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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • Flaky buttermilk biscuits in a striped towel-lined basket, including a braided scrap knot

    Meemaw’s Buttermilk Biscuits

    ByKara June 23June 24 Recipes, Personal

    Every Sunday morning, Zach makes Meemaw’s biscuits. Light, flaky, rich with butter, tender, and just about perfect. We eat them with scrambled eggs and thick-cut bacon, sometimes with sausage gravy when we’re feeling indulgent, sometimes with nothing but butter and strawberry jelly when we want simple. Every once in a while he makes them for…

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  • a pile of chocolate chip cookies on a white plate with a blue design on it. The plate is sitting on a red tablecloth.

    The Cookies I Bake When Everything Is Too Much

    ByKara January 27May 16 Food & Politics, Recipes

    I baked these cookies on Saturday. The day Alex Pretti was shot and killed by ICE thugs in Minneapolis. These are my comfort cookies. The ones I make when I need the repetitiveness. The rhythm. When I need to not think about anything past the next 8 to 12 minutes. I don’t actually make cookies…

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KaraCooks is written, cooked, photographed, and gardened by one person in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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    • The Garden
    • The Everyday Kitchen
    • The Bookshelf
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