RECIPES: Cranberry Cheesecake

We [heart] cheesecake. Every October, we switch to pumpkin cheesecake in its many forms. But as soon as the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone, we start baking cranberry cheesecake recipes. Because cheesecake is such a rich and heavy dessert, we usually don’t serve it following a big dinner, but as a “tea time” snack (and honestly,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Garnish Desserts With Brittle

If someone gives you brittle—or you’re inspired to make your own—use some of it to garnish desserts. Just a few small pieces make almost any dessert even more festive. If you already have “brittle crumbs” at the bottom of the box, so much the better. MAKE BRITTLE For the holidays, this spicy pumpkin seed brittle…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Recipes For National Lemon Cream Pie Day

Frozen lemon cream pie with a hit of lemon-flavored vodka.   National Lemon Cream Pie Day is November 29th. This year, we’re serving up something special courtesy of a recipe from New Amsterdam Vodka: a frozen pie with vodka. Don’t want the alcohol? Don’t want a frozen pie? There’s a very creamy lemon cream pie…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Best Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes

The best Thanksgiving leftovers recipes. Throw everything into a galette or onto a pizza, with these recipes from three of our favorite food writers: The White On Rice Couple and Audra, The Baker Chick. Todd and Diane, the White On Rice Couple, cleverly tossed the leftovers into a galette. Visit their website and be awed…
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FOOD FUN: PieCaken & Its Recipe

[2] Zac Young’s Thanksgiving PieCaken (photos #1 and #2 © Dillon Burke | sndwch creativ). [2] Cinnamon buttercream and oat crumble add the finishing touches. [3] Before the PieCaken there was the Cherpumple: three layers of cake with a different pie baked inside of each. Here’s the recipe (photos #3 and #4 © Matthew Clark…
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