1. Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed to soften. Add sugar, baking powder and salt; beat until combined. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until combined. Add flour and ...

Every family has recipes they use for holidays or special occasions. During Christmas I spent time in New Mexico with my son and his wife Holly and her family. Of all the desserts her family cooked, I ...

Play dough is a foolproof way to entertain your kids—until you realize you left the lid cracked open and the store-bought stuff has dried up. Don’t worry, you don’t need it anyway. Turns out, it’s ...

Many homemade play dough recipes require stovetop cooking and then cooling, which can be fun for older kids, but not so much for impatient toddlers. This quick and easy recipe requires only stirring, ...

For years, raw chocolate chip cookie dough was a forbidden treat. Everyone said — rightly or wrongly — that you shouldn’t consume it because the uncooked eggs could make you sick. Then came special ...

Few things light up a preschooler's face like hands-on, creative play. This baking playdough tray takes that excitement to ...

Your mom always told you not to eat raw cookie dough, but now you can. A new New York City-based company is selling containers of safe-to-eat cookie dough, thanks to a substitute pasteurized egg ...