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Hello! It's been a while since I've been around here, but I know all of you are extremely wise when it comes to kitchen knowledge so I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind helping me out with something. My boyfriend has a great banana bread recipe that everyone loves - he gets so many requests for...

Hello my ever-so-helpful friends!! I'm planning to make Hazelnut Crescents this weekend to go on my cookie trays. I'm increasing the recipe, so by the end I will need 1 1/2 cups of ground hazelnuts (it says to measure after processing, not before). How many hazelnuts do you think that'll be...

I'm baking several hundred cookies this weekend and I need to buy lots of ingredients. I've combined all the recipes I'm using and come up with a total for cups of flour, sugar, etc. My question is this: how many cups are in a typical (5-lb) bag of each? Is there an easy way to estimate how many...

I know it's late, but if any of you are looking for last-minute cranberry sauce recipes, the one I made earlier today is amazing! The balance of sweetness and tartness is just right. Orange-Cranberry Sauce 1 1/2 cups orange marmalade 2/3 cup orange juice 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half 12...

Thanksgiving is getting closer and I've been put in charge of desserts for my family's meal. I've found this pumpkin pie recipe and it looks like an interesting change from the Libby's recipe I'm used to (though I do love that recipe!). http://www.recipezaar.com/102073 I just have a question...

I'm not sure where to post this, so mods feel free to move it if you have to! My mother's birthday is this weekend and one of her favorite desserts is flan. I've decided to make it for her on Sunday. The cooking site I'm always on has several flan recipes listed, so I picked the higest rated...

Hello all! I'm looking for a few creative cookie recipes to try out this weekend. A bunch of people are getting together and I said I'd bake. Since I'll have to transport whatever I make and keep it looking good, I figured cookies would be the way to go. In searching for recipes to use, I...

Tried this recipe last night to use up a bunch of tomatoes my boyfriend's neighbor gave us. . . it came out great! It hasn't even been a full day and already there's less than half a pie left. Try this - it's simple and really good :chef: Tomato Pie 4 tomatoes, peeled and sliced 1/2 T flour 10...

Hello all! Just a quick question about preparing tomatoes. I just spent far longer than expected simply skinning and slicing some (please note the exceptional alliterative quality of those last 5 words. . . LOL). Getting the skin off was easy. I blanched them in hot water and it simply peeled...

Does anyone have a recipe for the gingery salad dressing they serve at Japanese restaurants? I've gone out for hibachi, sushi, and teriyaki all at different places and each one had this dressing. I can't find anything that compares on store shelves and so far I haven't come across a recipe that...

Hello DCers! I'm wondering if any of you can steer me in the direction of a new tea I'd like. I should start by telling you I drink tea ALL THE TIME - never less than two or three cups a day. I've got a few favorites, but I'm looking for new flavours to keep things from getting monotonous. I...

. . . can I use a cake pan to make a pie? I want to surprise my boyfriend by making him something while he's at work on Friday, but I've just come to realize that he has no pie pans at his house. It would sort of ruin the surprise if I showed up with one beforehand. Lol. The one I'm thinking of...

I made this on a whim last weekend and it came out AMAZING! It didn't last more than one night. It's sooooo simple to prepare and the filling comes out much better than any of that canned stuff. My only caution is to make sure it's thoroughly cooled before trying to cut it, or else you will end...

I was reading through the calorie counting thread and I remembered something I'd heard a while ago. Someone once told me that eating spicy foods increases your metabolic rate. Anyone know if that's a myth? I'd be interested in finally finding out since I love my spices. :D

Does anyone have a good truffle recipe they could share? I need to make some for an upcoming birthday. I had a good recipe once, but I have no idea what happened to it. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated!

My dad's girlfriend (oops - she recently married him, so I should get myself into the habit of saying "wife") worked at a health food store for a number of years. Every once in a while she'll mention something that seems surprising, like a fact she told me the other day. She said that eating...

I have been experimenting with chocolate chip cookies for as long as I can remember. From making them with my mom at age 5 to surprising my boyfriend with them when I'm home from college, they've always been something I loved baking. So classic! Recently I've decided I like cookies that are...

This is more an opinion question than anything else. My grandparents are having the family over for Easter. It'll be roughly 10-12 people, including two children under 10. They know I've got a knack for desserts, so they've asked me to come up with a few to serve. The only limitation working...

Hi everyone! I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Kyra but people call me Cherry, probably because of my red hair. I'm a college student studying psychology and early childhood education. I'm also a dancer, a sister, a girlfriend, a yogi, a lifeguard, a friend, and so many...