50 Cooking Tips

Heather says: In October, as part of the Notes on Cooking giveaway I asked readers to submit their rules for cooking. As Home-Ec101.com readers are known for the brilliance -pander pander- those rules shouldn’t remain hidden in the comments. I could have organized them, but I liked their random order. Here is an edited compilation, …

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Sweets For The Season: Orange Chocolate Checker Cookies From Meredith

retrochick.JPGIvy says:

The lovely and very talented Meredith from Like Merchant Ships has graciously offered to do a guest post for our Sweets For The Season series. Here it is:

Orange Chocolate Checker Cookies

Ingredients:

2 sticks butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
2 tsp finely shredded orange zest
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted*

*Frugal substitution:  6 Tbsp. cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp. shortening, melted and combined

If you crave Terry’s Chocolate Oranges at Christmas, you’ll love this cheaper, slice-and-bake alternative.  Crispy citrus meets fudgy chocolate, all in one bite.

To see the directions and picture, click the jump:

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Reader Tips: Gift Card Warning

Ivy says: Let me tell you, Home Eccers…I love you all equally, but some are a little more “equal” than others. 😉 One of those Home Eccers I love a little more equally is the fabulous Jay of Triple Venti. He writes in today to give us this important piece of information: I thought this …

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2 reader tips and an ask the audience in a pear tree

Ivy says: I am slowly recovering from the plague a sinus infection, so this is a catching-up, of sorts. First, we have this link from reader Kathy T– “Test Your Grime IQ.” I’m guessing I’m pretty smart- I missed only one. And I’d like to protest that one, at that. 😉 The next thing on …

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Reader Tips: Gift Cards And Super Cheap Plates

Ivy says: Every now and then we get some tips from readers to pass on to you. Today is one of those days! First up is an awesome tip from JayMonster, a frequent commenter who blogs at the very fabulous Triple Venti: Well, Home Ec 101 has helped me quite a bit, so I thought …

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How to Freeze Ground Beef

Ivy says: Funny, it seems nearly every blogger I read is sick, and I’m no exception. Fortunately, we have fabulous readers who send in fabulous tips from time to time, so I don’t have to do much thinking. Thinking’s a dangerous pastime anyway.  Our readerJimK shares this with us: I know this is a pretty …

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