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Planning to bake up some treats for Valentine’s Day? I know I am — I picked up the cutest cupcake cake pan at Walmart last night, and I’m itching to try it out.
Anyhow, if you need a little inspiration, Crisco is launching a new online resource called Cookie Central which is perfect for those of us who love to bake and decorate our dessert creations! Not only does Cookie Central offer tons of tasty recipes, but it also provides a wealth of tips and videos, as well as some cookie gifting suggestions.
I particularly love these tips that allow kids to help decorate cookies quickly and easily before baking:
- Chill the dough. Let your kids roll it into balls, and then toss the balls in a plastic sandwich bag with colored sugars to coat them.
- Beat an egg yolk with food coloring and let your kids paint designs or faces on cookies.
- Let your kids use raisins to create faces on gingerbread cookies. Or they can use sliced almonds to create wings for angels.
- Buy a selection of small candies, like cinnamon drops and miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces, and let the kids decorate before the cookies are baked.
There are even more suggestions for decorating cookies after they’re baked!
To inspire you to share your favorite Crisco Cookie Central recipes this Valentine’s Day, Crisco is offering a giveaway to equip you with everything you need to wow your loved ones with sugary treats, including measuring cups and spoons, a baking sheet, a cookie dough scoop, a silicone cookie spatula and a jar of cookie cutters. Even better — two lucky Deal Seeking Mom Readers will win this awesome package!
To enter, tell me what’s your favorite Cookie Central recipe or tip.
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Prize:
(2) Crisco Cookie Central Giveaway Prize Packs, as described above
This giveaway ends at 10 p.m. EST on 2/11 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use And the Winner Is to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!
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Jaime
how to chill dough is my favorite tip
Jaime
facebook fan.
Carol
Definitely involving the kids
Noel
Involving the kids
Jaime
email subscriber.
Marcie
I greatly enjoyed reading the recipes
Marcie
Facebook fan
Marcie
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Beth
I didn’t know that dough’s temp mattered!
Jessica
I’m a new email subscriber!
Lucy
My kids are goin to like the decorations and all the fab recipe creations
Will
I’m not a baker but learned a lot that even my wife didn’t know:-)
Melissa A.
My favorite tip is beating an egg with food coloring and letting the kids paint designs on the cookies.
Melissa A.
I’m an e-mail subscriber!
kaylan
I love the tips on how cold the dough should be!
kaylan
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brooke
These frosted chocolate drop cookies look delicious! https://www.crisco.com/Recipes/Details.aspx?recipeID=578&loc=7
brooke
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Wendy
Chocolate chip!
tanya h
im a subscriber
tanya h
im a fb fan of crisco
tanya h
im a fb fan of dsm
tanya h
i like to freeze my dough to keep whatever cut out shape i made
April
I can’t bake so my tip is to leave it to the professionals buy the kind you just pop in the oven or find a very easy recipe and do trial and error. Either way you can still decorate the cookies.
Jennifer H
How to chill dough is a good tip
Jennifer H
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Nadda
the chocolate coconut bars look yum
Michelle
My favorite recipe is the Caramel Pecan Turtle Cookies.
Nadda
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