How to Make Chocolate Rum Balls
Some folks relate their Christmas Joys to their annual indulgence in delicious Rum Balls. However, these rum balls are perfect throughout the New Year’s Holiday too! How to Make Chocolate Rum Balls: My recipe yields about 72 one-inch rum balls. These dainties have more flavor if they’re allowed to age somewhat. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with: confectioners sugar Prep Time: 30 – 40 min Cook Time: 2 min Storage: up to...
How to Make Chocolate Turtles
This is an easy & tasty recipe for Homemade Chocolate Turtles! If we have one chocolate to choose for the Holidays, like Christmas or Easter, it would be Turtles, hands down. With their ooey-gooey caramel centers cloaking pecans & coated with chocolate, these are quick to disappear around our house. How to Make Chocolate Turtles: 2 lbs of chocolate will yield roughly 38 pieces of chocolate turtles. Type: Candy Recipe Serve...
How to Cook Christmas Pudding
Christmas Pudding is a beautiful tribute to the celebrations of Christmases past. Many have enjoyed steamed puddings of this nature. If your family appreciates this festive dessert, and you are willing to try this delicious treat…it really is worth the extra time it takes to prepare. In days of old, the steamed plum, carrot or fig puddings were the centerpiece of the Christmas dinner. It’s called plum or figgy pudding, as...
How to Bake Christmas Fingerprint Cookies
Christmas Fingerprint Cookies are always on the Turner family household repertoire for the Holidays. These delicious cookies take a little work & time, but the effort is definitely worth it because once tasted, they won’t be forgotten. This is the first time I’m sharing this Christmas recipe. Fingerprint cookies are another family favorite, and they are so very pretty when they’re done. These tender, buttery...
How to Bake Homemade Baklava: National Baklava Day
National Baklava Day can be so much more amazing with this Homemade Baklava. Baklava is made using phyllo sheets, which are paper-thin pastry used in much of the Middle East & Greece. The ingredients for this most delectable pastry are quite simple, using just flour & water, but it takes some skill to mix, knead & stretch this pastry to obtain that almost see-through result. Tips for Using Phyllo Dough: The store bought...
November Food Holidays & Events
Here are November Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Georgia Pecan Month: How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month Browse Pecan recipes, Nut shows, Nut recipes Vegan Banana Pecan Muffins How to Bake Rose’s Pecan Cookies Cooking Shows: Nuts Recipes + Reviews Good Nutrition Month:...
How to Make Granola: National Oatmeal Day
National Oatmeal Day is here, and oatmeal isn’t just for breakfast… It’s versatile as lunch, used in breads & other baking, as well as snacks and the like. Oatmeal Nutrition: When it comes to nutritional value, oats have it. This is especially so for fiber in oatmeal. Half is insoluble, which helps digestion, and the other half is soluble, which lowers cholesterol. All oats are whole grain. Types of Oatmeal: Oats...
Are You a Little Nutty? It’s National Nut Day
National Nut Day is here, and we have yet another reason to be “nutty.” Seeds, like pecans & walnuts, fruit like lychee nuts or legumes like peanuts, they all contain fats & protein. Chestnuts & cashews do not fall into this category. Nuts contain very little starch. Their oils carry flavor and nutrition, and nut texture is so appealing, we enjoy the contrast when added to recipes. Most nuts are eaten ripe...
How to Bake Date Nut Bread: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 8th is National Date Nut Bread Day, and this Date Nut Bread recipe will soothe your senses & your taste buds. Quick breads like date nut bread are delightfully tasty. Made with nuts & fruit, they remain moist & store well. If keeping them for more than 1 day or 2, it’s best refrigerated or frozen. How to Bake Date Nut Bread: The addition of different types of nuts, and even fresh apple chunks, makes this an...
September Food Holidays & Events
Here are September Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. National Biscuit Month: Bake up Some of that National Biscuit Month…Mmm Buy Cookie Sheets & Cooling Racks National Breakfast Month: Wake Up! It’s National Breakfast Month Browse Breakfast recipes Watch Kimberly’s...
How to Make Prailines: National Prailines Day
USA (COOKING WITH KIMBERLY NEWS) – A true Southern USA delight is the Prailine. That would explain why the USA has a National Holiday to express their love for it – National Prailines Day! Confused as to what a prailine or prailines are? That’s simple to explain. You are dealing with a few simple ingredients, but pecans definitely star in this recipe, as they did in the recipe yesterday for pecan sandies for National...
Muffins and Cupcake Recipes Galore
I know, you hear those tiny, little baking screams in the back of your mind. You want something tasty, dreamy, warm and sweet – It’s all about cupcakes and muffins, Baby! Here are a few you will certainly want to try your hand at – They are Yummy: 1. Mango Masala Chai Quinoa Muffins 2. Incredible Carrot Cupcakes – complete with Dreamy Cream Cheese Icing – Plus, a few Fresh Additions for Carrot Cupcake Mix...
Dr. Oetker Makes Baking Even Easier
I’m not sure about you and your experience with Dr. Oetker baking mixes…but I recently just tried my very first lava cake from Dr. Oetker! Um…yeah…soooo delicious! It was super easy – much easier than I had anticipated, that’s for certain. Okay, so Dr. Oetker has now made baking even easier with their Shaker mixes. All you have to do is add milk or water, shake it up in the container they provide...
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