Comments on: AiMS: Americans in Maastricht Society Inaugual Meeting (and cookies) http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/05/08/aims-americans-in-maastricht-society-inaugual-meeting-and-cookies/ Spotlights on the adventure and realities of expat life in Maastricht. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: locusta http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/05/08/aims-americans-in-maastricht-society-inaugual-meeting-and-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-16 locusta Fri, 15 May 2009 10:49:57 +0000 http://singlestitch.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-16 Thank you both for the advise. I agree the brown sugar here seems to be a bit different, but not impossibly so. The grains seem to be larger. I think in the future I'm just going to make my own vanilla extract and skip the middle man as it were. :) Thank you both for the advise. I agree the brown sugar here seems to be a bit different, but not impossibly so. The grains seem to be larger.

I think in the future I’m just going to make my own vanilla extract and skip the middle man as it were. :)

]]> By: katy http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/05/08/aims-americans-in-maastricht-society-inaugual-meeting-and-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-15 katy Fri, 15 May 2009 10:45:21 +0000 http://singlestitch.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-15 I remember making my first batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies over seas (we're in Lux) I wasn't particularly craving them, but I just wanted to do it to see that I could. Hardest to find item: brown sugar. I remember making my first batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies over seas (we’re in Lux) I wasn’t particularly craving them, but I just wanted to do it to see that I could. Hardest to find item: brown sugar.

]]> By: Miss Footloose http://maastrichtminutiae.com/2009/05/08/aims-americans-in-maastricht-society-inaugual-meeting-and-cookies/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Miss Footloose Wed, 13 May 2009 14:08:55 +0000 http://singlestitch.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-14 Hello Locusta, About your cookies ;-) Baking soda is zuiveringszout in Dutch. And for vanilla the Dutch use little packets of vanillesuiker (vanilla sugar) which is sugar flavored with I think vanillin, immitation vanilla -- yuk. Having said that -- I hail from Holland (pc the Netherlands) and am married to an American. On all my expat travels, I bring with me American liquid vanilla and double acting baking powder because I use a lot of American recipes now. American double acting baking powder is different than European baking powder and I have never figured out how to convert one to the other. Chocolate chips are available in some stores. Try Albert Heijn if you have one in your neighborhood -- you must have! Hello Locusta,

About your cookies ;-) Baking soda is zuiveringszout in Dutch. And for vanilla the Dutch use little packets of
vanillesuiker (vanilla sugar) which is sugar flavored with I think vanillin, immitation vanilla — yuk.

Having said that — I hail from Holland (pc the Netherlands) and am married to an American. On all my expat travels, I bring with me American liquid vanilla and double acting baking powder because I use a lot of American recipes now. American double acting baking powder is different than European baking powder and I have never figured out how to convert one to the other.

Chocolate chips are available in some stores. Try Albert Heijn if you have one in your neighborhood — you must have!

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