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01 Sep, 2009

Ranger Cookies

Ranger Cookies are possibly better than Oatmeal Raisin cookies. And I gotta be honest, that's really saying something for me. I found the recipe in my new version of the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. It's a great book to have around for all your cooking basics. I got the version that is spiral bound, because I like to have a general cookbook that I can open flat and don't really care if it gets covered in food. Every time I flipped through the book over the last month since it came in my happy little Amazon package, I somehow landed on the page with these Ranger Cookies. I don't believe in coincidences.. Fate was telling me to MAKE [...]

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09 Nov, 2008

Rock Cakes!

So this post isn't by your wonderful blog author, but instead her web tech and general dogsbody husband, James. She's been nagging me for a while about posting my recipe for Rock cakes, so here you go. Enjoy! Now Rock Cakes aren't exactly southern fare, in fact they belong more in Hogwarts than Texas, but they're darned tasty, and if they're good enough for Hagrid they're good enough for you. For the uninitiated, rock cakes are exactly what the name suggests – little cakes with fruit in, that look a bit like rocks. They're fairly close to scones, but sweeter and, well more cake-like. And they're delicious! My Granddad taught me to make these when I was so high, and [...]

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