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"After making this for the office Mardi Gras party, I got requests to make this for birthdays, baseball's opening day, everything and anything. The dough, from Southern Living, is very rich and easy to work. The cream cheese filling is wonderful! I usually make the frosting all yellow, coloring the sugars the three colors. You can adjust the amount..."

Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs...

"There is nothing better then the smell of Southern biscuits baking in the kitchen. When they hit the table piping hot they are sure to disappear as quickly as they appeared. This recipe makes an excellent base for Strawberry Shortcake! Just increase the sugar to 2 Tablespoons (optional) and whip up some cream with a dash of vanilla extract and slice..."

Ingredients: lard, salt, sugar...

"The Day of Kings (el Dia de Reyes), or Epiphany, is celebrated on January 6 to commemorate the day the magi arrived bearing gifts for the infant Jesus. The Day of the Kings is observed by Latin cultures with the making and eating of a rosca de reyes, a sweet yeast bread similar to Louisiana's King cake, with a hidden tiny plastic baby (or a dried..."

Ingredients: colored sugar sprinkle, eggs...

"This is a great way to dress up bread. From Copykat.com (http://www.copykat.com)"

Ingredients: French bread, green onions...

"In European countries, the coming of the wisemen bearing gifts to the Christ Child is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. The celebration, called Epiphany, Little Christmas on the Twelfth Night, is a time of exchanging gifts and feasting. All over the world, people gather for the festive Twelfth Night celebrations. One of the most popular customs..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, confectioners' sugar...

"I found this in Midwest Living magazine. Two additional, simple, ingredients transform a plain box of corn muffin mix into bread that has a smoky, savory flavor and the bread stays together better...no crumbling! This is very quick and easy, my favorite type of recipe!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, sharp cheddar cheese...

"A Mardi Gras Favorite. It is considered good luck to whoever gets the baby. :)"

Ingredients: cream cheese, dry active yeast...

"The person who gets the bean in their portion of this wonderful sweet bread becomes ruler of the day (or week) at Mardi Gras time in New Orleans. Even though this is a traditional holiday bread, it's wonderful ANY time of year. The mixing and heavy kneading may be done in the bread machine, if desired. From an old Family Circle cookbook."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, fresh lemon rind...

"A traditional Swedish recipe. You eat semlor on ”Fettisdagen”, second Tuesday in February, during Lent. It’s best described as a cream bun with almond paste.
A traditional way to eat this bun is to put the ‘semla’ in a bowl with warm milk, also known as ‘hetvägg’ translated it will be ‘hot wall’. Or you can just enjoy it with a cup of coffee...."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, double cream...

"From Southern Living. My mom wants to try this one out for Mardi Gras. The King Cake tradition came to New Orleans with the French settlers around 1870, continuing a custom dating back to twelfth century France. Similar cakes were used then to honor the three wise men who visited the Christ child, calling it the feast of Epiphany, Twelfth Night, or..."

Ingredients: eggs, fresh lemon juice...

"I got this quick & easy recipe from a friend who works for Better Homes & Gardens Realty. You can use cheese that comes from places other than Wisconsin! Standing time is not included."

Ingredients: white bread rolls dough, parmesan cheese...

"Traditionally these were served in Denmark during carnival celebrations and are usually served with nuts and raisins. I edited the recipe to include apples (which I love) and omitted the nuts. Don't exceed the amount of filling though because they may burst when baking."

Ingredients: cinnamon, hot roll mix...

"This recipe came from Cooking Light’s 20th Anniversary issue, and was voted by staff as the Best Yeast Bread in the magazine in its 20 year history. “This irresistible sweet yeast bread is a staff favorite. Dough is shaped into balls – ‘bubbles’ – and layered into a tube pan.” Because it’s a yeast bread this recipe takes a bit of time, but it’s..."

Ingredients: cooking spray, fast rising yeast...

"This is a Cajun bread spiced with tomato, spices, garlic, heat form hot peppers. I read and was told you can not mix fresh garlic into the bread dough because the garlic will kill the yeast. I have and never had a problem. Just look at the picture of my bread. Be sure to place the garlic in separate corners from the yeast."

Ingredients: fast rising yeast, dried oregano...