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The COOKIEPEDIA by Stacy Adimando

Posted by Mike Spoodles on September 22nd, 2011 filed in food

Hello friends. This is a post about The Cookiepedia by Stacy Adimando. Some nice publishing-type people sent me a copy of this new cookbook to look over, and it’s pretty neat. In typical Ugly Dude fashion, I spent a lot of time with this book. Some of that time was spent looking at it. A [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Salt and Pepper Shortbreads

Posted by Mike Spoodles on September 20th, 2011 filed in food

Hello, These were pretty good. I couldn’t taste the pepper in these specifically, but I could definitely taste that there was something going on here. Not my favorite recipe, but tasty nonetheless. I’m curious to see what my workmates have to say about all this. These look kind of bad, just like everything I do.

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Sports sports sports sports sports

Posted by Mike Spoodles on September 18th, 2011 filed in food

SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS! Mike gets to eat a cupcake because he’s a good guy at sports. Okay, so I know nothing about sports. These cupcakes are my interpretation of sportsballs when I have neither photo reference nor appropriate icing tips. This is for a sports party in honor of [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Classic Brownies

Posted by Mike Spoodles on September 13th, 2011 filed in food

Not much to say here. These turned out great. Classic. Brownies.

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Spice Quickies

Posted by Mike Spoodles on September 6th, 2011 filed in food

Dorie indicates that these cookies can be baked in very little time, save for the 4 hour chill time. I’m here to inform you that this is not accurate. Here is the actual timeline. 1. Process ingredients together in food processor 2. Roll dough into logs 3. Chill 4. Discover remaining dough in food processor [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Cornmeal and Fruit Loaf

Posted by Mike Spoodles on August 30th, 2011 filed in food

I baked this. It’s good. I could leave it at that but here are a few side notes. 1) This is a crumbly bread. 2) I used fresh diced apple, and dried currants. The recipe didn’t call for currants. I bought the only item in the grocery store that said “dried apples” on it, only [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Golden Brioche Loaves

Posted by Mike Spoodles on August 23rd, 2011 filed in food

The oddest thing happened with these loaves. The dough rise went perfectly, just as Dorie described in the book. But when the pans went into the oven: total flop. They sank in on themselves. The brioche is still delicious, but probably not what it’s supposed to be. Add’l notes: I had to do this whole [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Tropical Crumble (and orange berry muffins)

Posted by Mike Spoodles on August 16th, 2011 filed in food

THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED. It originally said that the crumble contained papaya. This was a weird mental slip. It contained mango per the recipe. Hello. This is the tropical crumble – a syrupy mix of mango, bananas, and ginger, topped by a pecan/butter/brown-sugar crumble. My crumble melted into a layer. Otherwise, this is pretty [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Carrot Spice Muffins and various cakes

Posted by Mike Spoodles on August 9th, 2011 filed in food

Hello, friends. These are the Carrot Spice Muffins from Dorie. They were very simple to throw together, and they cooked up perfectly. Taste great, and I’m sure the remaining muffins will be a hit at work. Also pictured: rising pizza dough, tomatoes, and chocolate buttercream icing. A winning combination. This is a cheeseburger cake. I [...]

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Tuesdays with Dorie – Cocoa Almond Meringues

Posted by Mike Spoodles on August 2nd, 2011 filed in food

It’s my pick again! That means the recipe is included in this post. Now that I have your attention, please allow me to shamelessly self-promote for a moment. Leroy Pitts – joke Twitter Pizza Tumblr- a blog where I discuss all the pizzas I eat (I eat a lot of pizzas, mainly homemade) My Facebook [...]

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