Category: Recipes

Chocolate Covered Raisins Recipe For National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

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March 24th is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day, honoring a confection that dates well before the introduction of Raisinets in 1927. You need only three ingredients to make chocolate-covered raisins: raisins, chocolate and coconut oil. The oil thins the chocolate so it adheres better. We loved this suggestion from TheRoadNotProcessed.com: Add a bit of spice…
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RECIPE: Double Coconut Easter Layer Cake

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Top: A classic Easter cake with coconut “grass” and Easter eggs. Bottom: You can tint the batter different colors for a surprise. Photo courtesy Reynolds Kitchens.   Coconut cake has become an Easter tradition. Adults and children alike are tickled pink by the green coconut “grass” and Easter egg candies. This recipe from Reynolds Kitchens…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Hot Cross Buns

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[1] Enjoy these delicious hot cross buns, even if you don’t celebrate Easter (photo courtesy King Arthur Flour). [2] Use raisins or dried cranberries, e.g. Craisins (photo courtesy Ocean Spray). [3] Out of the oven, cooled and iced (photo courtesy Amy’s Bread).   Tomorrow is Good Friday, a traditional time for Hot Cross Buns. You…
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EASTER: Peeps Cupcakes With Hidden Surprise

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Who doesn’t love a surprise? Certainly, this Easter cupcake counts as one: In addition to an alluring Peeps chick on top, these cupcakes from Betty Crocker have a surprise in the middle—other Easter candies.   RECIPE: PEEPS CUPCAKES WITH HIDDEN SURPRISE Ingredients For 24 Cupcakes 1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist yellow cake mix (or your…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The Perfect Baked Potato & Toppings

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We really miss our mother’s baked potatoes. Mom was a potato fan and made a simple preparation every night, rotating among baked, boiled with parsley butter, French fried and mashed (for Sunday brunch, hash browns; for special occasions, potato pancakes). Among this group, what we no longer come across—or make at home—is her baked potato…
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