A Recipe For National Butterscotch Brownie Day (a.k.a. Blondies)

May 9th is National Butterscotch Brownie Day, also called a blonde brownie or blondie. The difference between a brownie and a butterscotch brownie / blondie is a yellow (blonde) batter: flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder and vanilla. A brownie is made from a chocolate brownie batter, which adds cocoa powder or melted chocolate.…
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”Noche Bueno” Dulce De Leche Cookie Recipe For Cinco De Mayo

[1] The perfect cookie for Cinco de Mayo (photos #1 and #2 © Wisconsin Cheese). [2] Make some as gifts (photo © Bruna Branco | Unsplash). [3] Whole and ground cinnamon (photo © American Heritage Chocolate). [4] Add your favorite coffee liqueur—which you can also drink with the cookies (photo © Kahlúa). [5] Here’s a…
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An Easy Raspberry Tart Recipe For National Raspberry Tart Day

[1] A raspberry tart baked in a rectangular pan. (photo #1 and #2 and Recipe #1 © Betty Crocker). [2] It’s easy to make the almond cookie crust by adding chopped almonds to the mix. [3] Be sure to buy extra for nibbling (photo © Good Eggs).   May 3rd is National Raspberry Tart Day—or…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Use Stale Donuts

Turn stale donuts into a trifle. Photo courtesy MonutsDonuts.com.   What happens when you find yourself with a dozen stale donuts? We received two large boxes and forgot to freeze the leftovers. When we returned to them two days later, they were stale. Smart money might say: through them out or feed them to the…
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