drowning in holiday food

1017 grams of butter – Smitten Kitchen makes Ina’s Pecan Squares and now I want to make them too.

The Often Maligned Chocolate Pudding at Brownie Points.

Extreme Triple-Ginger Spice Cookies at A Finger in Every Pie.

Crispy Potato Pancakes at The Food Section.

Top 25 Food Hacks at Slashfood.

Gifts from the kitchen, at The Kitchen.

And 101 Cookbooks Holiday Gift Guide.

· comments [5] · 12-13-2006 · categories:christmas · food ·

5 responses so far ↓

1 Alice // Dec 13, 2006 at 8:56 am

I made Ina’s Pecan Squares for Thanksgiving and they were wonderful. Huge Hit. I suggest using a second pan under main cooking sheet, It bubbled over in the oven for me.
2 deborah // Dec 14, 2006 at 6:23 am

yum, those pecan squares look amazing.
3 valerie // Dec 14, 2006 at 3:44 pm

Ina’s pecan squares are amazing and we make them every year at the holidays.

I second Alice’s comment about using a second pan – the first time we made these they bubbled over, and the oven started smoking and set off the fire alarm. Not fun.
4 Patty // Dec 20, 2006 at 8:29 pm

I made a double batch of the Extreme Ginger cookies night before last, sent off three batches for gifts and the rest are almost gone. I need to make more – everyone loves loves loves them. Thanks so much for the awesome gingery recipe.
5 Dmitriy // Aug 30, 2008 at 12:17 am

:)

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