TIP OF THE DAY: Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

For a seasonal change of pace, add dried cranberries to your chocolate chip or oatmeal cookie recipe. You can find loose dried cranberries in many specialty food stores, and Ocean Spray Craisins in most supermarkets. Split the amount of chocolate chips in your recipe by half, making up the remainder with the cranberries. Do the…
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ENTERTAINING: Tea & A Constant Comment Spice Cake Recipe

[1] A cup of spiced Constant Comment tea with a matching cake (photo © Bigelow Tea). [2] Add some cookies: butter, oatmeal, shortbread, spice (photo © Aimees Seavey | New England Magazine). [3] Constant Comment is also made in decaf and green tea versions (photo © Bigelow Tea). [4] Relax with a cup, anytime. No cake…
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CONTEST: Can Your Recipe Win The 1,2,3 Puff! Challenge?

If you’re a home cook with an original recipe that uses Pepperidge Farm puff pastry, it could win you and a guest an all-expenses paid trip to New York City, to tour the Big Apple’s finest pastry shops. That’s a sweet trip! Just enter your recipe in Pepperidge Farm’s 1,2,3 Puff! recipe contest. You may…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Take A Brownie Break

    These dense, moist and fudgy treats are Geoff & Drew’s Brownies, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (photo by Claire Freierman | © THE NIBBLE)./span>.     December 8th is National Chocolate Brownie Day. If you have the time, bake your own favorite recipe—or try a new one. We’ll start you out…
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Mince Pie Tarts For The Holidays, With A Cup Of Tea!

In the British tradition, mincemeat pie—often called mince pie for short in the U.S.—is as customary at Christmas as egg nog. Colonists brought mincemeat to America, and the tradition continued. Yet, have you ever had mince pie? To some people they’re almost myth-like, in that they’ve never seen one. Nor do they have any idea…
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