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Showing 35 results for the author: How To Eat A Cupcake.
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Thanks to Kat for sending this recipe to Not Your Momma's Test Kitchen. She bookmarked it from Crepes of Wrath, who saw it on Slice of Feist, who got it from the Chicago Sun-Times. Whew, this recipe is a traveller! These cookies are delicious! They're chewy and packed with flavor, but they're not greasy at all. My favorite thing about these is the ratio of chocolate chips and nuts to cookie dough. I don't like chocolate chip cookies that are so ...
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On our kitchen counter this morning we have homemade brownies. We have homemade granola. In our freezer we have Häagen-Dazs. In our refrigerator we have Kozy Shack rice pudding. Yet, my dad is still not satisfied with this selection of sweets. He requested that I make some cookies; either Koulouria (Greek butter cookies, which IMHO are bland and gross) or wedding cookies. I compromised and made Kourambiethes, which are Greek cookies sort of like wedding cookies, but with almonds instead of pecans! These are my ...
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And now...... for another edition of Not Your Momma's Test Kitchen brought to you by How To Eat A Cupcake! Thank you so very much to Jordana Weiner for submitting David Lebovitz's recipe for Dulce de Leche Brownies! I'm pretty sure no one will ever submit a recipe that will be able to top this one! I encourage you to try, but just know this is some very serious competition! You want to know just how good these brownies are?? During a commercial break of the elimination episode ...
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Pop quiz! Who can tell me what the acronym BFD stands for?? Anyone? You, in the back? No? ANYONE? Okay, okay, the answer is.......BREAKFAST FOR DINNER! It's a staple at my house because (on the off occasion he spends the night) Josh doesn't like to eat breakfast in the morning, and it's my favorite meal! Well, technically French toast is my favorite meal. It would undoubtedly be my last meal if I were ever put on death row. Yeah, I've thought about it! ...
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It's no secret I'm a major hippie when it comes to my overwhelming love for granola. I used to swear by Bear Naked Fit vanilla almond crunch, as well as their fruit and nut granola. If it came down to me being able to put $5 worth of gas in my car or buying a bag of granola, let's just say I'd be sitting at home with a spoon and a big grin on my face! Don't worry about me ever running out of gas ...
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I'm not much into Mardi Gras, mostly because I don't know a lot about it. Also because I live in Virginia, and it's just far enough away from New Orleans that we don't hear any of the noise from the all-night street parties. The only thing I know about Mardi Gras is that the celebration includes a pastry known as King Cake. Here's a tidbit from Wikipedia for you: A king cake is a type of cake associated with the festival of Epiphany in the ...
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Do you follow me on twitter? If you don't, you should (twitter.com/hteac)! If you do, you saw my tweet earlier about my Valentine's Day cookies and my promise of an interesting story. "Interesting" isn't exactly the right word. "Heart-breaking" would be more appropriate (as well as ironic, seeing as how these are Valentine's Day cookies)! I spent somewhere around 4 hours making these beautiful cookies from start to finish yesterday. I took a few to work this morning, but I left the prettiest at ...
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Do you follow me on twitter? If you don't, you should (twitter.com/hteac)! If you do, you saw my tweet earlier about my Valentine's Day cookies and my promise of an interesting story. "Interesting" isn't exactly the right word. "Heart-breaking" would be more appropriate (as well as ironic, seeing as how these are Valentine's Day cookies)! I spent somewhere around 4 hours making these beautiful cookies from start to finish yesterday. I took a few to work this morning, but I left the prettiest at ...
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As some of you already know, I started a new blog called "Not Your Momma's Test Kitchen." It was supposed to be a blog where you send in recipes that you've been saving for a while but haven't gotten around to making. I would make them and show you my results, and then it would be your turn. Well, I decided it would be too much trouble, and really impractical, to have two blogs. So I'm making NYMTK a sub-chapter of this blog! Somehow, I have to figure out a way to rework this layout to include a tab ...
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A few months ago, I won another cookbook giveaway at Kate's blog Warm Olives and Cool Cocktails. I was so excited that I won my first choice, "Bon Appetit, Y'all" by Virginia Lewis. It's been on my Amazon.com wishlist for quite some time! As a rule for her cookbook giveaways, Kate asks that we make a recipe from the cookbook within 30 days after we get it. I recently saw the movie "Julie & Julia" for the first time, and as soon as I ...
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Sorry for the MAJOR delay between posts. I'm full of excuses, but my most current is Cafe World on Facebook! It takes up ALL my time! I made this bread about two weeks ago, and it was so good that I want to post it right away. But I had hungry customers to feed in my virtual cafe, and I can't let my buzz rating slip below 100! ;) Anyway, I'm posting it now, and I must say it's totally delicious! I'll put it this ...
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Let me refer back to my past Twitter "tweets" and show you what Josh said when he tasted this cake... josh just called me a "f#$%ing craftsman" and demanded that i make him a mattress out of lemon poppyseed pound cake!! ;D ;D6:17 PM Jan 5th from txtTo be politically correct, I guess I'd be a craftswoman. Either way, this cake was BANGIN!!!! It was dense, tender, and moist. The cake itself had only a hint of lemon flavor, but the ...
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Okay, so I KNOW Christmas was 12 days ago, but c'mon! Don't act like you weren't up to your freakin' eyeballs in wrapping paper, cousins, Best Buy gift cards, and the same exact food you ate for Thanksgiving, too!! I made these cookies just before Christmas, and they were fantastic! I think they were Josh's favorite, and everyone loved them. They're called Pfeffernussen, which is German for "pepper nuts" or something like that. They're kinda soft, kinda crispy, almost cake-like, and deliciously spicy! Since I'm ...
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Enjoy your holidays and vacations (if you're lucky enough to get one)! I'll be back home on Sunday, and I'll have plenty of Christmas cookie recipes to post. Sorry they won't be up in time for the festivities. :( Anywho, have a safe holiday, eat lots, enjoy your family, and don't miss the after-Christmas sales!Merry Chrismas! :DUPDATE! I realize it's January 4th and I'm still not back yet! When I'm not at work, I'm at home watching True Blood or Six Feet Under! I'm baking bread today so I' promise I'll be back soon! ;)...
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It's that time of year again. The space between Thanksgiving and Christmas, dubbed by my family as "Thanksmas." And you know what that means... it's time for PIES!!! I started a tradition last year when I brought pies for my aunts and Great aunt to our Thanksmas get-together. This year was slightly more difficult because I now have a busy work schedule to get around. Over a span of 3 days I managed to crank out 4 awesome looking pies! I'm pretty darn proud ...
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Mooooooove over, candied yams! There's a new tuber in town (oh yeah, I know my botany). Why not dress your table with this big, honkin' masterpiece for Christmas?? It's a sweet potato cheesecake in a ginger snap crust with marshmallow-sour cream topping. I'm not sure if it's possible to fit more of my favorite words into a food description!I don't make cheesecake very often. However, it must have been in the stars for me to make a cheesecake this week. Josh and I ...
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I've done it! I've finally mastered the apple pie! You may remember my apple pie post from two months ago. I loved that pie, but I overcooked the filling on the stove, so the apples were a little mushy. I wanted to try making apple pie again, but for some reason I moved on to a totally different recipe. My second try was with a Martha Stewart recipe. It's from her Baking Handbook, but I can't remember the exact name of the recipe. Anyway, ...
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First, sorry this is late. I was supposed to post on Nov. 20th, but with the holidays approaching things got a little crazy. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My vacation was wonderful, and we had lots of fun shopping on Black Friday! Now, onto the cake.....I actually made this cake earlier in the month, but I'm just getting around to writing about it! It was delicious, and Josh loved it (which is always a good sign because he's usually a non-dessert ...
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Originally I wasn't planning on blogging about this recipe. My dad asked me to make some bread last minute for spaghetti dinner. Since we were rained in all day... oh yeah, I live in the Hampton Roads area of VA. If you haven't heard, WE'RE FREAKIN UNDER WATER thanks to the "November Nor'easter"! Google it to see if you can find the video of the guy rowing himself with a broom in a pool float to get to a 7-11! Anyway, back to the ...
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I think my dad is playing me like a fiddle! He knows that any time he brings fruit home, I'm gonna turn it into something good. Lately, apples have been popping up frequently on our kitchen table. So what do I do? Apple pie, apple turnovers, apple crisp... but this time I wanted to make something different. I've never made apple cake before, and when I googled it, Smitten Kitchen's recipe was one of the top results. Cha-ching! The recipe is her mother's, and I ...
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Yay! Another video! I love making videos, and it sucks that I barely ever have time to make them. But here's a good one! As you know, I love pies. Me and pies are pretty much BFFs now. And you may also know that I have an infinity-long list of things I want to bake in my lifetime. One of those things is a pumpkin pie with a fresh pumpkin. I figured it would be a pretty fun video topic since I'd never done ...
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Wow! Halloween seemed to go by like a blur! My mom and I spent days upon days decorating our house and preparing food for our annual "Super Awesome Halloween Party Deluxe." This was our third year throwing a big "h-ween" party, and I'm positive that it's been the best so far. We had a great turn out, and everyone had a great time! They loved the food and said our decorations were awesome. Thank you, thank you very much! After all our hard work and ...
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Only 5 days until Halloween! What are everyone's plans and what are you dressing up to be? We get to wear our costumes to work, and Wendi and I are gonna be 1980's prom queens! Then I'm coming home to help out with the annual Halloween party at our house. I haven't even decided what our menu is going to be this year, but I know I want to make my own version of the chocolate pistachio cake on the cover of Phyllis Hoffman's Celebrate ...
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Hellooooooo Cake Slice! My, how I've missed you so! We just started baking from a new book, and guess what... The first cake isn't a layer cake! (And from the looks of next month's poll, the second won't be a layer cake either...but shhhh... you didn't hear that from me!) Our new book is "Southern Cakes" by Nancie McDermott, and our first recipe chosen is the Cinnamon-Pecan Coffee Cake. Wow, how insanely good did this cake smell in the oven!? As always, I used my ...
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After making the Pumpkin Yeast Bread, I had a bit of pumpkin leftover. Again, trying to stray away from traditional recipes (and also wanting to make a dent in the cream cheese stock pile in our fridge), I decided to go with pumpkin spice cheesecake brownies! I ran the idea by my bestest pal from work, Wendi, and she thought it was a great idea. I browsed the internet until I found the perfect recipe at Cara's Cravings. First, let ...
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First, I was on a pie kick... now it's a pumpkin kick. At least I can't say I'm not celebrating my favorite season this year! I love Autumn because of the changing leaves, the cooler air, and the fantastic recipes I get to make with apples and pumpkins! After the Pumpkin Chiffon Pie, I've been really interested in making unusual pumpkin recipes (ie, NOT the traditional pie or pumpkin bread recipes). Most pumpkin bread recipes are quick breads. They're usually pretty spicy and chock full ...
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Good morning, class! Let's begin the day by saying a random fact about yourself. I'll go first. I collect vintage cookbooks. And you know how much I love to start little categories for my blog posts, so here's a new one: Vintage Recipes! The first one comes from The Culinary Arts Institute Cookbook from 1985. I can't remember exactly where this book came from, but I know my dad gave it to me a few months ago. It's HUGE! It's full of strange old recipes, ...
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I'm extremely confident that Marilyn M. Moore truly did disclose the recipe for her best banana cream pie! And that's exactly what she named the recipe in "The Wooden Spoon Dessert Book." This is the first banana cream pie I've ever made, and I couldn't be more pleased with the way it turned out. The vanilla wafer crust is so yummy (even with reduced fat cookies). The custard is so creamy and delicious. Once it sits in the fridge layered with the bananas, the banana ...
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There are so many points I want to hit in this post that I literally had to open a Windows Notepad document to start typing them all out as soon as I turned the computer on. I want to touch on the history of fried pies A.K.A. "pasties" or "hand pies." I also want to talk a little about the German music I listened to while making them and the wonders of the "Sounds of the Season" Music Choice channel (and how I'm really sad ...
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So apparently I'm the only person in the world who likes a REALLY spicy apple pie on the first day of Fall (I made it Wednesday). And I might be the only person in the world who likes a really spicy apple pie at all. I googled, I searched AllRecipes.com, I checked Flickr, I checked the food blog search engine. All of the recipes turned up with a modest amount of cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg here or there. I was looking for something ...
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Last weekend, my family and I worked at the Isle of Wight County Fair. We have a mobile concession business where we sell funnel cakes, hot dogs, corn dogs, french fries, shrimp baskets, lemonade, etc. During the large festivals, we work close to 20 hours in a day. Those early mornings usually mean donuts for breakfast. Sadly, our only options for donuts around here are chains like Dunkin Donuts. Every time I open that pink and orange box, I get a quick rush from the ...
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Recently, I was asked by one of my favorite bloggers, Beth of CookiePie, if I would review her brand new cookbook called "You Made That Dessert?" I was completely flattered that she thought of me, and I was totally awestruck that she got her very own cookbook published. How cool is she??? Lol! She sent me a copy, and I am in love with it! The pictures are fantastic. There is a wide variety of dessert recipes. I love the little stories that go ...
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I'm not even going to begin this entry like a broken record by apologizing for being so late. That doesn't even matter. What matters is how freakin awesome this cake is! The September edition of The Cake Slice brought us the Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake. It was our very last recipe from "Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes." We sure did go out with a bang! Did I already use the term "freakin awesome" to describe it? The chocolate cake layers were probably the moistest ...
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You're probably thinking the same thing I'm thinking. Why are these called washboard cookies? The don't resemble washboards at all. Or maybe you read my Twitter rant at the time these cookies were baked. Remember that rant in all caps about my cookies not coming out right...?? Yeah, these are those cookies! According to the description in the book, these cookies are supposed to be "crisp and perfect with a cup of tea." Well.... no. They didn't exactly turn out like that. Actually it must ...
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Hey guys! First off I wanna say sorry I've been M.I.A. lately. I've been staying busy working at Just Cupcakes, and in my free time Josh and I have become addicted to watching Dexter (all 3 seasons are on Showtime On Demand!!). I made some 7-grain bread last week, but we ate it all before I could take photos and post the recipe. I know i'll be making it again, so look out for that recipe coming soon. Also, my dad's birthday is September ...
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