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April 19, 2021 at 8:19 pm #29566
Janiebakes
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but you might remember me as Janiebakes from the old Baking Circle. I have dropped in from time to time to read what y'all have been doing but was not ready to participate until now. Many thanks to Mike who walked me through all the roadblocks that Yahoo threw my way. I am heading over to "what are you baking the week of April 18th" to make a post!

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April 19, 2021 at 9:42 pm #29569
Mike Nolan
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Glad we got all the kinks worked out!

If you are still in contact with others from the old KAF crowd, we'd love to have them come join us.
April 19, 2021 at 10:47 pm #29575
Joan Simpson
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Welcome Janiebakes!
April 20, 2021 at 8:33 am #29579
chocomouse
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Welcome! I know you'll enjoy this group and so glad you can now join us.
April 20, 2021 at 9:41 am #29580
BakerAunt
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Welcome Janiebakes! I remember you from the Baking Circle. In particular, I recall some posts where you and others were baking your way through the King Arthur Cookie baking book, although I'm unsure how many recipes were baked before people got busy with other projects.
April 20, 2021 at 1:11 pm #29588
RiversideLen
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Welcome aboard, Janiebakes! We are a small but good group and we will all benefit from your presence.
April 20, 2021 at 1:52 pm #29595
Italiancook
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Janiebakes, Welcome! I imagine we'll all be enriched by your baking/cooking comments here. Thanks for joining us.
April 20, 2021 at 7:33 pm #29599
Janiebakes
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Thank you for the warm welcome. I am not in touch with other members of the old baking circle. This blog was a comfort to me many times when I was missing the old board.
I think we got through about a dozen of the recipes before losing interest. I think we were going through the KAF Cookie Companion. Can't really eat like that anymore. I was in my 40s and 50s with two teenage boys in the house. We are now empty nesters and retired as well. Can't even ship the cookies off to work. That is much of the lure of the ration baking to me. A more sparse but still tasty baked good.
April 20, 2021 at 8:29 pm #29603
BakerAunt
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Some of those Cookie Companion recipes were decadent. I do not open that cookbook anymore because almost every recipe has copious amounts of butter, and I had to cut saturated fat in my diet. Sigh. Those soft barley cookies were one of our favorites--or maybe that recipe is in the wholegrain baking book.

I have gotten pretty good at finding oil-based desserts or adapting recipes to use less saturated fat and more whole grains.
April 20, 2021 at 8:36 pm #29606
Mike Nolan
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I've only made a few recipes out of the KAF Cookie Companion, but when you already have the world's best chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe (IMHO, at least), who needs a large repertoire of cookies?
April 21, 2021 at 11:58 am #29617
kimbob
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Welcome, Janiebakes. I remember you from the old bc. Still miss it. Got an email from kaf saying free shipping on $100. 😱 yikes.
April 21, 2021 at 3:53 pm #29636
cwcdesign
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I remember you as well, janiebakes. Welcome!
April 23, 2021 at 2:40 pm #29662
Janiebakes
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Hi Kimbob, good to see you again too. You were on the Bakingcircle as long as I can remember. Cwcdesign, I remember you too. Nice to be back in touch.

I agree about the KAF Cookie Companion being decadent and not getting much use these days. I am more on the lookout for recipes that use less sugar and butter as well. I also find that I like making my old favorite cookie recipes much more than looking for new ones.
May 26, 2021 at 7:11 am #30027
BakerAunt
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Janiebakes--Cass (Kid Pizza) called me yesterday, and he asked if there were any new members at Nebraska Kitchen. I mentioned that you had joined us and were previously on the Baking Circle. He was thrilled to hear that you have joined the group, as he remembers you from the Baking Circle. He asked that I send you his good wishes.
May 26, 2021 at 9:50 am #30031
Mike Nolan
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I'm always happy to hear from Cass, directly or indirectly. I think about him frequently.
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