Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

JULY 4th: American Flag Cherry-Blueberry Pie

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As American as blueberry and cherry pie. Photo courtesy Centerville Pie Company.   If you’re planning for July 4th festivities, here’s a fun food idea from Centerville Pie Company of Centerville, Massachusetts: an American flag pie. Prepare your favorite blueberry and/or cherry pie recipe. The Centerville Pie bakers fill the pie crust 3/4 with cherry…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Donut Day & A Cronut Recipe

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June 7th is National Donut Day. The holiday was created in 1938 by the Salvation Army, to honor the women who served donuts to servicemen in World War I (at that time, it was called the Great War). From its first appearance in 17th-century English, the word evolved from dough-nut to doughnut to donut (see…
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WEDDINGS: Religieuses, A Wedding Cake Alternative

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The bride and groom are cream puffs. Photo courtesy Dominique Ansel Bakery.   Don’t want a wedding cake or cupcake tree? Check out these religieuses (ray-lee-ZHOOZE), from French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, who currently provides New Yorkers with dazzling desserts. A religieuse is a pastry made from two cream puffs, one larger, one smaller, joined…
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RECIPE: Easy Grilled S’mores

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Is there a more popular dessert than s’mores? You don’t need a campfire and a branch. Just: GRILL in a covered grill, or BAKE in the oven   This recipe from Reynolds Wrap makes it easy. EASY GRILLED S’MORES Ingredients For 4 Servings 4 sheets (8×12-inches each) aluminum foil 4 graham crackers, broken into halves…
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