ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 29, 2017 13:14:14 GMT -5
I got some from Acme that were good. Checking the ingredients I saw they contained cinnamon. Nice flavor.
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 29, 2017 13:15:17 GMT -5
More for us then.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 29, 2017 13:15:52 GMT -5
Chocolate chip
no, oatmeal
no, Thin Mints
ALL THE COOKIES!!!!
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 29, 2017 13:17:53 GMT -5
MIL makes many cookies for holidays. Many Russian recipes. But the butter cookies, once I start, I can't stop eating.
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 13:22:17 GMT -5
I got some from Acme that were good. Checking the ingredients I saw they contained cinnamon. Nice flavor. We add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and my son even adds a pinch of mace. Sounds horrible, but they're really good.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 29, 2017 13:22:20 GMT -5
I want to like oatmeal raisin cookies, but most of my experiences with them involve me biting them and being disappointed because I thought they were chocolate chip. I think I need to make an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie - I don't really like raisins.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 29, 2017 13:25:59 GMT -5
I want to like oatmeal raisin cookies, but most of my experiences with them involve me biting them and being disappointed because I thought they were chocolate chip. I think I need to make an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie - I don't really like raisins. How about dried cranberries or cherries? Both are good in them. I also make them with chocolate chips or a mix of both dried something and chocolate chips. Now I need to go home and make cookies. Except I already made oatmeal cookies a couple of days ago. First time I've ever had a fail, I have soft granola, not cookies. Still yummy though.
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 13:26:04 GMT -5
I want to like oatmeal raisin cookies, but most of my experiences with them involve me biting them and being disappointed because I thought they were chocolate chip. I think I need to make an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie - I don't really like raisins. If you like them try Craisins. My kids really like those in the oatmeal cookies.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 29, 2017 13:26:36 GMT -5
I got some from Acme that were good. Checking the ingredients I saw they contained cinnamon. Nice flavor. We add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and my son even adds a pinch of mace. Sounds horrible, but they're really good. wait, do you mean the stuff you spray at would-be attackers?
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 13:31:26 GMT -5
We add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and my son even adds a pinch of mace. Sounds horrible, but they're really good. wait, do you mean the stuff you spray at would-be attackers? Sort of. I assume that "Mace" spray is a concentrated version, but Mace is also a spice you can buy at the store and add to recipes. Some of my English MIL's recipes - including the one for Christmas Pudding - include Mace. There's a really awesome recipe from Bon Appetit for a Brown Sugar spice rub for turkey that includes Mace. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brown-sugar-cured-turkey-with-wild-mushroom-shallot-gravy-4378 BTW, that rub from the Bon Appetit recipe is incredible on baked chicken. Just mix up approx 1/4 - 1/3 of the spice rub, rub it on a whole chicken and put the chicken in a roasting pan on top of some quartered onions, carrots and parsnips... awesome!!! Your whole house smells good while it cooks.
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Post by daisy on Jun 29, 2017 13:32:19 GMT -5
Chocolate chip no, oatmeal no, Thin Mints ALL THE COOKIES!!!! I'm in the same boat - except for peanut butter cookies...those I can pass on easily. I like my chocolate chip cookies crispy and crunchy and that makes me in the minority in my house - except I MAKE THE COOKIES !
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jun 29, 2017 13:32:48 GMT -5
I forgot about the Joe Froggers I make. They're a spicy molasses cookie. I alsomake Spritz at Christmas as well as sugar cookies cut out with cookie cutters. Yum!
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 29, 2017 13:35:28 GMT -5
You all made me hungry and I just found some of MIL's date and nut cookies to snack on.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jun 29, 2017 13:38:53 GMT -5
Milee - would you share that rub recipe? I googled it but couldn't find it.
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 13:40:34 GMT -5
From Bon Appetit: INGREDIENTS 1 20-pound turkey 1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar 1/4 cup coarse salt 2 teaspoons onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground mace 2 large onions, quartered 2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth PREPARATION Rinse turkey inside and out. Pat dry with paper towels. Place turkey on platter. Mix brown sugar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, allspice, cloves and mace in small bowl to blend well. Rub brown sugar mixture all over outside of turkey. Refrigerate turkey uncovered 24 hours. Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 300°F. Arrange onion quarters in large roasting pan. Place turkey atop onions. Tie turkey legs together. Tuck wings under turkey. Sprinkle turkey with pepper. Cover loosely with foil. Roast turkey 2 hours. Uncover; roast 30 minutes. Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; baste turkey with broth. Roast turkey 1 hour, basting occasionally. Add 1 cup broth to roasting pan; continue to roast turkey until dark brown, basting with broth every 20 minutes, about 1 hour. Cover turkey loosely with foil; continue to roast until thermometer inserted into innermost part of thigh registers 180°F, about 1 hour 30 minutes longer. Transfer turkey to platter. Tent with foil and let stand 30 minutes. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/brown-sugar-cured-turkey-with-wild-mushroom-shallot-gravy-4378
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Post by swamp on Jun 29, 2017 13:46:13 GMT -5
I got some from Acme that were good. Checking the ingredients I saw they contained cinnamon. Nice flavor. We add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and my son even adds a pinch of mace. Sounds horrible, but they're really good. sounds pumpkin pie-ish.
And good.
I'm on my way.
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 13:49:06 GMT -5
We add cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and my son even adds a pinch of mace. Sounds horrible, but they're really good. sounds pumpkin pie-ish.
And good.
I'm on my way.
Come on over. We will eat cookies, go sailing and not talk about politics.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 29, 2017 13:53:58 GMT -5
I want to like oatmeal raisin cookies, but most of my experiences with them involve me biting them and being disappointed because I thought they were chocolate chip. I think I need to make an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie - I don't really like raisins. You need to try the Cook's Illustrated recipe. I don't particularly care for raisins, but they are very good with dried cherries. They can just as easily be tossed. Chocolate chunk cookies mean bigger pieces of chocolate! This looks like it..... www.bakeorbreak.com/2008/02/dark-chocolate-chunk-and-dried-cherry-oatmeal-cookies/
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Post by swamp on Jun 29, 2017 13:54:21 GMT -5
sounds pumpkin pie-ish.
And good.
I'm on my way.
Come on over. We will eat cookies, go sailing and not talk about politics. actually, I'm OK talking politics with you. I enjoy reading about your point of view, and your arguments are well reasoned. I always learn something. I may or may not change my opinion, but you always give me something to think about.
Despite me being a flaming liberal, I do want to hear good arguments from the other side.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jun 29, 2017 13:57:12 GMT -5
Come on over. We will eat cookies, go sailing and not talk about politics. actually, I'm OK talking politics with you. I enjoy reading about your point of view, and your arguments are well reasoned. I always learn something. I may or may not change my opinion, but you always give me something to think about.
Despite me being a flaming liberal, I do want to hear good arguments from the other side.
You are a fiscal conservative..you are half way to my side
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 29, 2017 13:57:52 GMT -5
store bought name brand: mother's taffy, dunked in milk commercial brand (not packaged) Metropolitan market: "the cookie" homemade - ranger or chocolate chip Ranger cookies!! My grandmother made them nice and crisp, I haven't gotten that quite right yet but I will keep trying.
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Post by milee on Jun 29, 2017 14:03:18 GMT -5
store bought name brand: mother's taffy, dunked in milk commercial brand (not packaged) Metropolitan market: "the cookie" homemade - ranger or chocolate chip Ranger cookies!! My grandmother made them nice and crisp, I haven't gotten that quite right yet but I will keep trying. I'm not familiar with Ranger cookies, but generally if you want a crisp cookie, use all butter in place of any other shortening. If that's not enough you can make sure the cookie dough is at room temp or even a little warmer; starting out with warmer dough or putting the dough on a preheated cookie sheet means the butter melts quickly and spreads out the edges more during the baking.
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 29, 2017 14:05:43 GMT -5
I had some incredibly addictive cookies recently but the woman won't give up her secret recipe. Real thin with air spaces and I think fried like some Italian cookies I've had. Definitely unhealthy.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jun 29, 2017 14:09:33 GMT -5
Ranger cookies!! My grandmother made them nice and crisp, I haven't gotten that quite right yet but I will keep trying. I'm not familiar with Ranger cookies, but generally if you want a crisp cookie, use all butter in place of any other shortening. If that's not enough you can make sure the cookie dough is at room temp or even a little warmer; starting out with warmer dough or putting the dough on a preheated cookie sheet means the butter melts quickly and spreads out the edges more during the baking. I can't even remember what I did last time on the butter front but afterwards I did wonder if she smashed them down a little to give them a head start. Still taste good either way, but just not as crispy as she got them.
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Post by dannylion on Jun 29, 2017 14:15:32 GMT -5
My grandmother's persimmon cookies. I have no idea how to make them as she invented them when someone gave her a big bag of persimmons and she had to figure out what to do with them, so there is no recipe. They were soft and cakelike and spicy and delicious.
Nowadays, I have to be content with oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and pecans or craisins and pecans. (No raisins. Raisins in cookies are an abomination. Raisins themselves are an abomination. They leave little trails in your food like snails. Ick.)
I also like Trader Joe's ginger cookies, the ones with the frosting on the bottom (which might be white chocolate, which is also an abomination, but it has some kind of flavoring in it on the ginger cookies, so it's not awful).
I also like whoopee pies. Chocolate ones with vanilla cream in the middle.
And I like chocolate cookies.
I like cookies.
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Post by Opti on Jun 29, 2017 14:17:03 GMT -5
Chocolate chip cookies (soft) overall
Commercial - Pamela's Chocolate Chunk
Made by other people - Mexican wedding cookies
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Post by dannylion on Jun 29, 2017 14:32:50 GMT -5
Also those little buttery tea cookies with the jam in (or on).
Oooo, Stella D'Oro cookies. I used to love getting the box of assorted Stella D'Oro cookies. I don't think they make them anymore. I can't find them around here anywhere.
And almond shortbread cookies.
And chocolate shortbread.
Now I want cookies.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 29, 2017 14:46:57 GMT -5
Damn you all! --eating fudge stripe minis because that's all I have in the house. Hmm 140 calories, not too terrible.
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Post by lynnerself on Jun 29, 2017 14:49:28 GMT -5
Homemade: Snickerdoodles
Store bought: double chocolate filled Milano (Pepperidge Farm)
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 29, 2017 14:50:16 GMT -5
I don't like cookies.
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