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Cranberry Cream Cheese Holiday Salad

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1 1/2 cups crushed Almonds 4 1/2 tablespoons Splenda 3/4 cup butter, melted 1 tsp salt 1 cup Splenda 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese 1 (8 ounce) container frozen lite whipped topping, thawed 1 (6 ounce) package sugar free Jello brand raspberry flavored gelatin 2 cups boiling water 1 (16 ounce) package frozen raspberries 8 ounces of cranberries (chopped) Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix together the almonds,1 tsp salt,  4 1/2 tablespoons Splenda and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool completely. In a medium bowl, beat the Splenda and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread evenly over the cooled crust. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes. In a medium bowl, stir together the gelatin mix and boiling water. Mix in frozen raspberries and chopped cranberries then stir until thawed. Pour over cream cheese mixture in pan. Refrigerate until completely ...

Chocolate Macaroons

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O.K.  here we are once more trying to share with you recipes for you to be able to create your own lavish afternoon tea party. Well now we have a few nice cakes for your cake stand or however you wish to display your delights I'm going to move on. Every afternoon tea party needs some biscuits so I bring you Chocolate macaroons which are absolutely Yum,Yum and while looking in to the background of the macaroon I found this interesting story Accredited to Wikipedia and rather than you having to search it I thought I would share it with you.   The earliest recorded macaroon recipes are for the almond meringue variety similar to amaretti, with a crisp crust and a softer interior. They were made from egg whites and almond paste. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management [6] gives a recipe for a macaroon of this kind. The name of the cookie comes from an Italian word meaning paste, maccarone. While origins are uncertain, some culinary historians claim that ...