FOOD HOLIDAY: National Cookie Month

It’s National Cookie Month. You can celebrate in different ways. First, you can try new cookie recipes. You don‘t have to eat them all: Make them as a birthday gift or a no-occasion thank-you for a neighbor, relative, teacher, hairdresser, healthcare provider (yes, they eat cookies, too) or other helper. Second, you can learn more…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Save Calories With Cakelets

We love cake but it doesn’t love us. With a whole cake in front of us, we can’t resist slicing another “little piece”…then another. That’s why we’ve looked for ways to serve smaller portions. Cakelet or mini-cake pans have saved the day. Instead of baking a standard cake, we make cakelets. In addition to looking…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fresh Cookies

Today’s tip is short and sweet: refreshing cookies. Whether homemade or store-bought, you can make your cookies taste like they’re fresh-baked by microwaving them for five seconds before serving. Try it: You’ll become an instant convert to this easy technique. How to store cookies. The history of cookies. The different types of cookies: our beautiful…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Apple Pie Cheddar Crust Recipe

Photo courtesy Wholesome Junk Food Cookbook.   Apple pie and Cheddar cheese are a time-honored pairing. To make this great match even better, add 1 cup of coarsely grated Cheddar to your apple pie crust dough. You can still serve the pie with a wedge of Cheddar. And you can also wow the crowd with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Roll Out Cookie Dough The Problem-Free Way

Have you ever tried to roll out cookie dough only to run into problems? We’ve cut out cookies that tore when we tried to move them to the cookie sheet. Gingerbread men lost arms, snowflakes lost edges; a sad state of affairs. With the holiday season soon upon us and many cookies to be baked,…
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