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Carrot Cupcakes

 Carrot   Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake,  what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carrots, along

Christmas Shortbread Cookies - N'Oven cookie in cooker.

Christmas Shortbread Cookies - N'Oven cookie in cooker. And why is it called Shortbread Called Shortbread:  According to  British Food History –  Dating back to the 12 th  century , shortbread was originally called biscuit bread. These biscuits were made from left-over bread dough that was sometimes sweetened and dried out in the oven to form a hard, dry rusk. This practise took place over the whole of the British Isles, not just Scotland. The Best Simple  Way  Shortbread Cookies , these are a delicious easy to make Shortbread Cookie Recipes, a delicious melt in your mouth cookie that you will make year after year.  This dough is so easy to work with you don’t even have to roll it out, just pat to your desired thickness, (I tend to like them  thicker, more cookie for the bite you could say) I love  Simple Shortbread Cookies, they practically melt in your mouth.  I always had a friend who said that her Brown Sugar Shortbread was the best and made exactly how