Easy Ice Cream Cake Recipes For National Ice Cream Cake Day

June 27th is National Ice Cream Cake Day. We’ve invited everyone over to taste some of the ice cream cakes featured here. You may notice that these are square or rectangular cakes, because it’s so much easier to slice and serve square pieces rather than conventional wedge slices. So take a look and consider making…
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Frozen Peanut Butter & Banana Bites Recipe For National Banana Day

[1] It’s easy to make frozen banana peanut butter bites for snacking or with after-dinner coffee (photo © Gelson’s). [2] Start with ripe banana slices (photo © Eiliv Sonas Aceron | Unsplash). [3] Add flavored PB for more pizzazz (photo © Peanut Butter & Co.). [4] The original recipe used walnuts but we prefer pecans…
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Easy Caramel Sauce Recipe & Delicious Ways To Use It

[1] Salted rosemary caramel sauce, served with shortbread for dipping. The caramel recipe is below (photos #1, #3, © King Arthur Baking). [2] To make the caramel, start with granulated sugar (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [3] Boiled cider goes into the caramel sauce to add deeper, more complex flavor than traditional caramel.…
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Grape-Nuts Pudding Recipe For National Grape-Nuts Day

April first is National Grape-Nuts Day, and that’s the truth: no April Fool. Every American has certainly heard of, if not eaten, Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal. Beyond cereal, our 12 favorite uses for Grape-Nuts is below, along with a recipe for the classic New England Grape-Nuts Pudding. We’ll start with a brief history of Grape-Nuts. It…
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Pistachio Tiramisu Recipe For National Tiramisu Day

[1] Pistachio Tiramisu: Trade the coffee for pistachio nuts (photo © Chef Stefano Carniato | Piola | Miami). [2] Start with the freshest pistachios you can find. If you want to buy in bulk, Middle Eastern grocers often have the best options (photos #2 and #3 © Setton Farms). [3] See the branch? The nuts…
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