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Flavorful Gift Baskets for the Holidays

Sometimes a gift basket can be the just right gift to give to others at holiday time. Santa Face with “Fuzzy Fleece” beard is the “Applique Santa” design (Single 3) from www.adesignbylyn.com used with permission. (Fuzzy Fleece is also sometimes known as Silky Fleece). You can pick a basket size from small to extra large and include in it whatever suits your fancy and seems appropriate for the sentiments you wish to convey to the recipient at holiday time, no matter what the holiday may be. Contents of a gift basket can be whimsical to practical to inspirational.

Silky Smooth Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie or pumpkin custard is a classic ending to a holiday meal. The perceived textures of the pumpkin pie or custard as well as its perceived flavor profile can vary enormously from recipe to recipe. Several factors beyond whether the pie or pumpkin custard is served warm or cold will influence those sensory perceptions. The actual pumpkin source used, whether or not there is any grated carrot, etc. in the recipe, the ingredient choices creating the custard filling, as well as the specific spice choices made including the age and pungency of any ground spices used will all affect the

BÛCHE De NÖEL (Yule Log/ Holiday Log Cake/Chocolate Cream Roll aka Sponge Cake)

This particular cake recipe dates back to my childhood in terms of my own recollection, but the Yule Log aka BÛCHE De NÖEL has been a holiday favorite for centuries. Before moving out to the suburbs, my mother worked in the city–New York City to be exact. There was a famous and unusual eatery there called the Horn & Hardart “Automat” where sometimes, for a splurge, on a vacation day she would go and get a rare lunch out, or sometimes just a dessert. Other images of the Automat from that time can be found here. The last New York

Holiday Baking Pointers & Tips Series Kickoff

Who doesn’t love the smell of something yummy baking in the oven? The sensory impact of cookies baking is one many of us can remember fondly from childhood if anyone in our families baked regularly or if we just walked by an open bakery door. Today’s blog post will kick the work week off by focusing on an overview of cookies and their ingredients and mention where to find a wonderful sugar cookie recipe worth making.

Holiday Baking – Developing Flavor Notes in Cookies

As part of our Holiday Baking series of blog posts, today the focus will be on ways to develop more flavor notes in cookies to increase your sensory enjoyment of them. A variation of a sugar cookie that so many people enjoy is some version of a chocolate chip cookie. Everyone has their favorite variation of the classic recipe, however, not everyone may be making the dough 1-2 days ahead of time before baking it off. Why make and refrigerate dough 1-2 days in advance then of when you plan to bake the cookies? Read on to find out the

Holiday Baking – What’s Fat Got To Do With It?

To create different cookie varieties, one “tweaks” a basic formula, resulting in a plethora of possibilities. We mentioned about that formula or ratios concept in a 28Nov2011 post. Today’s blog post mentions one of those other ingredients commonly found in cookies…fat.

Holiday Baking – Keep Some Flavor, Skip Some Fat

Want to lower the fat content of your holiday baked goods, but not quite sure how to accomplish that? Read today’s blog for some helpful suggestions that may help you keep some flavor, but skip some fat.

Fat Substitutions For Holiday Baking (pdf “Free Gift” download)

At our Facebook listing, there’s now a “Free Gift” option you can click on. It is located in the left hand column. Look for the grey box with a white “star” in it that says “Free Gift” and you’ll find it is waiting for you. The “Free Gift” is available to anyone who has chosen to press the “LIKE” button for the Sensory Nutrition page on Facebook.

Holiday Tins Make Quick, Lovely, Simple Gifts

Some of the best gifts at the holidays are the simplest ones. Take, for example, the gift of a lovely, simple holiday tin. You can fill it with a plethora of possibilities, and it is a festive reminder of the spirit of giving during this winter holiday season, no matter which holidays you might happen to celebrate. Do you know where some of the nicest holiday tins come from?