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Chewy Chocolate chip cookies – dark chocolate and cranberry and white chocolate and macadamia

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1 and a half cups of plain flour 1/2 to 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt cup brown sugar firmly packed 1/2 cup castor sugar 175 grams of butter (room temperature – but still firm) 1 egg and 1 egg yolk beaten 100 grams chocolate chunks 100 grams chocolate chips 50 grams dried cranberries Heat oven to 160degrees and place rack in bottom 3rd of the oven – mine is just below the middle. Cream butter and sugar on slow for about 3 mins do not overbeat – I read it makes a difference! Add the beaten egg and yolk and beat till combined again but once combined stop. I have read that overbeating may affect the mixture so I stopped when I considered that the additions were combined well in. Sift plain flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda together and add to this mixture to the creamed butter, sugar and eggs and on slow combine. With a wooden spoon stir in chocolate and cranberries. Drop large dessert spoonfuls on baking trays lined with baking paper – I only do four at a time to allow for spreading. They seem to take about 14 mins to cook in my oven. For the first 7 mins I…

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Webster’s Dictionary Words 2009: Goji, Acai, Locavore.

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A few of my favorite words (and foods) have been officially added to the 2009 Webster’s Dictionary . Among the additions are Goji, Acai and Locavore . Click ahead to read the official definitions and more 2009 word additions… Healthy New Words. I’m so glad that goji and acai have been added. However, my blogger.com spellcheck needs to catch up to these new word additions!…Also, I’m starting a trend to make Bee-gan (a vegan who eats honey) a 2010 Webster’s addition word! 2009 Word Additions: Acai -a small dark purple fleshy berrylike fruit of a tall slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) of tropical Central and South America that is often used in beverages ; also : the palm Goji -the dark red mildly tart berry of a thorny chiefly Asian shrub (Lycium barbarum) that is typically dried and used in beverages Locavore -one who eats foods grown locally …

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