Are you wondering if you have the time to bake homemade Christmas cookies this year? Every year at about this time we all start to get a little panicked that the holidays are coming up fast and we're not really ready yet. Here are a few little-known tips and tricks, for almost every type of cookie, to help you get the most out of the time you spend baking.

Cutout Cookies

Don't struggle with dough sticking to your rolling pin. Instead, roll out your dough between two sheets of waxed paper. This will eliminate the sticking problem.

Do your cutout cookies always seem to turn out dry, tough, and tasteless? The trick with the waxed paper will help with this. Assuming that you started with a good recipe, the problem is that you are overworkin Little-known Tips for Easy Holiday Baking Recipe

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Locusts for Lunch

by Kathleen Jerauld-Brack

Could bugs be the next cuisine trend?

Just imagine it: 'Restaurant Arthropod's'.

Now serving: Locust Louis; Mealy Bug Meatloaf; Centipede Souffle; Moth Broth; Mosquito Fahito au jus.; Chigger Juice.

Insects for Dinner?

No-no, not the squashed fly between the pages of your plastic menu or the little roach that scrambles out from under your plate in a restaurant, but the one that gets delivered in your dinner on purpose.

Consider the possibilities...

Arthropods, or organisms with jointed legs are clearly related to lobsters, crabs and other edible beings in the ocean. It's been determined that lobsters are actually sea-going cockroaches and in addition, lobster exoskeletons also have the same jointed legs and antenna Locusts for Lunch Recipe

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Best Recipes: Strawberry Orange Milkshake

by Donna Monday

Love strawberries? Love orange juice? Well, now you can have them both together in this divine Strawberry Orange Milkshake. Makes a great fruit smoothie if you’re looking for a simple smoothie to have any time of day.

Strawberries and oranges have their own unique tangy fruit flavors and mixing them with ice cream is oh, so delicious. Plus, there are many health benefits from strawberries and oranges, so you get a delicious, nutritious drink that’s also easy to make. Drink up!

Strawberry Orange Milkshake 1/2 cup strawberries 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream 1 tablespoon sugar

Directions

Combine all ingredients in blender.

Blend for 10 seconds.

Best Recipes: Strawberry Orange Milkshake Recipe

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