Category: The Nibble

Cherry-Lime Shortbread Recipe, National Shortbread Day & All Cookie Holidays

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Updated July 2026 January 6th is National Shortbread Day, celebrating Scotland’s great contribution to cookiedom*. The classic Scottish cookie (or biscuit, the term used for cookies in the U.K.) recipe is traditionally one part white sugar, two parts butter, three to four parts plain wheat flour, and a bit of salt—but no leavening†. Over the…
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Flour & Olive Gourmet Cake Mixes: Elegant & Easy

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Olive oil cake is similar to any other cake, except for the fat. Olive oil is substituted for butter (or other fat) in the recipe. It’s important to use high-quality olive oil, as it will be a dominant flavor. We have long lamented a local bakery that closed after addicting us to its plain, simple,…
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Chocolate Orange Marmalade Cake For New Year’s Eve & Beyond

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[1] Ticking down to the New Year: a delicious blackout cake with orange marmalade filling (photos #1, #2, #3 © Frog Hollow Farm). [2] We like to add a dab of garnish—with something creamy but not sweet (see photos #4 and #5). [3] Frog Hollow’s orange marmalade is made from navel orange, not the bitter…
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