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Chocolate Chunk Cookies

January 2, 2011

INGREDIENTS 1 1/4 cups (143g) all purpose flour (Type 550) 1 cup (114g) bread flour (Vollkornmehl) 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 16T (224g) unsalted butter at room temperature 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar 3/4 cup (163g) firmly packed light brown sugar or Brauner Zucker 2 large eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 9 oz [...]

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Oatmeal Raspberry Thumbprints

January 2, 2011

INGREDIENTS 1 1/4 cups (210g) ground hazelnuts 1 1/4 cups quick-cooking rolled oats 1 cup (114g) all-purpose flour (Type 550) 1/4 tsp salt 6T (84g) unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup (130g) solid vegetable shortening 1/2 cup (109g) firmly packed light brown sugar 1 large egg yolk 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup (160g) raspberry [...]

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Weekly Winners – 28 December 2008

December 28, 2008

December 21 – December 27, 2008 It’s the last Weekly Winners of 2008! We had a busy holiday week with a lot of traveling. On the way to see Oma and Opa, we stopped at Bad Dürkheim And just happened to drive through the town of Frankenstein Where we saw the ruins of Frankenstein’s castle [...]

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Weekly Winners – 21 December 2008

December 21, 2008

December 14 – December 21, 2008 I’ve been baking up a storm this week and with chasing around a quickly recovering toddler, that hasn’t left me much time for photos, but here’s a couple I took in between cookie batches. All of the recipes except for the sugar cookies were from or inspired by recipes [...]

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Fabulous Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins, Dates and Walnuts

September 28, 2008

Dieses Rezept gibts auch auf Deutsch. ingredients 1 1/2 cups (190g) all purpose flour (Type 550) 1/2 cup (70g) whole wheat flour (Vollkornmehl) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (250g) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup (170g) dark brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup (180g) [...]

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Do not EVER fly Iberia Airlines

January 17, 2008

So here it is, the full story with all the gritty details. From cancelled flights to unannounced delays, from death marches through the Madrid airport to sleeping in moldy hotel rooms. Chapter 1: The cancelled flight Our tale begins in the fall, shortly after booking four tickets with Iberia Airlines to visit my family in [...]

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Thanksgiving, Expat style

November 25, 2007

Our Thanksgiving party was a roaring success.  We had 24 guests, pretty evenly split between German speakers and English speakers.  Charlie was a hit with the kids and surprisingly well-behaved.  I’m not worried at all anymore about him interacting with Oliver when Oliver’s a little older. There were several expat bloggers in attendance, all of [...]

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