Recipe News: Easy cookie recipes can help build confidence in the kitchen

"Cookie recipes typically require basic kitchen skills such as measuring and mixing and provide an opportunity to build skills in the kitchen and learn about food and food safety," said Karen Blakeslee, Kansas State University Research and Extension food scientist. She shared a recipe for a kid-favorite chocolate no-bake cookie from Kids A Cookin' and two recipes from the new 4-H Centennial Cookbook, "Essence of Kansas: Taste Three."

Includes recipes for:

• Chocolate No-Bake Cookies


• Honey-Roasted Peanut Cookies


• Raspberry Chewy Brownie Cookies

Recipe News: Mariann Tallard's pumpkin cookies

"If you don't care for raisins try and use my favorite,chocolate chips."

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• Mariann Tallard's pumpkin cookies

Recipe News: Recipe: Chestnut Cheesecake

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• Chestnut Cheesecake

Recipe News: Recipe: Lemon cheesecake cupcakes

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• Lemon cheesecake cupcakes

Recipe News: Biscotti Cookie Recipe

"These are especially pretty when placed in a clear cellophane bag and the top tied off with wired holiday ribbon. See the variations below. At the local coffee houses these sell for about $2.00 each. Your friends will wonder what gift shop you bought these from. Try making a batch of these and place them all wrapped up in a basket by the front door for your visiting friends to take one home with them after the party."

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• Biscotti Cookie Recipe

Recipe News: Christmas Gingerbread Recipes

"Gingerbread is a sweet that can take the form of a cake or a cookie in which the predominate flavor is ginger.

As a cookie, gingerbread can be made into a thin, crisp cookie (often called a ginger snap) or a softer cookie similar to the German Lebkuchen. Gingerbread cookies are often cut into shapes, particularly gingerbread men.

A variant dough is used to make gingerbread houses à la the "witch's house" encountered by Hansel and Gretel. These, covered with a variety of candies and icing, are a common Christmas decoration."

Includes recipes for:

• Children's Gingerbread House


• Chocolate Gingerbread Boys And Girls


• Eileen's Spicy Gingerbread Men


• Gingerbread Biscotti


• Gingerbread Boys


• Gingerbread Cookies


• Soft Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe News: Pears Stuffed With Gorgonzola Cheese Recipe

"Italians often opt for a simple dessert of cheese and fruit. This recipe combines the two for a light ending to a meal."

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• Pears Stuffed With Gorgonzola Cheese

Recipe News: Recipe: Individual soft-centre chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and raspberries

""This recipe is so simple but will really work wonders when impressing your guests!"

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• Individual soft-centre chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and raspberries

Recipe News: Online extra: Pumpkin parfait recipe

"A great dessert for your holiday parties, this is like a pumpkin cheesecake without a lot of the work. It's an easy dessert and can be very free-form. For example, you can mix the cream cheese entirely with the pumpkin butter and just fill up the serving containers with that, placing a dollop of whipped cream on top."

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• Pumpkin parfait recipe

Recipe News: Recipe: Butterscotch nut bread

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• Butterscotch nut bread

Recipe News: Recipe: Cherry chocolate chip cookies

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• Cherry chocolate chip cookies