FReeper Canteen ~ What is your favorite dessert? ~ August 23 2004

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~ MONDAY FAVORITES ~
This week: What is your favorite dessert?

In our continuing series about your favorites, we ask this week about food. We chose this topic for the most obvious of reasons--we all like eating. Instead of wasting time eating something nutritious, we skip to dessert. After all, that's the most important part of the meal. So? Post your favorite dessert and a picture on the thread. If you can't reach us via Freepmail, email us at canteenusa@canteenusa.com . By the way, you can put more than one favorite dessert. These things can be hard sometimes. We don't want to stress you.

~ Dessert Exhibit A~
~ Cookies ~
Don't see your favorite dessert? Post it on the thread. Also, post the recipe if you'd like. (Click pictures for recipes! If you have a better recipe, please share it with everyone!)


 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

DID YOU KNOW?

Ruth Wakefield invented Chocolate Chip Cookies. Ruth Graves Wakefield graduated from the Framingham State Normal School Department of Household Arts in 1924. She worked as a dietitian and lectured on food, until, together with her husband she bought a tourist lodge named the Toll House Inn.

Ruth Wakefield prepared the recipes for the meals served to the guests at the Inn and gained local notoriety for her deserts. One of her favorite recipes was for Butter Drop Do cookies. The recipe called for the use of baker's chocolate and one day Ruth found herself without the needed ingredient. She substituted a semi-sweet chocolate bar cut up into bits. However, unlike the baker's chocolate the chopped up chocolate bar did not melt completely, the small pieces only softened.

As it so happened the chocolate bar had been a gift from Andrew Nestle of the Nestle Chocolate Company. As the Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe became popular, sales of Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bar increased. Andrew Nestle and Ruth Wakefield struck a deal. Nestle would print the Toll House Cookie recipe on its packaging and Ruth Wakefield would have a lifetime supply of Nestle chocolate. (Click here to find out more information.)
 

 

Snickerdoodles
 

Peanut Butter Cookies

 

Oatmeal Cookies (Auntie Fawnn's recipe--click the photo!)

~ Dessert Exhibit B~

 

 

Godiva Hot Fudge Brownie Sundaes

 

Cheesecake
 

 

Chocolate Cake

 

~ NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO SHARE ~
Let's Eat!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, sarge.

[Conservative4Ever]

Anything and everything that ends with 'a-la-mode'

Red

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Wwlcome, daddyOwe, to the Canteen.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!

[kjfine]

I felt guilty that you were having to make excuses. Ma, Star is picking on me!!!!

[kjfine]

She always was one for "tall" tales. :) Business has been steady, not necessarily good, but steady.

I see that your Cubs are trying to climb into the playoffs. Nomar was a GREAT pick-up!

[stand watie]

my FAVORITE is blackberry cobbler, picked off the edges of our fields at the family farm!

those wild berries just taste better than the ones from the store.

free dixie,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, condi2008, and thanks for sharing your favorite desserts.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hurrah for duckie!! Take it easy, duckie, but glad you are able to start to get back to normal.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Go Run A Muk!!

Still catching up.

[stand watie]

can you say WORKAHOLIC, children?

sure you CAN!

she was in a RUSH to get back to her office. the doc said no more than 4-5 a day for at least 2 weeks & then he'll see how she's doing.

she was EXCITED! nearly jumped off the table with joy.

free dixie,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, UsnDadof8. Navy?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Conservative4ever, for stopping in the Canteen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

OK, you two.....if you can't play nice, it will be off to separate corners. BTW, Kalen, you've been missed. I guess being busy at work is better than the alternative. ((HUGS)) And thanks for your service to this great nation of ours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Here you go, Piper. Your Poppa said you like these.

[blackie]

Perfect!!

Smooch!! :):)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....hope you are feeling well enough to visit with the grandbabies today.