Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

Easy Grasshopper Pie Recipes For St. Pat’s

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Grasshopper Pie is a crème de menthe chiffon pie with a chocolate cookie crust. It was invented in the U.S. in the 1950s following the popularity of the Grasshopper Cocktail, a minty chocolate dessert cocktail made from cream, green crème de menthe and white crème de cacao. Some recipes make it a frozen pie with…
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Poppy Seed Pockets, A Cookie Recipe For Purim

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[1] Poppy pockets are a spin on traditional hamentaschen (photo and recipe © Go Bold With Butter. [2] Most people think of poppy seeds as black, but they are also available in white at Silk Road Spices. Black poppy seeds are nutty and sweet, and have a stronger flavor than white poppy seeds (photo ©…
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe For National Banana Bread Day

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[1] Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts. We highly recommend the optional chocolate glaze in the recipe (not shown) (photo © Lulu Durand | iStock Photo). [2] Don’t want chocolate chips or nuts? How about blueberries? Here’s the recipe from Driscoll’s (photo © Driscoll’s). [3] Fancy banana bread: baked in a rectangular pan, topped…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake With A Chocolate Cookie Base

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[1] Cherry cheesecake with chocolate accents (photo and recipe © Betty Crocker). [2] Use chocolate chips or a chopped chocolate bar to make the glaze (photo © Bella Baker [now closed]). [3] Make your own cherry filling with fresh or frozen cherries, or canned cherries in water. The recipe is below (photo © Oregon Specialty…
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Best Cherry Pie Recipe For National Cherry Pie Day

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[1] This cherry pie gets a fancy lattice top (photo © Cherry Marketing Institute). [2] Mom’s cherry pie (photo © Eric Hood | iStock Photo). [3] How artistic are you? This pie has an extra-special crust fashioned by Carey Nershi (photo © Carey Not Carrie | Vermont Creamery). [4] Look for pitted cherries in water,…
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