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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Today is National Cookie Day

In honor of “National Cookie Day,” we've gathered some tasty cookie recipes.

It's National Cookie Day! Need some inspiration? Check out these clever cookie recipes: For additional holiday cookie recipes, visit www.tasteofhome.com

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Bread Making . . . Basics?

The Brunette Lucy proves once again that she's no baker.

My family loves bread in all its forms. If it’s some sort of baked product and houses lunch meat or can be slathered with butter, they’ll consume it in mass quantities.  While I like bread, I prefer to put meat and cheese on a salad; then promptly negate the nutritional benefit by drowning it in salad dressing. Unfortunately, I’m no baker; cooking, I can manage. But if it’s a recipe that has any combination of flour and yeast, I’ll mutilate, butcher or in some way humiliate the poor dough. For years, I’d buy bread in a tube, thwack it open on the counter, and throw it in the oven. I tried to pass it off as home made, but the remnants of the tube betrayed me. So, a few years ago, I bought a bread making machine. For the first time in, well…

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