Baking with Unilever for the Holidays + Giveaway
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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— Redhead Mom (@redheadmomblog) 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.
I would try baking lemon cookies with country crock instead of butter to see what they taste like.
I would bake peanut butter crunch cookies
I will be baking my favorite cookies called Snickerdoodles!
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
I’d bake a red velvet cake
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
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I would bake snickerdoodles!
I would bake blueberry muffins. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
I’m baking biscuits
Red velvet cookies with cream cheese in the middle!
I’d bake some chocolate chip cookies!
I would bake a banana bread.
I would make chocolate chip cookies!
I’d bake raisin oatmeal cookies
Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies
I meant to add to my Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies — with country crock!
maybe some molasses cookies
i love baking chocolate chip cookies
I’d be baking chocolate chips cookies and sugar cookies!
I would bake Snickerdoodles and some sugar cookies
I’d make brownies!
I would bake pecan pie cookies.
i would bake some gingerbread balls
I would bake some pumpkin bread
I would bake some snickerdoodles!
i’d bake some brownies made from scratch!
I’d use it to make Banana Bread.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
I would bake oatmeal raisin cookies, with cranberries
I’d give to my daughter who is forever baking for my grandchildren. She bakes cookies, cakes, and so many things
I’m thinking some calzones!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
Biscotti! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
I usually use I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! instead of butter or other margarine when I bake cookies and cakes.
I love to make cucpakes!
pumpkin choc chip cookies
I love making cookies so I would make peanut butter ones regular & vegan fo my son
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 🙂
I would back chocolate chip cookies.
I would make Snickerdoodles.
I would make some chocolate chip cookies
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Chocolate Chip Cookies
cookies for the grankids
i have been wanting to make pies
vegan sugar cookies
I would make snowball cookies!
I would make a big batch of peanut butter cookies.
Peanut butter cookies
probably some kind of dessert
I would probably make my sugar cookies.
chocolate chip cookies
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”.
chocolate chip cookies
I’d bake some double chocolate chunk cookies.
I would make Snickerdoodle cookies for myself and my son, they are our favorite cookie.
I would bake these corn flake cookies what are ooey gooey messes if you don’t have the right cookie sheet!
Cake mix cookie bars
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
pattifritz2000 at yahoo dot com
thank you
Probably chocolate peanut butter brownies
i’d make some chocolate chip cookies
chocolate chip cookies
nannypanpan@gmail.com
I would like to attempt to make oatmeal scotchies.
I’m a chocoholic, so something chocolate for sure! Brownies maybe!
chocolate chip cookies
red velvet cake cookies 🙂
I’d bake some oatmeal cookies!
Oatmeal raisin cookies.
I would make my hubby’s favorite cookies, drop cookies aka stove top cookies 🙂
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I’d try it for cupcakes
I would bake squash cookies (sounds weird, but I love them.)
Chocolate chip oatmeal
I’d make some kind of cookie