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I made caramel sauce for a baking project tomorrow. And for dinner we had fish, fries, and broccoli.

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cwcdesign, I think the key to flat, chewy, slightly crispy on the edge, cookies is the length of time they are baked. I bake mine for 12 minutes. I have a wonderful ginger molasses cookie that is perfect, and I also have made chewy lemon, maple, chocolate, etc cookies simply by using that baking time. You might have to adjust that time a bit, depending on your oven. And, of course, some recipes might need adjustments if they are very wet or very dry. I also usually refrigerate mine for a couple of hours, but never tried freezing either the dough or balls of dough.

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We had steaks and potatoes on the grill, plus winter squash and salad for dinner tonight.

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We had pizza for dinner - hot Italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives, onions, peppers, cheddar and mozzarella.

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We had our 2nd light frost last night. The first one was 30* and did no damage except for a little ice on the windshield. Last night was 30* again, and it killed the petunias on the deck, but not the lettuce. I'll be setting up my Aerogarden soon, and also starting a flat of mixed lettuces under the Gro lights but not until I return from a trip the weekend after next. I need to water daily until they germinate. I'm hoping to keep a lot of things growing over the winter, but even with a passive solar sunroom that has 8 south-facing floor to ceiling windows we don't get enough sunlight for good growth. I might end up with another set of shelving with more Gro lights!

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Thanks to Cass for the suggestion to use 2 3/4 oz of honey for 2 3/4 oz of sugar. Of course that will help with the dryness, and I should have thought of that. But I'm not as smart as Cass!! It will be a while before I make another cake -- I try to limit my caloric intake, most of the time. But I've made a note on my recipe and will do that.

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I made 2 loaves of buttermilk oatmeal bread, with my usual substitutions. I also made pizza dough.

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I didn't really cook today, but took chili out of the freezer for our dinner. And baked KAF's Golden Pull Apart Rolls to go with it.

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For dinner I made ground turkey burgers, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, and buttercup squash.

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KathyD, the carrot cake is excellent! It's a bit dry, but not at all oily or greasy, as it often is. I think subbing apple sauce for some of the oil eliminated any excess. I haven't had carrot cake for two years, and it is one of my favorite sweets.

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We had grilled pork chops and potatoes, and roasted Brussel sprouts drizzled with olive oil, pomegranate balsamic, bourbon barrel aged maple syrup.

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Today I made a carrot cake, but have not done a taste test yet. I used apple sauce in place of some of the oil, added chopped and smashed pineapple chunks (prefer crushed, but chunks is what I found in the pantry), 4 cups of shredded carrots, and walnuts. I'm telling myself this will be a healthy snack. Oh, I did forget about the cream cheese frosting!

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I have a pot of stone soup on the stove for dinner tonight. I had made my version of chicken cacciatore for dinner on Tues, so took the leftovers and cleaned the chicken off the breast bones. I added the rice we had with dinner, more onions, celery, carrots, and a container of frozen asparagus, along with some chicken broth. We'll have it with garlic knots from the freezer.

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I cooked a pork roast in the tagine with Moroccan spices, along with potatoes, carrots, onions, and apples. Another traditional autumn meal at our house.

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Good for her! How wonderful that the two of you can share the joys of baking together.

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