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Slow cookers are excellent tools for getting dinner on the table, or for weekend batch cooking projects. But your Crock Pot is good for more than just dinner. You can also make dessert, including excellent chocolate chip cookies. These yummy slow cooker chocolate chip cookie bars are on the ooey gooey side, perfect for snacking or as the base for an ice cream sundae. Making the cookie dough starts off like many cookie recipes. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the all purpose-flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate large bowl, mix the white sugar, brown sugar and  melted butter together until...

They can also be made into rolls. From | The New Portuguese Table | Clarkson Potter, 2009 Every Saturday when I was growing up, my mother would go to the local Portuguese bakery and buy a dozen chouriço rolls—torpedo-shaped logs stuffed with sausage. By Monday, they would be gone, mostly due to me. To dress up my childhood classic, I added presunto and cheese, and sometimes sautéed onions and garlic, to the dough. And I form the rolls into round loaves because I think they look more elegant on the table.–David Leite Portuguese Sausage, Ham, and Cheese Loaves Quick Glance...

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s time to come up with some treats that fit the occasion. Well, spiders seem to be a popular Halloween decoration, either hanging from the ceiling, set somewhere to scare me, or as decoration! Well, my favorite is designing them on this Spider Cake! Another favorite Halloween treat that keeps spiders in focus is my Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies! Spider Cake I am not sure why spiders get such a bad rap since they are free pest control! I may or may not have screamed at the sight of a spider, but for the...

With Halloween right around the corner, it’s time to come up with some treats that fit the occasion. Well, spiders seem to be a popular Halloween decoration, either hanging from the ceiling, set somewhere to scare me, or as decoration! Well, my favorite is designing them on this Spider Cake! Another favorite Halloween treat that keeps spiders in focus is my Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies! Spider Cake I am not sure why spiders get such a bad rap since they are free pest control! I may or may not have screamed at the sight of a spider, but for the...