Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

FALL RECIPE: Festive, Savory Squash Tart

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We love winter squash. A pre-cut package of butternut squash cubes makes a quick steamed side at dinner (and the leftovers go into tomorrow’s green salad). But for Sunday night dinner, we have the time to do something more creative, like this beautiful tart from California Olive Ranch (photo #1), made with whole wheat flour…
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FOOD FUN: Boston Cream Cupcakes Kit For National Boston Cream Pie Day

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October 23rd is National Boston Cream Pie Day. Boston Cream Pie is actually a layer cake, not a pie. Two yellow cake layers are filled with vanilla cream and iced with chocolate ganache. Here’s more about it, and how it got its name—plus a recipe to bake your own from scratch. But let’s skip the…
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipes & Pumpkin History

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[1] Pumpkin Ricotta Cheesecake, less heavy than a cream cheese recipe (photo © Chef Marisa Churchill). [2] No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake. Here’s the recipe (photo © Kenwood World). The year’s 16 cheesecake holidays. > The year’s 8 pumpkin holidays are below.     RECIPE: PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE ICE CREAM Don’t want cake? How about some pumpkin…
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FOOD FUN: Tomato Cheesecake & More Sweet Tomato Dessert Recipes

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[1] Tomato cheesecake, a sweet dessert (photos #1, #2 and #3 © Italian Association of Canned Tomatoes Producers). [2] A close up of the slice of tomato cheesecake. [3] Canned tomatoes from Italy (we use San Marzano, as does this recipe). [4] Green Tomato Crumble Pie. Here’s the recipe from Healing Tomato (photo © Healing…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Ruby Chocolate & Bahlsen’s “Cookies For A Cause”

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[1] Ruby chocolate joins the familiar dark, milk and white varieties (photos 1-3 © Barry Callebaut). [2] Make confections and desserts with ruby chocolate, from bonbons to mousse. [3] Ruby chocolate ice cream. [4] From Bahlsen: Choco Leibniz presents Ruby Cacao (photos 4-5 courtesy Foodschau | Facebook). [5] The top and bottom of Bahlsen’s ruby…
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