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Almond Legend Cake (New Years Eve)
Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house.
Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond.
Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year
Gluten Free Muffins Quick & Easy
It's quite easy to make your own gluten-free muffins using these instructions for a gluten-free flour mix.
Hillary Clinton's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie
Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made with shortening, brown sugar, rolled oats, and semi-sweet chips. The famous 1992 cookie contest recipe.
Red Velvet Pound Cake
Red velvet pound cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with cocoa, shortening, and seven eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Topped with cream cheese icing.
Carne Guisada
A succulent dish made with savory pork, chopped onions and juicy tomatoes.
Barnyard Cookies
Crunchy chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans and crisp rice cereal, flavored with almond extract and brown sugar. Makes 5 dozen crispy-edged treats in 30 minutes.
Butterscotch Haystacks
No-bake butterscotch haystacks coat corn flakes in melted butterscotch and peanut butter, then fold in mini chocolate chips. Crispy, sweet-salty, and freezer-stable. A 20-minute holiday cookie that needs no oven.
Coconut Bon Bons
Chocolate-dipped coconut bon bons with just 5 ingredients: condensed milk, butter, powdered sugar, coconut, and semi-sweet chocolate. Chill overnight, roll, dip, done. Makes 24 pieces of homemade candy.
Swedish Meet Balls (Kottbullar)
Those who love meat balls with surely enjoy this scrumptious recipe that doesn't take long to prepare.
Cocoa-Mallow Cookie-Wiches
Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Think whoopie pies with a cocoa twist. Soft, cakey cookies meet sweet, pillowy filling. Makes 2 dozen sandwiches.
Christmas Angel Cookies
The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor.
Washington Cherry Cookies
Chewy brown sugar cookies studded with white chocolate chips and bright maraschino cherries. A patriotic twist on the classic drop cookie that bakes up in under 10 minutes.
Moist Chocolate Cake with Coffee
Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee bloomed into the batter for deep cocoa flavor, paired with old-fashioned ermine icing whipped from a cooked flour-milk paste. Vintage two-layer cake done right.
Diabetic Cake#2
A wholesome loaf cake sweetened with boiled raisins and just a tablespoon of sugar substitute. Oatmeal and cinnamon give it a warm, hearty texture that feels like a treat without the sugar spike. Diabetic-friendly and ready in an hour.
A Pie Crust To Remember
A basic pie crust that can easily be made with this simple recipe. Perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Apple Cider Doughnuts
Old-fashioned cake doughnuts infused with reduced apple cider and warm spices. Pat the dough to half-inch thickness, cut and fry until golden, then dip in cider glaze while warm.
Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house. Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond. Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year
It's quite easy to make your own gluten-free muffins using these instructions for a gluten-free flour mix.
Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made with shortening, brown sugar, rolled oats, and semi-sweet chips. The famous 1992 cookie contest recipe.
Red velvet pound cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with cocoa, shortening, and seven eggs for a dense, velvety crumb. Topped with cream cheese icing.
A succulent dish made with savory pork, chopped onions and juicy tomatoes.
Crunchy chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans and crisp rice cereal, flavored with almond extract and brown sugar. Makes 5 dozen crispy-edged treats in 30 minutes.
No-bake butterscotch haystacks coat corn flakes in melted butterscotch and peanut butter, then fold in mini chocolate chips. Crispy, sweet-salty, and freezer-stable. A 20-minute holiday cookie that needs no oven.
Chocolate-dipped coconut bon bons with just 5 ingredients: condensed milk, butter, powdered sugar, coconut, and semi-sweet chocolate. Chill overnight, roll, dip, done. Makes 24 pieces of homemade candy.
Those who love meat balls with surely enjoy this scrumptious recipe that doesn't take long to prepare.
Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Think whoopie pies with a cocoa twist. Soft, cakey cookies meet sweet, pillowy filling. Makes 2 dozen sandwiches.
The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor.
Chewy brown sugar cookies studded with white chocolate chips and bright maraschino cherries. A patriotic twist on the classic drop cookie that bakes up in under 10 minutes.
Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee bloomed into the batter for deep cocoa flavor, paired with old-fashioned ermine icing whipped from a cooked flour-milk paste. Vintage two-layer cake done right.
A wholesome loaf cake sweetened with boiled raisins and just a tablespoon of sugar substitute. Oatmeal and cinnamon give it a warm, hearty texture that feels like a treat without the sugar spike. Diabetic-friendly and ready in an hour.
A basic pie crust that can easily be made with this simple recipe. Perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Old-fashioned cake doughnuts infused with reduced apple cider and warm spices. Pat the dough to half-inch thickness, cut and fry until golden, then dip in cider glaze while warm.
