Sometimes I want to comment on the recipes, but the threads are so clean with recipes that I don't want to muck them up with chatter. So I started this thread so that we can just chat about food and perhaps the recipes we share.
I just made Gingersnap cookies. I had a recipe for them in my mom's old cookbook, then noticed that Mike (mrblanch) contributed his mom's recipe. I put them side to side and realized they were very close to each other So I modified both recipes to fall somewhere in the middle of the 2 and OMG they are yummy!! Thank you Mike for sharing that recipe!!
Realize that I hadn't baked cookies in years, and have never been good at improvising, as I don't entirely get the science of baking. So I'm proud of myself that I came up with changes that worked.
Thus far this season, I've made Rum Balls (done over Thanksgiving to give them the proper time to marinade), Crescent Cookies, Chocolate Balls, Gingersnaps and Pecan Kisses (they are still cooling so haven't tasted them yet). Tomorrow I make Swedish Macaroons, my Chocoholic Chocolate Chunks (posted in cookies thread), and Lemon Drops.
I'm on a roll. It's nice to have time to do this.
I just made Gingersnap cookies. I had a recipe for them in my mom's old cookbook, then noticed that Mike (mrblanch) contributed his mom's recipe. I put them side to side and realized they were very close to each other So I modified both recipes to fall somewhere in the middle of the 2 and OMG they are yummy!! Thank you Mike for sharing that recipe!!
Realize that I hadn't baked cookies in years, and have never been good at improvising, as I don't entirely get the science of baking. So I'm proud of myself that I came up with changes that worked.
Thus far this season, I've made Rum Balls (done over Thanksgiving to give them the proper time to marinade), Crescent Cookies, Chocolate Balls, Gingersnaps and Pecan Kisses (they are still cooling so haven't tasted them yet). Tomorrow I make Swedish Macaroons, my Chocoholic Chocolate Chunks (posted in cookies thread), and Lemon Drops.
I'm on a roll. It's nice to have time to do this.
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