Category: Food Holidays & More

JULY 4TH: Red, White & Blue Angel Food Cupcakes

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[1] These angel food cupcakes are red, white, and blue (with an optional touch of green). The recipe is below (photo © Completely Delicious). [2] When you don’t want patriotic colors, a sliced strawberry makes a lovely garnish. Here’s the recipe (photo © Cooking Classy). [3] A classic angel food cake (photo © Bhofack2 |…
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JULY 4th: Ice Cream Cones

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Impress your friends and family with these Independence Day ice cream cones. Photo courtesy Amy Miller Designs.   Who wouldn’t want to be Amy Miller’s friend? The designer, crafter and baker created the best-looking July 4th ice cream cones. Head to AmyMillerDesigns.com for the step-by-step showing how she did it. In brief, you need ice…
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National Strawberry Parfait Day & The History Of The Parfait

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June 25th is National Strawberry Parfait Day. We just published a July 4th breakfast parfait recipe, but the original parfait was made from ice cream. In the U.S., a parfait is a layered sundae. In France, it’s a different type of frozen dessert, as we’ll explain below. A parfait (American) can be simple, with alternating…
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JULY 4TH: Star-Shaped Sandwich Skewers

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We loved this idea from Smucker’s, which uses its creamy Jif peanut butter and seedless strawberry jam to make these charming sandwiches. You don’t have to use PB&J: Any sweet or savory spread will do. You can make some very sophisticated combinations for adults. Prep time is 15 minutes. You can also make these into…
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RECIPE: Beer Batter Onion Rings

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[1] Onion rings with horseradish-dill sauce instead of ketchup (photo © QVC). [2] Onion rings with ranch dressing (photos #2, 3, #4, and #6 courtesy Freepik). [3] French-fried onion rings and beer with mignonette sauce*. [4] Panko-coated onion rings with beer. The history of onions. > The different types of onions: a photo glossary. >…
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