Just wait until you see how easy this no-bake oreo mouse recipe is.

Chocolate and vanilla lovers both love this one!

It seems after looking at quite a bit of data that Oreos are the most popular cookie not only in the US but the world, and running a close second is peanut butter cookie. Did you know that Oreos were so popular?
They’ve been around for over 100 years and products that stay popular that long… have got to be special.

Take a look at these peanut butter favorites:

• Peanut Butter Cut Out make these into any shape you like, they taste amazing.
• 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies quite possible the simplest cookie ever and a recipe for yummy peanut butter filling to make fun sandwich cookies with them.
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip just like the big cookies from a bakery or the school lunch line.

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I’ve heard that many times since they’ve become popular.

If you have an air fryer you’re going to love seeing all the things I tried with great results in the air fryer. If you don’t have one, you may just want to get an air fryer soon after seeing this!   

Let’s start with what an air fryer is, it is a small convection oven.

Since it’s small there is no preheating needed, it typically gets to temperature in about a minute.  

Convection simply means. That hot air will circulate and in turn, will cook food faster, sugars caramelize quicker for a crisp edge and oiled items brown nicely.

Just wait until you see how QUICK these foods are to make. They take at least half the time as they would in the oven and come out tasting better and crispier.

These Air Fryer Recipes are sure to make you want one if you don’t own an air fryer already!  From sweet to savory, snacks, or a whole meal, my list of Unique Air Fryer Recipes has you covered!

What should I make in my air fryer? I hear this question often, and my response is always, “just about anything!” I was gifted an air fryer years ago and never thought I’d end up using it as often as I do. I do not typically eat a lot of fried foods, but it turns out that an air fryer just makes things CRISPY without all the grease. I love crunchy and crispy, so I decided to see what foods could be made better by using my air fryer instead of my oven or stove. As it turns out – there are more than I imagined!

HERE is the Air Fryer have in white

What Should I Cook in My Air Fryer?

I love using it for just about anything I’d cook in the oven. Some of my favorite things to make in my Air Fryer are French fries, chocolate chip cookies, veggies like Brussels Sprouts, taquitos, homemade tortilla,  chips, diced up Spam, frozen mini tacos, sausage, Rosemary Garlic Chickpeas, and tortellini or ravioli. The Air Fryer crisps up the tortellini and makes is perfect for dipping in marinara or Alfredo sauce.

What Is An Air Fryer?

An air fryer is essentially a small convection oven. Convection simply means that hot air will circulate and in turn, will cook food faster. With an air fryer, sugars caramelize for a crisp edge and oiled items brown nicely. I have found that foods in the air fryer typically cook in half the time as they would in the oven. It’s a win! The air fryer is also great for my teenager because he can cook his favorite snacks quickly and easily.

Do Air Fryer Recipes Require A Lot Of Oil?

Prepared foods are made with enough oil that you do not need to add any oil to cook them. Fresh foods will need a small amount of oil if you want them to cook up crispy such as vegetables. Nonstick vegetable oil spray is great for quickly adding a bit of oil to things like Brussels Sprouts or French fries.

Should I Buy An Air Fryer?

An Air Fryer is great for anyone who wants a small amount of food cooked quickly. Because Air Fryers are small, they typically just make enough food to serve a couple of people. If you RV a lot, these are perfect for that, too! The small size is great for traveling and cleanup is a breeze. Air Fryers are also convenient for college students, single people, or anyone who frequently snacks on convenience foods.

How Can I Convert A Recipe to Make in the Air Fryer?

To convert any recipe to cook in an Air Fryer, start with the temperature you’d use in the regular oven, cutting the cooking time in half. Gently shake the cooking basket or turn the item over as necessary for even heating. One nice feature is that the timer stops when the air fryer is opened to check on the food, then it starts right back up when it’s closed.

Then I started thinking if I could make things I would normally eat CRISPY well that sounded more appealing to me. Brussels sprouts were at the top of my list to try.

I first started off making some prepared foods that my teen just loves. Wow were they crispy, they tasted better than baking them and they cook up so quickly now I don’t need to “help them” cook ( in other words do it for them as they think cooking takes to long, with the air fryer, they can do it all themselves.

YAY!!

It got me thinking about how many other people could benefit from using an air fryer. My kids were ALWAYS leaving the oven on… even when they were done using it. It was so frustrating! With the air fryer, it turns off when it’s done cooking.

Genius! 

Chocolate Strawberry No Bake Cheesecake

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This recipe is made on the stovetop, which makes it super easy, quick and no need to turn on your oven.

I just love mini desserts and this recipe is simple, but it looks WAY harder than it is.

I added some chocolate curls to the tops of these, which are not too hard to make, but if you don’t want to bother with them, add some crushed up oreo pieces or a tiny oreo on top, or even a strawberry.

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This Oreo Frosting recipe will KNOCK your socks off!   

Cookies and cream and frosting all whipped up together gives cupcakes or cake a PERFECT topping!

The deep dark delicious chocolate flavor is always recognizable… it’s delicious and is the key to making all cookies and cream items taste fantastic.

This frosting should be applied immediately to baked goods, to avoid everyone eating it out of the BOWL!!!

This is one of those irresistible flavor combos that seem to be everyone’s favorite and with good reason.

This frosting is great on top of cupcakes, to make cookie sandwiches.

What is Oreo icing made of?

Oreo Cookies, Butter, Sugar, and Cream.

Can you fill cupcakes with oreo frosting?

As mentioned above, you can pipe it in the center, or you can cut each cupcake in half and spread a layer of frosting over the middle of each cupcake, then place the tops of the cupcakes over the frosting and pipe frosting on top of cupcakes, the frosting in the center will look like a layer cake. Guaranteed Oreo Frosting in every bite!

Don’t miss these really fun OREO items:

fun oreo shirt HERE,

a funny oreo shirt HERE,

and even an oreo candle HERE.

See more of my own large list of favorite items HERE.

Red Velvet no-bake Cheesecake

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There are so many reasons I love this cheesecake,

it all starts with Oreos, oh how I love how easy it is to make a crust with them.

Someone asked me if you need to scrape the filling out of the cookies, oh no. Just pop them in a food processor or chopper and add a little butter and chop them into crumbs!

Then you mix cream cheese, sugar, some flavors, and colors and you’re all set.

In no time, you’ll have this assembled and ready to go in the fridge to chill.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cheesecake

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This cheesecake is creamy and delicious and so easy to make and great any time of year!

Sounds perfect to me, all full of chocolate and peanut butter deliciousness…

The best part is, there is no baking involved.

When it’s hot outside now, you’ll have the perfect dessert to make.

No heating up the kitchen on a hot day, no fuss, just mixing together some really delicious ingredients, it’s that easy.

You can make this up in the morning to serve after dinner at night. With minimal time to prep and make this, it doesn’t have to be hot outside to make it, which makes it perfect all year long, and who doesn’t like chocolate and peanut butter together…. crazy people is my guess!

This three-layer cake is full of mini chocolate chips which happen to be MY FAVORITE!

You can make this cake anytime…

I happen to make it for Halloween and decorate it like a mummy.

Since Halloween was creeping up on us soon,

I wanted to make a cake that was a mummy, but knew I didn’t want to do fondant on the outside.

I found this piping tip to be perfect with buttercream.

The edges look a little tattered, just how a mummy should look!

I used chocolate covered Oreos for the eyes and topped them with googly eyes made out of royal icing.

Let’s get started with the cake part…

I wanted a chocolate chip cake,

since they seem to be everyone’s’ favorite cookie, I bet chocolate chip cake will be the next big hit. Do you think? Well, it sure is with me. This cake was delicious!

I prepare my baking pans with parchment cut into rounds for the bottom of the pans and spray them with a baking spray (Bak-Klene) then I wrap my pans with baking strips for the cakes to bake evenly. These are from Wilton, you wet them. Then the outsides of the pans don’t bake the cake quicker than the center. It does help for a more evenly baked cake, which is great as I don’t prefer to level cakes.

This cake is moist and delicious and makes plenty of batter for three nice sized cakes.

Place the mini chips in a bowl with 3 tablespoons of flour and toss them to coat them completely. This will help prevent the chips from sinking to the bottom of the cake.

I mixed the chips into each layer to be sure each layer had the same amount of chips, you can do it this way or mix them by hand before separating the batter if you’re not as concerned about every last chip like me. I’m a little nuts about things sometimes.

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Chocolate Chip Mummy Cake

Author Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk room temperature
• 6 egg whites + 3 eggs room temperature
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup+ 2 tablespoons butter cut into 1" pieces
• 2 cups mini chocolate chips
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 oreos
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips melted to dip Oreos into
• icing eyes-click for how to

Instructions

• Make Fudge Sauce, link to the recipe in notes.
• Be sure milk and eggs are at room temperature and take the butter out of the fridge now too.
• place mini chips in a separate bowl with 3 tablespoon flour and mix to coat chips.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare 3 8" round pans with parchment and a baking spray.
• Blend milk, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl with mixer add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Mix on low and add butter until blended.
• Pour half the milk mixture into the flour mixture and beat on medium for 2 minutes.
• Add the remaining milk mixture and mix for one minute.
• Separate batter evenly in the three cake pans.
• I stir in the chocolate chips into each cake pan, I prefer to hand mix them in. If they are in the mixer they tend to start to meld and break apart.
• You can hand mix them into the batter before separating it also.
• Each cake has about 3 cups of batter.
• Bake cakes for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out nearly clean. Don't over-bake as cake dries out easily. Keep an eye on it testing each minute after 25 minutes.
• Allow cakes to cool, then turn them out onto cooling racks to completely cool.
• wrap cakes in plastic wrap and place in freezer to chill.
• This makes it easier to decorate large cakes.
• You can freeze them for an hour, two or overnight or longer if needed.
• Unwrap cakes when you remove them from the freezer and allow them to thaw for 15 minutes.
• To assemble cake:
• Place first cake onto cake plate, )ideally on top of a swivel rounder for easy decorating)
• Pipe around the edge of cake creating a damn for fudge to stay on the cake and not drip outsides.
• Place 1/2 cup or so of fudge. Spread evenly with offset spatula.
• Place the second layer of cake and repeat with frosting damn and fudge.
• Then place the third layer of cake on top and crumb coat cake.
• Place in the fridge so it firms up.
• Spread a nice even layer onto the cake of buttercream frosting.
• Place the rest of the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a #402 tip.
• Hold tip so the curve is toward the cake creating a ruffle type of edge. Go around the cake from bottom to top, creating the mummy cloth-like look.
• Then decorate the top.
• I left space for the eyes and then piped over them once they were set in place.
• Melt the chocolate chips to dip the Oreos into and place them on wax paper to set up in the fridge for 5 minutes or until set.
• Place the Oreos on the cake.
• Then added royal icing eyes on top of the chocolate covered Oreos.
• Alternatively, you can create the eyes with anything you have, m&m's, frosting, any round cookie dipped in chocolate.

Notes

Fudge Filling:
HOT FUDGE SAUCE
Frosting:
You'll need to make 2 batches of this butercream recipe
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HERE is the hot fudge sauce recipe

HERE is the buttercream recipe you’ll need to make 2 batches.

The cakes are cooling nicely. No crowning here, yippee!!!! I really don’t like leveling cake, I always seem to make them more uneven than when I start.

I like easy stuff that looks impressive, but you already knew that about me, right?

This is the Wilton #402 tip and it worked out perfectly for this cake.

Oh and the fudge filling…..what’s NOT to LOVE about fudge!

This is a big cake, just the way I like them. I like the slices to take over the plate!

He’s not a creepy kind of mummy, he’s the cute type! Even if he’s asleep!

Here is the link on how to make royal icing eyes.

The fudge filling was perfect for this chocolate chip cake, simple and delicious and well, there was some left and eating it off the spoon made writing all this up go just a little better! Click here for Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe. It’s great on ice cream, cake, and right off the spoon like I mentioned

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There are many ways to eat an Oreo

some like to dunk them in milk,

some like to spit them open and eat the cream filling first.

One thing is for sure they are yummy.

I may or may not be guilty of opening Oreos and eating a whole row before blinking.

They are that good, don’t you agree?

Putting Oreos into these scones is like stuffing them full of complete deliciousness.

The filling ads a smooth and creamy part, then that rich dark chocolate cookie crunch…

well that part is equally delicious.

Then they are topped with a glaze, oh my these do not last long, trust me!

Be sure your butter is ice cold for making scones.

They will come out lighter and fluffier.

Bake them until they are lightly golden.

Covering these in icing was…

well, really smart if I do say so myself.

They tasted AMAZING, like glazed donuts… and well we all know how delicious those are.

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If you love Oreos, this Oreo Cake is the cake for you. It’s a moist, tender white layer cake filled with a rich Oreo cookie filling, covered in creamy buttercream frosting, and finished with plenty of crushed Oreos.

The best part is what happens when you cut into it. The white cake, creamy frosting, and dark Oreo crumbs create that classic cookies and cream combination in every slice.

This is a homemade Oreo cake that looks impressive but is actually very straightforward to assemble. I bake three 8 inch cake layers, add Oreo filling between the layers, then cover the cake with buttercream and press Oreo crumbs around the outside.

And yes, there are Oreos inside the cake and all over the outside. Because when you’re making an Oreo cake, more Oreos are definitely a good thing.

It’s a great birthday cake, celebration cake, or dessert for an Oreo lover. You can make the cake layers ahead of time, then assemble and decorate the cake when you’re ready.

One look at those dark chocolate cookie crumbs… You know the them maybe you know them VERY well. They are Oreos.

Have you ever snuck a sleeve or two up to bed for a midnight snack and then well, just maybe found crumbs the next morning?

Oh, ok maybe it was just me. Just imagine this cake along your midnight trail to late night snacking….

 Why you’ll love this Oreo Cake

• Homemade white cake gives you a soft, tender cake that pairs perfectly with Oreos.
• Oreo filling between the layers gives the cake plenty of cookie flavor instead of relying only on the frosting.
• Creamy buttercream frosting gives you a smooth base for all those Oreo crumbs.
• Lots of Oreo crumbs make the cake look just like a giant cookies and cream dessert.
• Great for celebrations because you can make the cake layers ahead and assemble the cake later.
• A real showstopper when sliced with contrasting white cake, buttercream, and dark Oreo crumbs throughout.

How to Make Oreo Cake

1. Bake the white cake layers
2. Make the Oreo filling
3. Make the buttercream
4. Assemble the cake
5. Add the Oreo crumbs
6. Chill and serve

This white cake is really simple and delicious. It’s a moist white cake and goes great with Oreos!

Three 8 inch round cakes were baked for this recipe.

One of the cakes was split in half to create three layers of filling. It may look like there are five cake layers, but only three cakes were baked. A little cake trick that means more room for that delicious filling!

The Oreos are crushed in a food processor to create a rich, spreadable filling. Oh yes, this is so good! It’s rich, delicious, and the perfect complement to the white cake.

Buttercream frosting piled high to coat the cake.

Give the cake a quick crumb coat, then place it in the fridge for about 20 minutes, just enough time to get a few dishes done.

Next, add a layer of buttercream over the entire cake and smooth it with an offset spatula.

It’s great if you can find Oreo crumbs in a large bag, but this time they only had Oreo pieces. I wanted the pieces to be small like crumbs, so I chopped them up with a knife.

Honestly, I didn’t read the bag very carefully and could have easily just bought packages of Oreos. The pieces looked like they had simply been given a rough chop, or maybe the broken cookies were just tossed into a bag. Since they still had the filling in them, putting them in the food processor wasn’t really an option because the filling would have made everything stick together.

So, chop, chop, chop I went with my knife until I had the fine Oreo crumbs I needed.

Scoop the crumbs into your hand, then gently press them onto the sides of the cake, working your way around until the cake is evenly covered.

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white cake recipe for Oreo Cake

Author Diane Schmidt – createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk room temperature
• 9 egg whites room temperature
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks +2 Tablespoon butter

Instructions

• Prepare 3 8″ pans with baking spray, then line them with parchment circles and then spray baking spray on top of parchment.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix milk, eggs whites, vanilla until combined in medium bowl.
• In mixer bowl place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Mix on low, add butter and blend until incorporated.
• Pour half of the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and beat on medium for 1-2 minutes.
• Add remaining liquid and mix for one minute more.
• Separate the batter amongst the three cake pans.
• I scoop them out with a one cup measurement cup to be sure they are equal.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool in pans for 5 minutes,then remove cakes from pans and completely cool.
• Recipe from Epicurious slightly adapted.

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Buttercream Frosting

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Ingredients

• 2 cups unsalted butter room temeperature
• 2 cups shortening
• 8-12 cups powdered sugar
• 4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• if you don’t want a lot of frosting you can cut this recipe in half

Instructions

• Beat butter and shortening until fluffy.
• Add in powdered sugar, cream and extract.
• Mix until smooth.

Notes

Shortening*
I have found that the brand name shortening is very dense and thick.
I prefer Walmart’s Store brand of shortening it’s lighter and fluffier and results in a lighter frosting when shortening is needed.
All butter would not create WHITE frosting.
If you frosting isn’t really white depending on the color of the butter used, add a few drops of Americolor White Food Coloring.

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Oreo filling and Crumbs

Author Diane Schmidt – createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups oreos
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1 cup buttercream frosting recipe above

Oreo Crumbs for Outside of cake

• 2 cups Oreos chopped finely to create dry crumbs

Instructions

• Place Oreos, butter, cream and frosting into food processor and blend until it’s spreadable.

Crumbs

• as you chop the cookies into crumbs, the dry cookies pieces will dry out the filling and allow you to keep chopping so it’s dry crumbs. *If it’s too moist add a teaspoon of powdered sugar while chopping.

If you love Oreos you’ll love these recipes 

• Oreo Frosting– perfect on cake, cupcakes and cookies… it’s yummy!
• Oatmeal Oreo Cookies – the Oreos make these cookies super creamy and extra delicious.
• Fried Oreos – OMG these are so irresistible, no need to go to the county fair with these in the house.
• Oreo Cake – this delicious white cake smothered in Oreos, it’s just about the perfect cake ever!
• Oreo Scones – these scones are so full of flavor these are SO hard to resist.

Sometimes CRUMBS can be really GREAT!!!

The chocolate crumbs are on two layers and buttercream is in the center of the two other fillings. Looks like an Oreo inside an Oreo Cake, well almost.

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They will soon become everyone’s favorite cookie, I’m convinced. 

No kidding everyone who bites into them LOVES them.

They have a really great flavor and texture.

They are BIG, they are CHEWY and they are stuffed with Oreo Cookies!

Everyone I know just LOVES Oreos, and well they are the number one selling cookie for good reason.

Yes, these are Oatmeal Cookies… with Oreo Cookies all stuffed inside.

These should go to the top of you must make list.

And believe me, they will be devoured FAST

they are that irresistible.

I made this batch above extra big… so yummy! They are made with a three tablespoon scoop.

I’ve made many batches and you can make them any size you prefer I like two tablespoons or three tablespoons, they have the best texture and creaminess to them. You can flatten the cookies a bit with your hand after you line the tray with the cookie dough, these cookies do not spread much.

I kinda like the MOUNDS of cookies they look like boulders!

The filling in the Oreo Cookies gave these an extra chewiness that made it hard to stop eating these.

Sometimes good things come in BIG packages, like these extra large cookies. No messing around, small packages are great,

 but sometimes it’s, go BIG or go Home.

I top the cookies with a cut piece of oreo so they all have a nice chunk on top.

They really look great that way, but if you don’t want to fuss with it, just mix all the oreo chunks in, some break up into smaller pieces and some stay larger.

They have changed the size of oreo packages over the years, I used two sleeves of Oreos, about 30 cookies, give or take. I don’t count them each time I use them. But if you happen to buy a larger package (or smaller) that will give you a better idea of how many cookies I used.

If you LOVE Oreos be sure to check these out too:

If you love Oreos you’ll love these recipes

• Oreo Frosting– perfect on cake, cupcakes, and cookies… it’s yummy!
• Oatmeal Oreo Cookies – the Oreos make these cookies super creamy and extra delicious.
• Fried Oreos – OMG these are so irresistible, no need to go to the county fair with these in the house.
• Oreo Cake – this delicious white cake smothered in Oreos, it’s just about the perfect cake ever!
• Oreo Scones – these scones are so full of flavor these are SO hard to resist.

I LOVE Oatmeal Cookies here are some more Oatmeal inspired recipes if you LOVE oatmeal too.

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Oatmeal Oreo Cookies

Author Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 2 sleeves Oreo Cookies about 10 oz. I used double stuffed Oreos. Chop each Oreo into quarters.

Instructions

• Beat butter and sugars on medium speed, add eggs vanilla, beat well. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, mix. Mix in oats and Oreo pieces.
• Drop by 3 Tablespoon size onto a prepared cookie sheet (I use parchment paper)
• Bake at 350 for 20-22 minutes or until the bottom is golden.
• Makes 2 dozen cookie
• adapted from Quaker Vanishing Cookie Recipe

LOTS of info on baking cookies here:

• cookie tips guide https://www.createdby-diane.com/cookie-tips
  how to bake perfect cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/09/how-to-bake-perfect-cut-out-cookies.html
• Easy Cut Out Cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2011/07/sugar-cookie-recipe.html
• Cookie Dough Recipe that holds it’s shape https://www.createdby-diane.com/2011/07/sugar-cookie-recipe.html
• Soft Sugar Cookies and Frosting https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/05/soft-sugar-cookies.html
• How to ice cookies with a piping bag https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/07/how-to-ice-cookies-with-a-piping-bag.html
• Brush on glaze icing https://www.createdby-diane.com/2014/08/lemon-italian-cookies-with-lemon-icing.html
• resources, recipes, items, and instructions for baking perfect cookies https://www.createdby-diane.com/2017/09/how-to-bake-perfect-cut-out-cookies.html
• royal icing recipe https://www.createdby-diane.com/2013/10/royal-icing-googly-eyes.html

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