!

4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
2 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted (optional)
powdered sugar [...]

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

As soon as I saw these Pumpkin Whoopie Pies posted on Just Eat It, I knew I Just Had To Make Them. Had to.

Still, these gems exceeded my expectations. My house smells like Pumpkin Paradise and I have two dozen* of these cake-like cookies filled with frosting. Pure fall bliss!

* The recipe states I should [...]

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I could tell you that I made these cookies so I could use up some of the oatmeal in my cupboard, but that would be a lie. I just wanted to make cookies. I followed this recipe from bakingsheet (now Baking Bites) after falling for the first line:
These are, hands down, the best oatmeal chocolate chip [...]

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