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I am not a very good cook, but I would like to expand my diet. Any easy recipes or resources to find good recipes would be great.
I am open to anything

KraftFoods.com has lots of recipes – from easy to a little more difficult. Don’t forget you don’t have to use their namebrands for ingredients.

BHG.com also has lots of recipes. It’s the Better Homes & Gardens website.

Or go to your local library and check out a cookbook or 2 or 3. Once you find one you really like, go to the bookstore and buy the book so you’ll always have it for reference.

I’m looking for some good cookie recipes because i love to bake and i like having new ideas!
Thank You!

www.allrecipes.com it’s free to join and the recipes are rated. Fantastic site and you can find every cookie recipe known to man on that site! I love that site and refer to it often!!

PS here is my fav chocolate chip cookie recipe:

Otis Spunkmeyer’s recipe is FABULOUS and a MUST try, only I don’t use the nuts. Recipe Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
3 tsp vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped English Walnuts

Cooking Directions:
1. Combine flour and baking powder in a small bowl and mix with a whisk. Set aside. Melt butter/shortening in a microwave oven (use a microwave safe mixing bowl or a glass measuring cup) stopping and stirring every 15 seconds. Stop when the butter is more of a paste (usually about 45-60 seconds). Pour over granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat well. Add each egg separately beating until creamy. Add flour mixture (1/2 cup at a time) while beating. Refrigerate for 1-3 hours in covered bowl. Pre-heat oven to 375

2. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Also this is another fabulous cookie recipe I make often:

The Neiman Marcus Cookie

(Recipe may be halved): 2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet..Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies..

Oh and one more requested favorite:

Chocolate peanut butter cup cookies:

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter chips
10 chocolate covered peanut butter cups, cut into eighths
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and peanut butter cups. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool for 1 or 2 minutes on sheet before removing, or they will fall apart. AWESOME cookies!!=)

A friend of mine would like me to make her a Sweet 16 cake. It needs to feed app. 75-100 people. (I can multiply the recipe myself). I am a pretty good baker and artist. I have also made sculpted cakes before, but I have used boxed mixes. I make my own buttercream, but I need a tasty chocolate and yellow(or white) cake recipe that can stand up to being stacked, tiered and sculpted.

There are quite a few sites online to do some research for recipes, ranging from homemade to doctored up box mixes. Here are two I visit:

www.cakecentral.com

http://www.cakemixdoctor.com/cakemixblog/index.php

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