Creme de Menthe Brownies Recipe & History Of Creme de Menthe

September 15th is National Crème de Menthe Day. Crème de menthe, French for “mint cream,” is a mint liqueur made with dried peppermint or spearmint, steeped in grain alcohol for several weeks. The mint is then filtered out and the infused alcohol is mixed with sugar. The liqueur is aged for a month before bottling.…
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Black And White Cookie History For National Black & White Cookie Day

[1] Black and white cookies, so craveable (photos #1 and #7 © American Heritage Chocolate). [2] Some bakers get creative. Dana’s Bakery makes black and white cookies with a surprise inside: rainbow cake (photos #3 and #4 © Dana’s Bakery) [3] Dana’s Bakery also makes chocolate chip black-and-whites, gluten-free black-and-whites, s’mores black-and-whites and vegan black-and-white…
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Easy Apple Cake Recipe For Rosh Hashanah (& Every Day)

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins today and is celebrated for two days. It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days specified by Leviticus 23:23–32, that occur each year. Symbolic foods include: Apples and honey Challah Couscous With Seven Vegetables Dates Fish Honey cake Leeks, chard or spinach New (i.e. seasonal) fruit…
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Cookies & Cream Skillet Brownies Recipe For Brownies At Brunch Month

[1] If you don’t have a skillet, you can use a 10″ cake pan (photo © Wisconsin Cheese). [2] Oreos are the largest brand of chocolate sandwich cookies (photo © Tijtan Adrndarski | Unsplash). [3] Mascarpone originated during the Middle Ages in Lombardy, a region in northern Italy. It has a looser, more velvety texture…
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Premium FOMO Gluten Free Cookies: No More Fear Of Missing Out

While we’re not constrained to a gluten-free diet, we have tried our share of GF cookies, looking for the best for THE NIBBLE. That our Top Pick of The Week is FOMO Baking Company, an artisan GF cookie line, shows how the best artisans can create cookies that everyone can enjoy—and that few would suspect…
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