January–April 2024 Baking Cookbook of the Months :SNACKING BAKES by Yossy Arefi

Nice save, and impressive pivot in such a short time frame.

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I’ve taken to using my oxo flexible spatula to slice into brownies and similar things for neat cuts — it’s really skinny and has a sharp, flat edge that goes straight in.

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In this case, the difference in texture between merely cooled and aged overnight made all the difference in how they cut.

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THICK & CHEWY BUTTERSCOTCH OATMEAL COOKIES (p 39)

This is a variation of the main cookie, and I varied it farther by adding walnuts. She calls for replacing the cup of raisins with a cup of butterscotch chips. I was in the mood for something sweet, but that seemed like it might be excessive. I made the right decision for me, and used slightly over 1/2 cup of the chips, and about a half cup of the walnuts. Loved the nuts here! Still very very sweet, but delicious. Very easy - I wasn’t feeling great, and needed to self-medicate


with a baked good, and this was easy enough that I didn’t have a problem (erm, except it is entirely possible that I forgot to add the vanilla; I’m really not sure). I don’t care for nutmeg, so only threw in a pinch, and halved the cinnamon. Not sad about either of those decisions.

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Coming back to say I’m loving these, but my God, do NOT make them with a full cup. They’re on the edge of too sweet with the half cup of butterscotch chips.

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Monster Cookies page 40
I had some minature candy bars in my freezer so made these cookies. There is peanut butter in the recipe. I had to check the recipe twice(am i missing the flour) nope no flour involved just oatmeal. Cookies have to cool completely on tray because they come out soft. This cookie is crisp an sweet but then ive never made a cookie that my DH didnt love. They didnt spread too much. I used a #40 disher and got 31.

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I made these too, and they are lovely!


I didn’t quite follow all of the directions: she has a trick ( that Jessie Sheehan does as well I think?) of only melting half the butter and stirring in the rest so that the dough is cool enough to scoop. I melted it all, and then let the dough sit in the fridge for a few hours while I ran errands. Still good! Would like to try the variation with freeze dried fruit…

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Made these last night for our team meeting today: a team member is leaving ( he is a mat leave cover, and she is back next week). I asked him what his favourite flavour is, and he said chocolate. While Nigella’s brownies from How to be a Domestic Goddess remain my number one, this is my new second fave ( and much easier and cheaper to make!). I chopped up most of a Lindt Dark Chocolate bar with Sea Salt as the chocolate chips, and they worked really well. They got devoured at work, and a colleague asked if she could get the recipe. Will definitely make again!!

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They look good. We loved them

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@rstuart - the cocoa brownies, right? How long did you bake for? Thanks!

Took it out right at 25 minutes: perfect.

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Chocolate Chip Crisp Cookies page 54
These cookies have are crisp because crispy rice cereal is added. The rice cereal almost tastes like toffee bits. I used 80 grms of both white and brown sugar thats 40 grms less total sugar. A #40 disher gave me 30 cookies bakedfor 10 minutes. Nice twist to a ccc.

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This book is currently on sale for $2.99 in ebook form on amazon.

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Woohoo! I clicked buy on that in record time. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

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Coconut cookie bark from Snacking Bakes - I’d describe this as a kind of shortbread. I omitted the coconut extract and increase vanilla extract to 1.5t. LOVE

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Oh, these sound amazing! I am bummed I couldn’t find the recipe online.

@adawks i can dm you

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Both of the cookie barks on my to bake list!! Glad you enjoyed it… looks so tasty!

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@rstuart - this was so good, and I feel like you could really customize it to any flavor profile. Omit the coconut and add cocoa nibs or chopped chocolate.

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@Stef_bakes, so you got 20 muffins from a single recipe of the snickerdoodle cake?