For months, I’ve been mulling over the idea of making a sugar free Swiss meringue buttercream, but every time it would cross my mind I would worry that the xylitol wouldn’t work in the meringue and that the whole thing would be a flop.
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The February issue of Gourmet has a recipe for orange polenta cake, and the accompanying photo was enough for me to get a mean polenta cake craving. I’ve actually been looking for an excuse to make some sort of polenta/cornmeal cake, so this recipe served as a perfect reminder.
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The best thing about an oatmeal cookie, besides its wonderfully chewy interior and crunchy around the edges exterior, is the fact that I can justify eating more than I normally would because it contains oatmeal. Oatmeal = Health Food = Eat As Much As You Want. You can’t argue with reasoning like this, especially if you refuse to think about the copious amounts of brown sugar and butter involved.
I was drawn to this particular oatmeal cookie, probably because it contains everything but the kitchen sink, and figured that it would be a winner because it’s from Cook’s Illustrated, whose recipes I’ve tried in the past with much success.
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