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OVER: Congratulations to ????? Ready for a little friendly competition? To celebrate the holiday season, Pillsbury Baking is hosting The Pillsbury Easy Frost No-Fuss Frosting Challenge on their Facebook Page. Submit a photo of one of your holiday baked goods decorated with Pillsbury Easy Frost No-Fuss Frosting. Include the name of your baked good and [...]
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This recipe is from a Costco cookbook acquired on a Black Friday at Costco. Not by me, because you’d never find me at Costco on Black Friday, but by a kind friend who let me have it when she saw me looking wistfully at it in her kitchen. The Costco cookbooks (she actually gave …
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If you like chocolate truffles, here’s a great recipe from Chef Jean-Philippe Maury. I made half a batch yesterday all the while wondering why I don’t make these more often. They’re simple but so delicious and open to improvisation. You can infuse the chocolate with whatever flavor you like, then package them up in a [...]
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Today’s recipe is from a reader named Bonnie who sent it to me with a note saying the cookies were her husband’s favorite. An endorsement from a family member is always a good thing, but what I really liked was the fact she used healthy ingredients. Instead of butter she used oil, in place of [...]
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As of today I’m on the search for the best tri-color aka “rainbow” cookies. If you live in the northeast or in a community with Italian bakeries, you’ve probably seen these pink, yellow and green little cakes. I discovered them in my late teens while staying with my grandma in New York. Italian bakeries sold [...]
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Last week The Foof Queens asked if I’d like to try a product they invented to help people wrap and style packages — a gadget that dispenses slide and tie sleeves of “GiftGloss”. “Foof” is what you add to gifts to make them eye-catching, and of course it’s how Betty and her friends got their [...]
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Thanks to more readily available specialty flours, gluten-free baking is easier than ever. And while I don’t exactly need to cut wheat, I’ve enjoyed experimenting with wheat alternatives just in case one day I do. Plus friends always seem interested when I point out that something like a brownie can easily be made …
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I didn’t get my holidays mixed up. Fuzz needed something edible and red for a school project and the first thing that came to mind was a batch of heart shaped cut-out cookies. In hindsight, I could have made red circles and called them “Rudolph Noses”, but that might have led to a conversation about [...]
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