Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

FOOD HOLIDAY RECIPE: Creamsicle Cheesecake

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August 14th is National Creamsicle Day. How about a “Creamsicle” Cheese Cake? First, a bit of food history, and why we put the word Creamsicle within quotation marks: The Popsicle® was invented by a 29-year-old husband and father working in the real estate industry during the Great Depression. Frank Epperson made what he called Epsicles…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cook With Fresh Blueberries

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August is National Blueberry Month. The harvest is full, the prices are at the year’s low, and any food lover should relish the opportunity to eat lots of them. And cook with them. Beyond the all-American blueberry pie, you can make: Baked treats: cheesecakes, cobblers, crumbles, fruit tarts, muffins, scone Beverages: cocktails, lemonade, smoothies Breakfasts:…
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UPDATES: New Flavors From Product Favorites

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A nutritious, easy breakfast is just a crunch away. Photo courtesy belVita.   If we reported on all the updates to products we’ve previously reviewed, we’d need another full-time staff. Each year flavors come, flavors go; and on an all-too-regular basis, packaging changes. While we can’t keep on top of it all, here are recent…
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RECIPE: White Chocolate Ice Box Pie With Raspberries

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Yesterday, we explored the history and glories of icebox cake. Today we present the icebox pie Unlike yesterday’s recipe, this one does require a bit of baking—just 10 to 15 minutes in the oven. You make the filling while the crust bakes. Then, into the fridge it goes, to chill and set the filling. This…
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Make An Ice Box Cake, No Baking Required 8 Recipes

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[1] The original Ice Box Cake, a simple yet memorable combination of chocolate wafers and whipped cream, was made in a roll / log shape (photo #9). Here’s the recipe (photo © Spend With Pennies). [2] A chocolate icebox cake is made with chocolate whipped cream. This one is built in a loaf pan (photo…
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