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Make an old-fashioned applesauce cake,or go modern with applesauce cake bars.Photo by Margoe Edwards | IST. Today is National Applesauce Cake Day, a recipe that evolved in the early 1900s and was promoted heavily during World War I as a way to conserve butter, eggs and sugar. The applesauce adds moisture and sweetness to…
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Often, the food holidays are established in months that make little sense—National Plum Pudding Day in February, when plum pudding is a Christmas tradition. Another example is National Gingerbread Day—which is today, June 5th. Why isn’t it in the fall, a more popular time for spice cookies; or in December, the month for making gingerbread…
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You’ll want many bites of these whoopie pies. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE. We’ve had many a whoopie pie, and can attest that the absolute best are from artisan baker WannaHavaCookie. We wannahav lots of these cakelike cookies:* perfect recipes of moist cake and buttercream. Each one is a pillow of comfort…
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A global cookie ambassador. Photo courtesyDoubleTree by Hilton. This week marked the 25th anniversary of the signature chocolate chip cookie given to guests of DoubleTree hotels. DoubleTree by Hilton launched its Cookie CAREavan in New York City by giving away 50,000 free cookies. It’s the first leg of a national 50-city road tour. So…
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A Fenway Park tin filled with yummybaseball shortbread. Photo courtesyCooperstown Cookie Co. If Dad/Grandpa/Hubby likes baseball and a good shortbread cookie, there’s no better gift than the “baseball shortbread” from Cooperstown Cookie Company, located in baseball capital of Cooperstown, New York. The rich, traditional shortbread cookies are handmade in the regulation size and shape…
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