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  • Have a Memorable Fourth of July

    Have a blast this July 4th using the following recipes, backyard décor ideas, and fun outdoor activities.  

     Fourth of July Recipes 

    • These delicious July 4th picnic recipes will result in an all-star gathering.    
    • Stir this Provencal pesto into a bowl of boiled potatoes or pasta salad with shredded chicken.  
    • Mix a refreshing pear vinaigrette with this grilled vegetable and mozzarella ensalada. 
    • These open-face pesto-chicken mozzarella melts will be a huge hit at any gathering. Serve these grilled chicken burgers on a slice of ciabatta bread with a few fresh basil leaves for one incredible meal.  
    • Serve flavor-packed black bean chipotle burgers that will make everyone’s tastebuds dance with joy.  
    • Easy to grab, delicious to eat, these hamburger sliders with cranberry chutney are perfect for any backyard gathering.  
    • Bake one white and one red velvet cake. After they have cooled, cut each cake into about 1-inch slices and stack them alternating each layer, so it looks like the stripes on the American flag. Add blue food coloring to icing before spreading it on top, and then for the final touch, add white star sprinkles.  
    • End the day with a fresh and berry-topped, berry delicious flag cake.  
    • Bake an Independence Day cookie pizza! Press and flatten cookie dough into a 14-inch pizza pan and bake it until golden. Let it sit for about 5-10 minutes, and then scatter mini marshmallows across the top. Then sprinkle the top with red and blue candy-coated chocolates. Easy and delicious.  
    • This patriotic berry flag tart is just as tasty as it looks.  
    • Make American flag pretzel sticks by dipping a pretzel into melted white chocolate about 5 inches. After it has cooled, dip the same end of the pretzel into melted blue chocolate about 1 inch and place white start sprinkles on the blue portion before it dries. Fill a piping bag with red icing and drizzle it back and forth across the white chocolate to create the stripes.  

    • Get your patriotic party on with incredible 4th of July drinks.  
    • Enjoy these refreshing summer cocktails that are exactly what your guests will enjoy at the end of a hot day.  

     

    Backyard Preparation and July 4th Décor 

    • Check out creative benches and built-in seating solutions for your deck or patio that are practical and look great.  
    • Learn how to build a freestanding deck to enhance your home’s exterior and host memorable outdoor gatherings.   
    • Summer is in full swing; here are a few outdoor patio ideas that will help you enjoy your July 4th gathering and all future outdoor parties.    
    • Red, white, and blue, these Fourth of July crafts are for you.  
    • These DIY planter rockets will be a blast to create and will make your yard look fabulous.    

     

    Outdoor Activities for the 4th of July 

    • Get your game on and discover some family fun with fourth of July games for kids.  
    • Make a photo booth in your backyard! Use construction paper to cut out patriotic themed props such as red hats and blue bowties. Take silly photos and share them with loved ones.   
    • Discover endless entertainment with these games you’ll be playing all summer long.  
    • Build a rocket out of cardboard boxes so the young ones can fly high. Take a large cardboard box, cut out ½ of one side, and place it upright so the opening serves as a window. Cut out two wings and tape one to each side. For the top of the rocket, cut out a triangle and attach it to the top. If you want to take it another level, you can paint the outside or wrap it in fun wrapping paper. Glue painted bottle caps on to look like buttons and use a paper plate as a wheel. Blast off!  

    • These fun outdoor yard games are great family entertainment and will be a hit at parties.  
    • Set up a kid’s craft table. Use toilet paper or paper towel tubes to make little rockets! You and the kids can paint the cardboard red, white, and blue and then glue ribbons or tassels onto one end. Paint little stars on the outside to give it a boost! For the top of the rocket, make a cone shape out of paper to glue it to the top. 

  • Recipes You Will Remember – Home, Hearth and Holidays with BHGRE®

    Tis the season to fill your home with joy and your stomach with delicious foods. Below you will find recipes for appetizers, savory small bites, an assortment of dishes, and of course, mouthwatering desserts and drinks.

    Holiday Appetizers and Small Bites

    Holiday Meals

    • Start your morning with these mouthwatering apple buttermilk biscuits with sausage-cider gravy.
    • Sometimes we wake up hungry and don’t want to spend a ton of time whipping up a complicated meal. These quick and easy breakfast recipes are perfect for when you want a yummy but quick breakfast, and then you can start enjoying the rest of your day.
    • Using frozen veggies means your food is partially cut, prepped, and ready to be cooked. Save time without sacrificing taste with these creative frozen vegetable recipes.
    • Who wants to spend an hour in the kitchen on a busy winter weeknight? Say goodbye to lengthy prep times and check out these winter ideas that are ready in only 20 minutes and feature in-season ingredients.
    • Comforting meals with seasonal ingredients are just a click away. Warm up any winter night with this collection of winter chicken main dish recipes.
    • These easy and irresistible slow cooker barbecue recipes include mouthwatering ribs, brisket, pork, and chicken that you can savor any time of the year.
    • This grilled pork and pineapple recipe is an ideal sweet and savory dish that will result in many smiling faces.
    • Add some flair to your meals and try this Italian-style slow cooker meatloaf.
    • Check out tons of satisfying and healthy slow cooker recipes that are low in calories but high in taste. There are even a few twists on traditional favorites, such as sloppy joes and lasagna.
    • If you are looking for a Hanukkah brisket that will fall apart in your mouth, this is the recipe for you. It will be a dish to remember.
    • These Hanukkah recipes are a phenomenal blend of old and new traditional pieces. Read more to learn about these festive new twists.
    • Uncover 21 festive Kwanzaa recipe ideas for a successful celebratory dinner.

    Delicious Holiday Desserts

    • Do you want to build a snowman… that you can eat? These snow folk dipped pretzel rods are adorable and fun at any festivity.
    • Crank up the cranberries! Whether you’re an experienced baker or trying something new, these cranberry desserts are perfect for a holiday meal or a special weeknight.
    • No matter how you pronounce p-e-c-a-n, these pecan pie recipes will make your guests swoon.
    • Uncover yummy slow cooker dessert recipes that are crowd-pleasing and easy to mix up.
    • Satisfy your tropical sweet tooth with coconut desserts. Check out seriously delicious recipes for coconut cheesecake, southern-inspired coconut cake, or coconut milk ice cream.
    • This best-ever chocolate cake is a triple-layer cake that is rich and unforgettable. Your guests will be begging you for the recipe.
    • Satisfy your sweet tooth with these holiday baking recipes.
    • Your turkey day needs these festive Thanksgiving dessert ideas. There are drumstick cereal bars the kids can help make, pumpkin pie turkeys, donut hole acorns, and more.
    • Pumpkin pie is good, but toffee pumpkin pie is even better.
    • These red and green pinwheels are a must-have if you’re attending a holiday get-together. They are festive and fantastic.
    • Try these new Hanukkah desserts that are a mix of new and traditional desserts.

    Cheers to Holiday Drinks

  • Recipes – BHGRE Season of Sharing

    BHGRE® Season of Sharing has what you need to create an unforgettable holiday season.

    Our Favorite Cookie Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens

    Snowball Trees

    Super-Duper Chocolate Kisses

    Pistachio-Vanilla Bean Cookies

    Triple Chocolate Cookies

    Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Halloween Recipes

    Fall Recipes

    Thanksgiving Recipes

    • Don’t let the turkey hog the spotlight. Here are some delicious recipes and ideas for sides and appetizers. 
    • For an easy yet adorable appetizer make your very own turkey face veggie tray.  
    • There’s nothing sweeter than a sweet potato casserole. 
    • Get cooking, because these are some of the best Thanksgiving recipes we’ve ever tasted.  
    • Check out these incredible desserts perfect for Thanksgiving, including a no bake pumpkin cheesecake that will knock your fuzzy socks off. 
    • Tis pumpkin season and nothings beats a classic pumpkin pie. 
    • If you want to spruce up your pie crust, try adding a few simple, yet cute designs. Try cutting out different sized leaves and placing them around the edge. You could also roll out the pie crust and cut out any design you want. Cut out little flowers, diamonds, or chevron shapes before laying it on top.  
    • Warm up with this pumpkin spice latte recipe.

    Winter Recipes

    Hanukkah Recipes

    • Get your Latke on! Click here for a recipe to make mouthwatering classic potato latkes. Don’t forget to dip them in sour cream and applesauce! 
    • Check out these yummy side dish recipes.  
    • For scrumptious sweets look into these Hanukkah desserts, including dreidel-shaped cakes and traditional treats.  
    • Cheers to Hanukkah themed cocktails.  
    • Marshmallow dreidels anyone? Dip the bottom of a chocolate kiss into melted chocolate and then press it onto a marshmallow. Place it into the fridge for 15 minutes. Then slowly press a pretzel stick into the other end of the marshmallow to serve as the handle. Dip the entire bottom of the dreidel into a bowl of melted chocolate. Fill a plastic bag with melted white chocolate or white icing and pipe the Hebrew letters onto each side. If you want to make it sparkle, before the chocolate fully melts sprinkle some blue sprinkles on the outside.

    Kwanzaa Recipes

    Christmas Recipes

    • Check out these four delicious hot chocolate recipes. For a snowman marshmallow topper, stick 3 marshmallows together using toothpicks. Using chocolate pipe 3 small buttons on the middle marshmallow and eyes and a smile on the top marshmallow. Give the snowman a cute little nose using a candy corn. For arms and legs use pretzel sticks. 
    • Take a sip and say ahhh with these eggnog recipes.  
    • Winter is snow laughing matter. Warm up with these winter drink recipes. 
    • Hot potato these crispy potatoes with rosemary salt are tasty.  
    • You will be stuffed and happy after eating these buttered stuffing with mushrooms. 
    • Ham for the holidays. 
    • Enjoy making and eating these Santa sugar cookie cutouts. 
    • Make your favorite pie or cake in a round pan. After you cut it into slices decorate them to look like Santa’s hat. Pipe red icing over the entire triangle slice. Then simple pipe a white ball on the top corner and the hat rim on the outside edge. 
    • Don’t miss out on this Christmas pudding recipe.  
    • These mouthwatering brown butter snickerdoodle cookie cups are 10/10.

    New Year’s Eve Recipes

    • These drink recipes will be a hit.  
    • Stir it up with dazzling cocktails.
    • Finger-foods that are as cute as they are delicious.   
    • From sweet-and-sour to cranberry-sauced, these meatball recipes are a must-have.   
    • Check out the following New Year’s Eve party menus and recipes–great for any type of gathering you choose. 
    • Dip pretzel rods into melted white chocolate and then immediately pour silver or gold sprinkles onto the chocolate before it melts. Place the candy-coated pretzel rod onto wax paper, let it dry, and then enjoy! 
    • The best way to end 2020 would be with cakes, truffles, cookies and tons of luscious desserts. 
    • It’s no surprise that this surprise-inside New Year’s Eve cake is not only fun but tastes incredible.  

     

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  • Super-Duper Chocolate Kisses – BHGRE Season of Sharing

    Source: Better Homes and Gardens 

    Call upon chocolate-loving kids to shape the cookie dough for these cocoa-flavored treats. For a more festive presentation, use red and green sprinkles instead of chocolate-flavor ones called for in the recipe.

    Prep: 40 min
    Bake: 8 min at 375° per batch
    Servings: 40 

    Ingredients 

    • 1 16.5 ounce package refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough 
    • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
    • 2/3 cup chocolate-flavor sprinkles 
    • 2 tablespoons milk 
    • 40 dark chocolate kisses, unwrapped 

    Directions 

    Step 1 
    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet; set aside. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine cookie dough and cocoa powder. Seal bag; knead with your hands until dough is well mixed. Remove dough from bag.  

    Step 2 
    Place chocolate sprinkles in a shallow dish or small bowl. Place milk in another shallow dish or small bowl. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Dip balls in milk to moisten, then roll in chocolate sprinkles to coat. Place balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.  

    Step 3 
    Bake in the preheated oven about 8 minutes or until edges are firm. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool. Makes about 40 cookies.  

    To Store 

    Layer cookies between waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days of freeze for up to 3 months. 

    Courtesy of Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.

     

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  • Our Favorite Easter Recipes

    One of our favorite holidays is coming up, and that just so happens to be Easter! Easter can be one of the best holidays of the year, due in large part to the various recipes and treats to make. Even better: these treats are enjoyed by both adults and kids alike, for an all-around family-friendly gathering.

    Here, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite recipes that are perfect for the upcoming Easter celebrations:

    Our Favorite Easter Recipes - bhgrelife.com

    Rabbit Bunny Buns for Easter from Dessert First

    This Rabbit Bunny Buns recipe is one of our favorite in the entire collection. We can’t help but love how adorable these rabbits look, too. The best part is that they taste just as wonderful as they look, and they are definitely a crowd pleaser. We hope you enjoy making them!