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« eBay to ban sellers from negative comments about buyers | Main | 10 antique cat books get new lives at the Internet Archive » January 31, 2008Recipes for homemade Girl Scout CookiesHomemade Girl Scout Cookies: Do-si-dos. Nicole Weston at Baking Bites blog is making her own, which may sound heretical. Here's how she begins her recipe for Do-Si-Dos aka Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies:
The other day, I expressed some concern over the fact that (a) Girl Scout cookies still have trans fats in them because they are made with hydrogenated shortening instead of, say, butter and (b) Girl Scout cookies don’t taste all that great any more - especially considering that the price per box has gone up and the size of the cookies seems to have gone down. I mentioned that I wanted to make my own Girl Scout Cookies and decided that I would go for it! This week, I’ll be featuring recipes for three of my favorites - these, Samoas and Tagalongs - and (if you’re lucky) I might throw in a bonus recipe, as well, though you can find a Thin Mint recipe in the archives if you want even more... The FAQ at girlscouts.org includes this: While some "zero trans fat per serving" varieties of Girl Scout cookies were available in 2005 and 2006, this year all varieties will contain less than 0.5 grams trans fat per serving, which meets or exceeds the FDA guidelines for the "zero trans fat" designation. Whatever. Nicole's recipes sound really good. Use unsalted butter. (I might make the peanut butter sandwiches for the Super Bowl.) I went looking for "copycat recipes" of other GS Cookie varieties. The first one to pop up -- Shortbread Cookies -- begins with, 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening Worse. Here's a better one. And if you'd rather buy real Girl Scout Cookies, the annual sale is under way now. they're $3.50 a box, come in 11 varieties, includng, new for this year, Sugar Free Chocolate Chips and Lemon Chalet Cremes. Each council keeps its own cookie money, so buy local. Posted by Sheila Lennon
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