Recipe Type: Desserts & Candy
Cookies, cake, pie, desert, candy
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are increasing in popularity throughout the United States. Macadamia nuts are native to Hawaii and are more expensive than almonds, walnuts, and pecans. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are a nice alternative to traditional chocolate chip cookies. Substitutions Substitute butter or margarine for the shortening. ...
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Chewy Double Chocolate Cookies
Double Chocolate Cookies is a simple drop cookie recipe, like chocolate chip cookies, made with cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate chips. The cookies can be baked just until set for a moist, chewy cookie a little firmer than a chocolate brownie, or you can increase baking time 1 to 2 ...
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5 Minute Graham Cracker Pudding Cake
This 5-Minute Graham Cracker Pudding Cake recipe goes back to my childhood. My father made this loaf cake. So this recipe is over 50 years old. Its origin is unknown, and an Internet search turned up one similar recipe that included cream cheese and whipping cream. It is similar to ...
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Chocolate Nut Clusters
You can make homemade chocolate nut clusters in minutes with only two ingredients; chocolate and nuts. By making your own, you are not limited to peanut and almond clusters. You can use any nut or a combination of nuts. You also control whether to make them with more chocolate or ...
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Chocolate Sausage & Meatballs
I obtained this simple recipe from my cousin in-law, Anna, while visiting relatives living in northern Italy. She served a chocolate sausage for dessert made using crushed cookies. Having celiac disease, she couldn’t eat the sausage. That made me think about Nestle’s chocolate bar with crisp rice. I modified the ...
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Baklava
Most Americans associate baklava with Greek cuisine since baklava is on the dessert menu at many Greek-American restaurants. Baklava, like marzipan, originated in the Middle East and eventually made its way to Europe. There are hundreds of recipes for baklava, this recipe is my favorite and popular with my friends. At ...
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Rolled Cakes
Many recipes for rolled cakes require a 10 x 15 inch jellyroll pan. Unless you make a lot of rolled cakes or have a need for a smaller pan, many American kitchens do not have a jellyroll pan. I haven’t owned a jellyroll pan in over 30 years and rarely ...
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Simple Bite Size Napoleons
Napoleons are a crispy, light French pastry made with layers of puff pastry, a cream filling, and topped with a white glaze decorated with streaks of dark chocolate. This deliciously light pastry can be made at home using prepared puff pastry available from most supermarkets (usually found in with other frozen doughs ...
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
An advertisement slogan for a popular candy states, “Chocolate and peanut butter are two great tastes that taste great together.” You can buy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup, and partially hydrogenated oil, or make these simple Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with ...
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Lemon Spice Cookies
Lemon Spice Cookies are a rolled, thinly sliced cookie recipe you can make days or even weeks in advance and bake fresh when ready to serve. Dough is wrapped in wax paper and plastic wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerated at least 12 hours to stiffen the dough for slicing. Lemon ...
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