Category: Recipes

RECIPE: Christmas Cheese Balls & Dessert Cheese Balls

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[1] Cheese balls decorated like >ornaments for holiday festivals (photo © Kraft) [2] What’s inside the cheese ball? In this recipe, it’s red and green bell peppers (photo Claire Freierman | © THE NIBBLE). [3] Cream cheese is the base in Recipe #1, goat cheese in Recipe #2 (photo © Philadelphia Cream Cheese).   Turn…
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RECIPE: Cranberry Crumb Bars

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For a simple dessert or coffee break snack during the holiday season, try these “crantastic” crumb bars from the talented Lauryn Cohen, a.k.a. Bella Baker. See more of her terrific recipes at BellaBaker.com. RECIPE: CRANBERRY CRUMB BARS Ingredients 1-3/4 cups white sugar 3/4 cup rolled oats 3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup almond meal…
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RECIPES: Christmas Cookies

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December 4th is National Cookie Day, and what better cookies to enjoy than Christmas cookies. Some people bake the same family favorites every year, others look for new recipes. We loved these three fun ideas from Pillsbury. All three begin with a package of refrigerated cookie dough. With the time you save mixing and cutting…
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Make A Figgy Pudding (a.k.a. Christmas Pudding, Plum Pudding)

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“Oh, bring us figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer,” goes the carol, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” Don’t know the carol? Sing with the bouncing ball. If you start now, you can have a homemade figgy pudding at Christmas.     WHAT’S A FIGGY PUDDING? A distant cousin of the fruit cake,…
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RECIPE: Goat Cheese With Sundried Tomatoes

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We love to serve red and green foods as much as possible during the holiday season. Doesn’t this goat cheese look nice and Christmasy? Slices of fresh goat cheese are topped with marinated sundried tomatoes, and you can serve them in several ways: As an hors d’oeuvre, with crostini. As an appetizer, atop a crostino…
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