Commander’s Palace Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce: Today in History: Pre-sliced Bread Ban

Sliced bread from the grocery in Montana is different and I don’t mean in a good way. It’s not as soft and fresh as I am accustomed to buying in the south. Perhaps it is because there aren’t any commercial bakeries in town or maybe it is a regional preference of westerners to prefer stale […]

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History of Christmas Cookie Traditions [3-Ingredient No-Bake Oreos Cookies and Cream Recipe]

Oreo Cookie and Cream No-Bake Cookies

Many of us love to bake, exchange, and eat Christmas cookies. But how many of us know the history behind this time-honored tradition? Let’s go back about 1,000 years to Medieval Europe where the practice of baking cookies at Christmastime originated. As you can imagine, sugar was a precious commodity in those times. People commonly […]

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