Recipes by Heidi Namba (Page 14)
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Vanilla Bean BargainVanilla Bean BargainNot only were these vanilla beans a great bargain, but their quality is wonderful. They are so fresh. I found them on Amazon. I was not looking for vanilla beans but I came across them and the reviews for them were perfect. But what really caught my eye was the price. For $24.99 you receive 54 fresh vanilla beans!… |
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Spritz Cookies (and need help with flawed chocolate frosting)This is just not my week for baking. I had to make some spritz cookies for a friend. She was paying me to prepare little cellophane bags of 6 cookies each with coupons for her salon attached. I'm going to hand them out at work tomorrow. Ya know, a kind… |
2 votes
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White Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Icing and Raspberry FillingWhaaaaa!!! Boo Hoo! I was so very excited to make this white cake. I LOVE a good white cake and I have strived for years to find and make an awesome, fluffy, moist white cake from scratch. I really thought today was the day.......but it wasn't. Sigh.… |
5 votes
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Crispy Chocolate Chip CookiesCrispy Chocolate Chip CookiesThese are different. I have many holiday dessert & cookie magazines that I have collected over the years. This Cuisine at Home Holiday Cookie magazine is from a year or two ago. I was browsing through it yesterday and came across this chocolate chip cookie recipe. It was such a unique recipe that I had to… |
2 votes
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Lemon Sour Cream Poundcake - Oprah's RecipeI had a bag of lemons to use and a huge container of sour cream. This seemed like the perfect recipe. I found this lemon sour cream pound cake recipe on Oprah.com. I pretty much followed the recipe but added a big splash of lemon emulsion (photo below). It's an extract sort of thing that I bought from King Arthur's Flour. I purchased… |
2 votes
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"Hostess" Cupcakes & Snack CakesIt's been awhile since I've posted anything. I've baked plenty in the past couple of weeks but just did not have the time to post my results. I didn't even bother taking photos. Christmas was a blur. But now that's it's over I wanted to bake something fun just for the sake of baking. These Hostess like cupcakes are what came to mind.… |
2 votes
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Mascarpone CheesecakeI had an extra container of mascarpone cheese in the fridge so I searched the net for a new recipe to try. This cheesecake is what I came up with. It has near perfect reviews on Epicurious.com. It is indeed a wonderful cheesecake but it is not as sweet as most cheesecakes. I prefer sweeter but I know many folks would disagree with… |
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Whipped Shortbread (DISASTER!)Whipped Shortbread (DISASTER!)OH MY GOD!!! This is the weirdest cookie disaster experience I have ever had. And the really odd part was I didn't even know it till the end. I was stoked about these cookies! I'm like "Oh yeah, oh yeah, these cookies are going to rock!" Ihave some left over chocolate ganache in the fridge and I thought I… |
2 votes
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Lime CakeI wanted to make something with limes. I had lots of limes but did not want to make a Key Lime Pie or Lime Bars. I came across this Lime Cake recipe on the "The Cookie Shop" blog. She has such a pretty picture of the cake on her blog! The problem I had with this cake is that I have a really bad cold right now so I can taste absolutely… |
2 votes
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Butter CookiesThese butter cookies were made only for the reason that I was trying to find a nice plain sort of cookie that I could fill with some leftover ganche that I have stored in the fridge. I have some wonderful shortbread recipes that I have made with much success before but I wanted to try something new. But now I wish I would have just… |
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