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Recipe Reviews By artshapiro
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artshapiro
reviewed Grasshopper Cheesecake
This recipe made a quite tasty cheesecake. I prepared it for a meeting at work, and it was devoured eagerly and with enthusiastic comments. I don't pretend to be an frequent cheesecake baker, so I was perhaps naively surprised to find no sour cream in the recipe. And it was just fine, as is. The mint taste was appropriately strong but not overpowering. One really nice characteristic was the chocolate topping, which formed a firm shell rather than being gooey like a typical icing. If I knew what to change, I'd make this recipe just a little creamier, but that's just personal preference and not a criticism. I'll surely make this one again.
artshapiro
reviewed Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
There's an obvious error in this recipe. The cookie dough, prior to adding the chips, was merely a thin liquid. Looking at other similar recipes on the Internet, I decided to add flour, and it took a little bit more than a half cup to make an acceptable (although VERY sticky) dough. This dough was quite tasty in the cheesecake.
The resultant cheesecake was good and everyone seemed to enjoy it. The crust (I used Oreos) was surprisingly difficult to cut and stuck to the nonstick cheesecake pan with considerable tenacity, even though I'd buttered the pan and base. Not a big deal, and hardly a flaw in the recipe. Next time I might lay down some waxed paper.
I happened to add a little bit of zing to the topping by slightly "grashoppering" it with two or three tablespoons each of creme de menthe and creme de cacao.
I'll most likely make this guy again.
artshapiro
reviewed Chocolate Drop Cookies
I had a hankering for some chocolate cookies, but didn't want to head out to the store for any additional ingredients. This recipe met the requirements. It whipped together quite easily, and made a decent cookie that just happened to be one that goes magnificently with milk. At first I thought it was a bit too subtle a cookie, but after two or three it seemed to really start tasting good.
