One of our favorite sweets seems to be Brownies. Whether you like them plain, iced, chocolate, layered, as the base for an ice cream sundae, as a snack or a fancy dessert, the humble brownie is always a welcome treat. Add these recipes to your brownie file; Iced Brownies and Heavenly Apricot Brownies. ICED BROWNIES1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup cocoa1 tsp baking powder1 tsp salt2/3 cup canola oil2 cups sugar4 eggs1 tsp vanilla1 cup nuts, choppedPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick vegetable oil spray; set aside.In a mixer bowl, beat the sugar, oil, and eggs. In another bowl, combine the flour with the salt, baking powder, and cocoa, blend well to mix. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture; mix well and add the vanilla. Fold ...
In February 2008 Zilly Rosen, an artist from Buffalo, New York, created a combined portrait of Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln using a unique material – cupcakes. The more than 5,000 cupcakes used to create the remarkable likenesses contained a cream filling and were topped with a colored disc of fondant – a more pliable type of icing made with powdered sugar. When seen from above, each cupcake acted like a pixel in the image. After being exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the public was invited to “de-install” the portrait – which literally looked good enough to eat. Writing of looking good, in 2009 Barbie, Mattel’s iconic doll, had her 50th birthday. To celebrate the occasion 50 American designers – including Diane von Furstenberg, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors and Anna Sul – created outfits ...
If life as Forrest Gump said, is like a box of chocolates because you never know what youre gonna get, then a basketful of freshly baked goodies is the stuff that provides the bells and whistles of our existence. That was quite a mouthful to digest but indeed, eating your fill of freshly baked muffins, cookies or brownies can bring back memories of the times when you were at home, feeling comfortable, safe and secure in the company of your beloved mother who made those goodies especially for you. The taste of warm fresh out of the oven muffins evoke feelings of nostalgia those cold mornings when Mom used to wake up very early so she could bake your favorite muffins which she made from scratch. The smell, oh the smell of cookies baking inside Moms ...



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