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Five stars when using 8 ounces of cream cheese instead of the 3 ounces noted in the recipe. Because I did not have a cookie press and wanted to do something a little different (other than simply making drop cookies), I chilled the dough for about 1 hour and then rolled the dough into small balls, pressed a Hershey's kiss in the middle, and sprinkled the cookies with colored sugar. They turned out great. This recipe works so well for press cookies. I tried two or three other recipes with horrible results and now I always use this one.  I will definitely be making this again. I believe another reviewer said she added some Jello mix to her batter with great success. I think I will try doing that next time--maybe use strawberry Jello for Valentine's day when I have to make cookies for my daughter to bring to preschool. Get the recipe here >>  Strawberry Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks @ omgchocolatedesserts.com

I made these three times now! I've learned that if you simmer all stuffing ingredients w/uncooked quinoa for 20 minutes it combines flavors so much better plus there's no need to precook quinoa (also omit broth!), stuff RAW peppers, and bake for an hour, they turn out better.  To make the recipe quicker, I like to just chop up all of the bell peppers and saute rather than stuffing them and baking. Next time I think we will increase the salsa in the recipe and add more jalapenos and red pepper flakes. They are now in my top 10! :) I *love* the cumin taste in these (I bumped it up to a tbsp and omitted the oregano)...delish! Get the recipe here >>   Mexican Quinoa Stuffed Peppers  @ thegardengrazer.com

So easy yet so fantastic! I used rum extract as I didn't have any rum on hand. I only added a tbsp of extract because I didn't want a fake rum taste to it. I made one other little change and that was to use pecans instead as I am not a big walnut fan.   I made this twice and the only suggestion I have is that if you're going to go to the trouble of making this sauce, buy good quality ice cream. The first time I made it, I used just regular, inexpensive ice cream and it was great. The second time I made it, I used premium ice cream and it was out of this world. Get the recipe here >> Pan Fried Cinnamon Bananas @ dizzybusyandhungry.com

I have quite a bit to say about these...they are excellent, my husband and I couldn't stop eating them, both the dough and the cooked cookies. They are tender, just the right amount of sweet flavor, and are buttery, even though I didn't use real butter, but instead used margarine, like the recipe called for. Don't soften the margarine before you make them (the recipe DOES NOT say to, but a lot of cookie recipes do, so I just wanted to note that). Also, to cut down on the stickiness of the dough, I recommend chilling the dough a bit, but not too long (just until it is no longer extremely sticky). I made one batch before I chilled it, and more after and the batch before the chilling spread out more and were a little flatter and maintained their chewy centers better. I would not recommend cooking them for 15 minutes; they will be WAY over done. I cooked mine for 9-10 min and did not allow them to brown at all. Then I left them on the cookie sheet before taking them off to fini

Healthy snacks can be fun snacks too! Find out how to make these super cute Peanut Butter Snails for a snack that will make even the toughest critic smile. Peanut Butter Snails Ingredients:     2 Medium celery sticks     1/2 cup Peter Pan creamy peanut butter     3 apple rings cut in half     4 pretzel sticks broken into thirds     12 mini semisweet chocolate morsels Directions: Step 1 Cut each celery rib into thirds. Fill centers with half of the peanut butter. Spoon remaining peanut butter into small resealable food storage bag; snip one corner off to make small hole. Step 2 Pipe two lines of peanut butter on one side of each apple piece, following shape of apple. Insert apple pieces into peanut butter in celery pieces. Step 3 Place 2 mini morsels next to each other at one end of each piece of celery to resemble eyes. Place a pretzel piece over each eye to resemble antennas. Tips: Have the kids help by placing the eyes and antennas on each snack.

Frozen lemons do more wonders than you expected! Their properties are changed and they are 1000 times more effective than chemotherapy. New research reveals that they prevent breast cancer and more and more people claim that these fruits must be eaten entirely not only for their taste but for their healing properties. According to studies, lemon peel contains 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the juice itself. Peels help you to remove toxins from the body. Lemon reduces cancer cells present in the body. It was shown that lemon has an increased efficiency and reduces cancer cells present in the body. Doctors estimate that this method is 10,000 times more effective than traditional chemotherapy. The effect is more intense when you add baking soda. All you have to do is to buy lemons and wash them well then put them in the freezer. Once you freeze them, grate or chop them finely. After the mixture is defrosted add it in your diet. It suitable to sprinkle over salads, ice cream, soups, cere

Simple and delicious! I did use a heart mold to make these for Valentine's day, but if I were to roll these into balls and dip them, I would def either refrigerate or even freeze them until they are firm enough to dip b/c as is, the mixture is VERY soft, so I think they would be be hard to dip unless they were firmed up first. I did some with white chocolate and some with milk chocolate, and both are a hit! I would make these again, for sure! Get the recipe here >> Peanut Butter Cheesecake @ thriftytstreasures.com