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This is a lemon bar recipe for lemon lovers – and it just might be the only one you’ll ever need. It has a filling that is nice and thick, a great lemon flavor and a beautiful silky texture. The lemon custard is sitting on top of a layer of tender shortbread crust …

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Gear and Gadgets

Chefn Bananza Slicer

June 10, 2011June 12, 2011

One of the reasons that I bake banana bread and other banana recipes so often is that bananas are one of my favorite fruits and I always have them in the house. I put them on cereal, in oatmeal, in fruit salads and baked goods. I never really though that bananas were a …

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Cook’s Illustrated rates Vanilla Beans

June 9, 2011August 17, 2012

Vanilla beans can impart a much deeper and more complex vanilla flavor to a custard or other dessert than vanilla extract, but while any vanilla bean is better than none, not all vanilla beans offer the same flavors. They range in quality and price, and in a recent issue (July/Aug 2011) the test …

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Chocolate Cookies Recipes

Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Gluten Free Thin Mints

June 8, 2011April 25, 2016

Over the past couple of years, I have put together a collection of a number of homemade recipes for Girl Scout Cookies. My recipes are made with all natural ingredients and, rather than having to wait for cookie season to come around, you can make them yourselves any day of …

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Bites from other Blogs

June 8, 2011June 12, 2011

Some people prefer chocolate cake, others prefer vanilla – and fans of vanilla cake know that “plain vanilla” is often anything but plain! Lick the Bowl Good recently baked up a Very Vanilla Bundt Cake for a family birthday. The buttery cake has a whole vanilla bean scraped into the …

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How long do vanilla beans last?

June 7, 2011August 17, 2012

Vanilla Beans in Sugar

Vanilla beans are a pricey ingredient prized by bakers and cooks because nothing imparts vanilla flavor like seeds scraped straight from a fresh vanilla pod. I usually have a few vanilla beans on hand and, like so many other deal-hunting bakers, I try to replenish my supply when I find a good …

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Gear and Gadgets

Breville Personal Pie Maker

June 7, 2011

There are counterop appliances that will cook waffles for us, grill our paninis and even bake mini cupcakes – why not add an appliance that will bake up some pies to the collection? The Breville Personal Pie Maker is a countertop gadget that bakes four individually sized pies at …

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Muffins Recipes

Raspberry Streusel Muffins

June 6, 2011

It has been a while since I used raspberries in a recipe – not because I haven’t been buying raspberries, but because I’ve been unable to resist eating them right out of their box when I get them home! A bag of frozen raspberries is what it took to get me to break …

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Chefn Bananza Slicer

Cook’s Illustrated rates Vanilla Beans

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How long do vanilla beans last?

Breville Personal Pie Maker

Raspberry Streusel Muffins

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