Baking with Unilever for the Holidays + Giveaway

By Shannon Gosney

In Food

January 14, 2013

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This holiday season, I used Unilever products a lot more in my holiday baking and cooking endeavors than I had in previous years and the results were great! Some of my favorite Unilever brands for baking include Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Promise, Brummel & Brown, and Imperial. I used them to make holiday veggie dishes, casseroles, cookies, and more!

When it comes to soft spreads, there are often times many misconceptions. As part of the Good to Know Initiative, Unilever has set out to dispel the myths and share the facts with bakers and cooks everywhere.

With a wide variety of soft spreads, including Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Promise, Brummel & Brown, and Imperial – Unilever has a spread for YOU. And best of all, they can say ALL of their spreads are Good to Know because they:

– Have 0g trans fat per serving

– Contain no partially hydrogenated oils

– Have no cholesterol

– Are 70% less fat than butter per serving

– Have 30% fewer calories than butter per serving

Now that the nutrition numbers had grabbed your attention, you might be wondering how they taste? Unilever feels strongly that their spreads are not only a better nutrition option than butter, but they’ll also keep your holiday recipes tasting delicious! This holiday season, I took their challenge and tried one of my own cookie recipes – using soft spreads instead of butter – and it tasted great!!! Check out the recipe I prepared:

Candy Cane Blossoms (by Hershey’s)

Ingredients:

–       1 bag of Hershey’s Kisses (Candy Cane flavor)
–       ½ cup (1 stick) Country Crock spread
–       1 cup Granulated Sugar
–       1 Egg
–       1-1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
–       2 cups All-Purpose Flour
–       ¼ tsp Baking Soda
–       ¼ tsp Salt
–       2 tbsp Milk
–       Red and Green Sugar Crystals

Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F. Remove wrappers from candies.
Beat Country Crock Spread, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to Country Crock spread mixture, beating until well blended.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll some in red sugar and then roll some in green sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookie is set. Remove from oven; cool for 2 to 3 minutes. Press a candy piece into the center of each cookie. Remove from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack. Cool cookies completely. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

If you’d like to take the challenge and prepare a recipe using soft spreads in the place of butter, you’ll definitely want to enter this fun giveaway!

GIVEAWAY

1 LUCKY PARTICIPANT WILL WIN A GOOD TO KNOW BAKING SET, WHICH INCLUDES:

– Silpat Baking Sheet Liner

– Steel Cooking Rack

– Nonstick Cookie Sheet

– Stainless Steel Cookie Scoop

– $10 Gift Card to purchase your Unilever spread of choice and baking ingredients

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— The Mommy-Files (@themommyfiles) January 14, 2013

I received a prize pack to facilitate this review. This giveaway was sponsored by Unilever.
All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.

About Shannon Gosney Has 4152 Posts

Shannon Gurnee is the author of RedheadMom formerly "The Mommy-Files", a national blog with a loyal following. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development with a Minor in Business Management. Shannon and her husband, Frank, have a large family with 6 awesome kids and love living on the Central Coast near San Luis Obispo, California, as well as traveling around the world. A full-time Social Media and Professional Blogger, Shannon also serves as a National Brand Ambassador for many well-known companies. Her blog focuses on motherhood, family fun activities, traveling, fashion, beauty, technology, wedding ideas and recipes while providing professional opinions on products, performances, restaurants, and a variety of businesses.

70 Responses to “Baking with Unilever for the Holidays + Giveaway”

Amanda E. says:

January 14, 2013 at 10:15 am

I would try baking lemon cookies with country crock instead of butter to see what they taste like.

Lisa Brown says:

January 14, 2013 at 11:23 am

I would bake peanut butter crunch cookies

Julie Wood says:

January 14, 2013 at 12:20 pm

I will be baking my favorite cookies called Snickerdoodles!

Reese says:

January 14, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Wow, those cookies look delish! I have a cheat day coming up where I’m allowed to cook something that’s a bit unhealthy, I’ll have to remember these. Thanks for the recipes.

Reese

Louis says:

January 14, 2013 at 3:29 pm

I’d bake a red velvet cake
Thank you for hosting this giveaway

Louis
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aly says:

January 14, 2013 at 3:39 pm

I would bake snickerdoodles!

Michelle C says:

January 14, 2013 at 3:55 pm

I would bake blueberry muffins. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Amanda J. says:

January 14, 2013 at 6:11 pm

I’m baking biscuits

jennifer lane says:

January 14, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Red velvet cookies with cream cheese in the middle!

Calli says:

January 14, 2013 at 7:28 pm

I’d bake some chocolate chip cookies!

Kelly D says:

January 14, 2013 at 7:37 pm

I would bake a banana bread.

Jeanna says:

January 15, 2013 at 6:03 am

I would make chocolate chip cookies!

Jessie C. says:

January 15, 2013 at 7:20 am

I’d bake raisin oatmeal cookies

Rust says:

January 15, 2013 at 7:33 am

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies

Rust says:

January 15, 2013 at 7:34 am

I meant to add to my Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies — with country crock!

sandra says:

January 15, 2013 at 7:58 am

maybe some molasses cookies

Becky Davis says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:02 am

i love baking chocolate chip cookies

Ashley N. says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:09 am

I’d be baking chocolate chips cookies and sugar cookies!

Tamara B. says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:20 am

I would bake Snickerdoodles and some sugar cookies

rachel says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:24 am

I’d make brownies!

Ellie W says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:40 am

I would bake pecan pie cookies.

Realia M says:

January 15, 2013 at 9:04 am

i would bake some gingerbread balls

Vera Khule says:

January 15, 2013 at 9:53 am

I would bake some pumpkin bread

D SCHMIDT says:

January 15, 2013 at 9:56 am

I would bake some snickerdoodles!

Cynthia R says:

January 15, 2013 at 10:57 am

i’d bake some brownies made from scratch!

Jennifer T. says:

January 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm

I’d use it to make Banana Bread.
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Kim C says:

January 15, 2013 at 12:30 pm

I would bake oatmeal raisin cookies, with cranberries

Sandy VanHoey says:

January 15, 2013 at 12:50 pm

I’d give to my daughter who is forever baking for my grandchildren. She bakes cookies, cakes, and so many things

Cori Westphal says:

January 15, 2013 at 2:35 pm

I’m thinking some calzones!

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Daraya says:

January 15, 2013 at 4:09 pm

Biscotti! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

Joseph Stowell says:

January 15, 2013 at 4:36 pm

I usually use I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! instead of butter or other margarine when I bake cookies and cakes.

Jennifer says:

January 15, 2013 at 4:37 pm

I love to make cucpakes!

Jennifer B says:

January 15, 2013 at 6:00 pm

pumpkin choc chip cookies

Barbara S says:

January 15, 2013 at 6:06 pm

I love making cookies so I would make peanut butter ones regular & vegan fo my son

Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says:

January 15, 2013 at 6:39 pm

I’ve been craving muffins of some sort, so I’d probably opt for a healthy gluten and wheat free muffin!

Thank you for this great opportunity 🙂

Kathy S says:

January 15, 2013 at 7:43 pm

I would back chocolate chip cookies.

Kristi C says:

January 16, 2013 at 1:38 am

I would make Snickerdoodles.

Allison Downes says:

January 16, 2013 at 6:38 am

I would make some chocolate chip cookies

Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

Jean says:

January 16, 2013 at 8:51 am

Chocolate Chip Cookies

vickie couturier says:

January 16, 2013 at 9:14 am

cookies for the grankids

clarissa says:

January 16, 2013 at 11:23 am

i have been wanting to make pies

katherine d says:

January 16, 2013 at 1:32 pm

vegan sugar cookies

Marci says:

January 16, 2013 at 3:26 pm

I would make snowball cookies!

Audra Weathers says:

January 16, 2013 at 4:19 pm

I would make a big batch of peanut butter cookies.

kathy artis says:

January 16, 2013 at 10:53 pm

Peanut butter cookies

Katherine says:

January 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

probably some kind of dessert

Natalie Nelson says:

January 17, 2013 at 11:04 am

I would probably make my sugar cookies.

latanya says:

January 17, 2013 at 12:14 pm

chocolate chip cookies

Tim says:

January 17, 2013 at 12:42 pm

With the silpat matt and the cookie scoop, I would have to say we would make some cookies with it. And by we, I mean my wife and daughter will make them while me and my son contrinually ask”are they done yet”.