Wendy

Spaghetti Casserole I
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Wendy's rating

Easy and delicious. I used the spaghetti sauce/mozzarella cheese version of the recipe and added onion powder, garlic powder, seasoned salt, pepper and basil. Next time I'll make it with penne or ziti though - I made a mess trying to serve this thing.

Oven Fried Chicken III
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Wendy's rating

Yummy Yum Yum! My husband and I loved this. I took the skin off the chicken before preparation and it still tasted great. In fact, I think it would have been too greasy with the skin on. Also, I thought it was a little salty - and I love salt. Next time I'll use 1/2 t. and add any additional salt at the table. But, I added some parmesean cheese to the breadcrumbs (about 1/4 c. - something I learned from another oven fried chicken recipe), so maybe that was why it was salty. Otherwise, I absolutely loved this recipe and will definitely make this chicken again.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Wendy's rating

Hmm, not sure what happened the first time I made these cookies (see old review below), but I accidentally printed this recipe the other day and made them again (years after the first review) and they were delicious! I didn't realize I had used the wrong recipe until I was looking for it again last night to make another batch. Again, delicious. I use salted butter, pecans instead of walnuts, add an extra half cup or so of chocolate chips, and make 1/4 to 1/2 of the chips milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet. This is now my chocolate chip cookie recipe. MY OLD REVIEW I was a bit disappointed with these cookies. The one thing I liked is that they weren't flat. But they turned out not to be very chewy, and there is definitely something missing in terms of flavor. I'm still searching for a perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Beth's Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Wendy's rating

Fantastic recipe. I think this will be my basic recipe for a while. First of all, the cookies looked perfect - they were just so pretty and uniform. Also, they were done perfectly at 10 minutes. Usually my cookies are burnt if I cook them for the entire time a recipe says to at the stated temperature. When I first took them out of the oven they tasted like any other fresh chocolate chip cookie. It wasn't until the next day that I really appreciated the flavor. They have a bit of a salty/baking soda-ish tinge that I really like. The vanilla flavor was too much at first, but it has grown on me. Next time, though, I will try using dark brown sugar in place of some of the light brown sugar for better flavor. I also might try substituting milk choc chips for half of the semi-sweet ones for a bit more sweetness. Overall - yum!

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Little Meat Loaves
Rating: Unrated
Wendy's rating

Excellent - used ordinary bread crumbs instead of crackers, turkey sausage, and egg substitute instead of real eggs. Hubby thought the sausage taste was a little odd, but he still liked it overall. I liked the flavor the sausage added, and the sauce was yummy. In total I used about 2.6 lbs of meat to make 6 loaves, and they were done in 45 min. Thanks, Ann!

French Silk Chocolate Pie I
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Wendy's rating

This pie cured my craving for Baker's Square many times over! I tried a similar recipe on Pillsbury's website that advised beating only 2 min. after each egg, and the pie came out smooth (not grainy) but very dense. With this recipe the filling was light. I gave it 4 instead of 5 b/c I like it a little sweeter, so I subbed half of unsweetened chocolate with semisweet chocolate. Also, I think whipped cream is a must with this pie. I used Easy Whipped Cream with extra powdered sugar. Overall, super yummy!

Best Monkey Bread
Rating: Unrated
Wendy's rating

Hubby heard someone talk about monkey bread on the radio and asked me to make him some even though he didn't know what it was. I looked for a recipe using biscuits rather than from scratch and this was perfect. This is too rich for us to eat on a regular basis, though. From now on I'll save it for holidays and guests. Yum!

Good Old-Fashioned Pancakes
Rating: Unrated
Wendy's rating

Perfect and easy. Thank you!

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I was a little disappointed with this icing when I first made it. It was good and easy, but there was just a little lacking in terms of flavor. I made it again and this time used salted butter instead of unsalted (as a previous reviewer suggested), doubled the vanilla (previous reviewer again), and used evaporated milk (next time I might try cream, but I didn't have that on hand) instead of regular milk. I used extra sugar to compensate for the extra vanilla and the thin texture it had the first time (don't want to reduce the milk because I needed every drop of frosting) and it was perfect. I doubled the recipe and it was just enough to frost a 3-layer cake. I'm giving the original recipe 4 stars.

Fruit Pizza with Marshmallow Fluff
Rating: Unrated
Wendy's rating

Served these at breakfast this weekend and they were a big hit. I will serve them again at my daughter's birthday party. The only difference is I prefer mini, individual pizzas, so I just made individual cookies to serve as the crust.

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