It’s rich, it’s dense and it’s chocolate—and that makes it the perfect dessert for me. A Bête Noire is the French version of a flourless chocolate cake. Our friend, Gary, found this recipe for La Bete Noire on the cover ...
Posted
12/10/2008 7:08:00 AM
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Andi at Betty Crocker
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dessert, la Bête Noire, flourless chocolate cake
It’s hard to believe but some folks just don’t like pumpkin pie. For them, you could make a Bittersweet Chocolate-Caramel Tart for your Thanksgiving dessert. It wasn’t the title alone that made me want to taste this recipe but the close...
Posted
11/25/2008 11:23:00 AM
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Andi at Betty Crocker
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dessert, Thanksgiving, bittersweet chocolate, tart, caramel
Apparently I am not the only one out there with an extreme love of bacon. A colleague recently forwarded me this article from the Dallas Morning News that features a recipe for bacon cookies, and another coworker brought a little bag of Bacon Brittle...
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4/30/2008 2:19:00 PM
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Heidi at Betty Crocker
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bacon, dessert
Going to a St. Pat’s party tonight? If you’re looking for a yummy dessert (or “za-wert” as my three-year-old niece likes to call it) to bring, try these Grasshopper Bars . The recipe calls for cookie mix so it’s fairly quick to whip together. You could...
Posted
3/17/2008 12:46:00 PM
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Heidi at Betty Crocker
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dessert, bars, St. Patrick's Day
My friend Audrey and I have been taking French classes for more years than I care to admit, since we still can't speak French. One class tradition is that we celebrate our birthdays with a sweet treat. This can be challenging because we meet right after...
Posted
11/13/2007 8:51:00 AM
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Andi at Betty Crocker
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birthday, dessert, French, petits fours
My refrigerator drawer was bursting with apples after a visit to an orchard in Bayfield , Wisconsin . I wanted to use some of the apples in a dessert last weekend and remembered my favorite recipe from French class, La Tarte Normande, which is basically...
Posted
11/8/2007 10:35:00 AM
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Andi at Betty Crocker
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dessert, apple tart, apples, Julia Child