Peckish Sister's Reviews
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Better homes and gardens homemade cookies cook book
By Better Homes and Gardens
Meredith Corp - 1975
Buttermilk Brownies : page 29
These economical brownies only use cocoa powder, but have very intense chocolate flavor and appetizing dark color. The half a cup of chopped nuts are sprinkled on top of the frosting also made with cocoa powder and buttermilk. The texture of the brownies was so very smooth, cake-like, dense and moist I was almost convinced it was from a cake mix and I baked them myself. This made a large 15 X 10" pan full. I lined it with heavy duty foil so I could bend up the side to assure that the batter or frosting did not overflow the sides. A great potluck dish that was very popular.
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Chewy Hermit Bars : page 12
So delicious, they are dangerous. This recipe in the book is a little odd as it is Just two paragraphs at the bottom of a page without a separate list of ingredients. I was inspired to try it as these were one of my mother's favorite cookies. These are dense, full of flavor and the walnuts in addition to the raisins add great bursts of flavor.
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Molasses Ginger Bars : page 13
We had hoped that these would be similar to the Chewy Hermit Bars, but these were good unremarkable cookies that were eary to whip up with ingredients on hand.
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Tri-Level Brownies : page 26
Economical and restrained brownies, but still very delicious. These are made in an 11 X 7" pan (so smaller than my usual 9 X 13" pan). The first layer is an oatmeal, flour, brown sugar and butter crust. The second layer is walnut brownie, and the third layer is fudge frosting. I was shocked that the whole recipe only took 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate (no cocoa) and only 5/8 of a cup of butter. My favorite brownie recipe takes 8 squares of unsweetened chocolate. My son loved them (second only to marshmallow brownies).
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Stuffed Date Bars : page 25
These rich bar cookies each have a whole date stuffed with a whole (small) pecan. This was a most unusual recipe and fun to make. But it took a long time especially since I started with cracking the pecans! Eating just one cookie is very satisfying with the range of tastes and textures. Worth making again. I was not sure how well it would store, but refridgerated it should be OK.
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Snickerdoodles : page 63
I was looking for a sugar cookie recipe that was rolled into balls, then into sugar, instead of a rolled cut-out cookie. This worked OK, but we should have rolled the complete cookie into sugar, instead of just the top. We used a huge assortment of sugars including plain sugar mixed with cinnamon. It was a great activity for kids of all ages to roll lumps of dough into balls and dip into sugar and sprinkles. The favorite ones were rolled into a mixture of same color sugar and nonpareils. I thought the dough could have used additional sugar, but these were a complete crowd pleaser.
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