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    Your Daily Sweets: What are you making and baking? (2014)

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    Posted · Edited by merstar (log)

    I pulled out Dorie Greenspan's "Baking from My Home to Yours" hoping it might help solve some of my baking issues. The recipe for Coffee-Break Muffins caught my eye as I am a sucker for anything coffee flavoured. They came together easily and in no time. And they did not disappoint. If you love coffee-flavoured baked goods you must try these.

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    The recipe is available on-line.

    That's interesting they came out so well for you. I tried them years ago, and they were terrible - mushy and tasteless.

    Garlic Powder

    in Kitchen Consumer

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    Garlic powder is on my shopping list, but I've only bought it once, years ago, so I'm not familiar with what's available.

     

    Is most garlic powder pretty much the same, apart from the US v Chinese origin?  Have there been any taste or quality tests done - couldn't find anything?  Any favorite or most-used brand that you use?

     

    Thanks!

     

    I've tried many over the years, and there's a big variation in taste. Some are absolutely horrible. The only one I use is Penzey's. 

    Rich Cocoa Powder

    in Pastry & Baking

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    Whoa! Nice collection Andiesenji! It is good to be reminded about King Arthur as an option. I bought the Vahlrona cocoa once and thought it was so dark that it made my final dish taste burned -- I really didn't like it and ultimately threw it out!

    I hate Valrhona cocoa powder! I bought it once and couldn't even stand the smell - it was definitely an off-smell and taste. My favorite Dutched cocoa powder is El Rey, but unfortunately, they stopped producing it a year or two ago. I was so disappointed.

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    Brown Sugar for Chocolate Chip Cookies

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    Keller's vanilla extract-free cookie is my go-to quick cookie. Use really good brown sugar for them because that's where the flavour is.

    I've never made those myself, but a friend of mine made them shortly before Christmas. Amazingly good cookie. They're on my to-do list.

    They're my absolute favorite chocolate chip cookies, along with a few of my tweaks. Here's a link to the recipe with photos:

    http://www.foodgal.com/2009/06/tantalizing-preview-ad-hoc-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe-by-thomas-keller/

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