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Easy Candy Topped Cookie Pizza with Nestle Easter Candy

Candy_topped Cookie Pizza

This delightful candy topped cookie pizza can be made with anything and everything! I had never made a cookie pizza before, so I was winging it, and my directions are going to sound like it. Sorry! But when I found myself surrounded with the most wonderful selection of Nestle Easter candy, I just couldn’t resist [...]

Holiday Nut Crescents

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These delicate bite-sized cookies are a holiday favorite of mine. Sometimes I glaze them like I did this year, sometimes I sprinkle cinnamon on top, and sometimes I just enjoy them completely as is. They’re delicious every which way they’re made. Holiday Nut Crescents Ingredients Dough: 2 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 cup sour [...]

Nestlé Chocolate Chip Cookie Sleds

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When I looked at all the Nestlé holiday candy I’ve been accumulating for my kids’ stockings, I couldn’t resist busting open a bag or two. I wanted to make these candy cane chocolate chip cookie sleds I found on Nestle’s website. I began with all of this candy…. Nestlé’s got holiday handled, don’t ya think? [...]

Almond Heart Cookies with Fisher Nuts

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I absolutely adore the flavor of almonds in baking, so when I saw this Almond Heart Cookies recipe, I fell in love with it. It’s a recipe created by Food Network Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, a regular judge on Chopped, who has teamed up with Fisher Nuts to create some simple recipes and tips for cooking with [...]

Triple Chocolate S’mores Ice Cream Pie #IDBaking

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I can’t bear the thought of S’mores being just a summertime dessert, so when I saw that it was one of the seasonal flavors of International Delight, I knew I had to buy it and share the delight! And so I made an ooey, gooey triple chocolate-y marshmallow-y graham cracker S’mores ice cream pie. Sinful? Why yes. Messy? [...]

Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake with #DominoLight

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I made this Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake as an experiment.  I’ve never really been mad at sugar, so I’ve never felt the need to use a sugar substitute in my baking. Weird for somebody who only drinks diet soda, huh? And that’s why I broke down and decided to try Domino Light, an all-natural pure cane [...]

Almond Snowcap Cookies with #DiamondNuts

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With the 100-year anniversary of Diamond of California Nuts at hand, I began a search through my recipe box for one of my favorite treasured family recipes: Almond Snowcap Cookies. My mom baked them as part of our holiday cookie tradition when I was a child. I’m not sure if you’re like me about nuts. [...]

Orange-Glazed Angel Food Pumpkin Swirl Cake + McCormick Spice Halloween Baking Kit Giveaway

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A fluffy angel food cake swirled with creamy cinnamon-spiced pumpkin cream cheese filling and topped with a light and zesty orange glaze. Ingredients for Cake and Filling 1 pkg (16 oz) angel food cake mix 2 1/2 tsp McCormick Gourmet grated orange peel, divided 1 8-oz pkg cream cheese 1 tsp McCormick ground cinnamon 1 [...]