TIP OF THE DAY: Reasons To Use Superfine Sugar

Pick up some superfine sugar. It dissolves instantly in cold drinks. Photo courtesy Domino Sugar.   If you put sugar in iced tea or other cold beverages and cocktails, or make frosting, mousse or other uncooked desserts, you may want to pick up a box of superfine sugar. Superfine sugar, also known as ultrafine sugar…
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RECIPE: Make A Creamy Cannoli Pie

Like cannolis? You can enjoy the same creamy ricotta filling and chocolate chips—baked into a pie. Enjoy this recipe, courtesy Eagle Brand condensed milk. If you want to add the crunch of a cannoli shell, add pieces of sugar cones to the pie filling. Ingredients 1 nine-inch unbaked pie shell at room temperature (we prefer…
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Red, White & Blue Grilled Angel Food Cake Recipe

You can grill more than fruit for dessert. Have you ever grilled cake? While the grill is hot, toss on slices of pound cake or angel food cake. Serve them with grilled fruit and whipped cream or ice cream. Here’s an easy red, white & blue dessert for July 4th, courtesy of McCormick: Grilled Angel…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Host A Pie Baking Contest

It’s [pie] party time! Photo by JaclynNussbaum | THE NIBBLE.   Looking for a summer entertaining idea? How about a pie baking contest? Guests who can bake can show off their chops; non-baking guests will be thrilled to taste a pie buffet. You can go freestyle, or take advantage of this new boxed kit: Pie…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: German Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate Cake has a coconut-pecanfilling and frosting. Photo © H.D. Connelly |Fotolia.   Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day—a day we don’t mind celebrating in the least. German Chocolate Cake is a chocolate layer cake filled and topped with a coconut pecan frosting. The cake has nothing to do with Germany. It is…
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