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Do U know who Lauryn Cohen, aka the Bella Baker is??

Well, she's the queen of sweet, and is known for her creative treats and crafts! She recently launched a holiday baking guide called Sweet Gifts, filled with innovative and delicious recipes for the holidays.

She wants us to kick off the new year in style — so listen up! Here are some of her favorite NYE recipes!

Homemade Fortune Cookies:

5 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 egg whites
1 cup superfine sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons peach schnapps (optional)
mini muffin tin

Write a message or resolution on a small strip of paper. Preheat oven to 375°F.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Melt butter in the microwave and set aside to cool.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine egg whites and sugar for 1 minute. Mix in flour and salt; beat until incorporated. Mix in the melted butter, heavy cream, vanilla, and peach schnapps and beat until smooth.

Place 4 or 5 teaspoon-size scoops of batter at least 3 inches apart on prepared baking sheets (you make only a few cookies at a time because you will need to work quickly with them once they are removed from the oven). Using the back of the spoon, smooth batter into flat, thin, even rounds about 3 inches in diameter (the batter should be as thin as possible; otherwise it will be difficult to fold the cookies once they come out of the oven). Bake 8–9 minutes or until edges are just lightly golden brown. Remove from oven.

Working very quickly, place a paper strip in the center of the cookie. Fold cookie in half and gently press down on the round side to seal it in place.

Take the two corners of the straight folded side and pull them in toward each other, coaxing the middle of the cookie inward to form the familiar shape of the fortune cookie. Place folded cookies immediately in a mini muffin tin to hold their shape until firm. Makes 30 fortune cookies.

Tip

Peach schnapps adds an unexpected bite of flavor to these crispy cookies, and it happens to be my grandma’s favorite flavor addition to many of her cookie recipes. If making these with the kids, omit the schnapps or just add it to half the batter.

Mmmmmmm!!

That all sounds SUPER delicious!!

Now U can celebrate the New Year with an Asian flair!

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Here's something mind-blowing that you might not know: Megan Fox didn't bounce back into incredible shape after having a baby because of working out. In fact, she says her body is still 'too fragile' to hit the gym!

So how has she lost 13 of the 23 pounds she gained while cooking a bun in her oven?

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On the Next Iron Chef, chef Alex Guarnaschelli won the most honorable title of Iron Chef!

It was the series' first all-female finale and she beat Amanda Freitag to win the show!

The last challenge was to "pay tribute" to Iron chefs Masaharu Morimoto, Bobby Flay, and Michael Symon.

Not sure what exactly that entailed but she must've paid one heck of a tribute!

Senior vice president of the Food Network said:

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Chef Suzy Singh recently stopped by the kitchens at Le Cordon Bleu!

Suzy is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago and appeared as a contestant on season two of MasterChef on FOX.

She was there to make us some holiday treats!!

She's got some healthy versions of an Agave Cranberry Chutney and a Rosemary Cauliflower Mash.

We're pretty sure everyone has been getting their fair share of unhealthy foods this holiday.

So why not try making some healthy, super tasty dishes!!

Just follow Suzy's instructions in the video (above) and make some delicious dishes!

Check out the written instructions AFTER THE JUMP!!

Visit Suzy’s website HERE and follow Suzy on Twitter HERE!!

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Barbra Streisand can do it all!

She sings, she acts, she directs… though there is one thing she can't really do.

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Holidays are simply not the time for sacrificing - especially when it comes down to the treats you grew up loving to share with your family. Unfortunately most of us don't have the same metabolisms we did when we were eight years old, and instead of looking for Santa, we wind up looking like Santa by Christmas Eve.

Here on the farm don't believe in artificial sweeteners or processed diet foods, so we've developed some healthy, natural ways to enjoy our favorite holiday noshing without resorting to poking new notches in our belts.

Thin cookies = thin you. This is really the easiest solution for coping with holiday cookies. When you're rolling out your gingerbread, or sugar cookie dough, roll it thinner! That's right. A cookie that is half as thick has half the calories. (Be sure to lessen the cooking time accordingly, though. Thinner dough will cook faster.) Even better: use smaller cookie cutters as well.

The Beekman Boys are two NYC guys who bought a farm and are sharing their experiment in living better lives, season by season, neighbor by neighbor. Check out their website HERE and follow them on Twitter HERE! If U have any more questions about holiday recipes, U can always email us at Questions@FitPerez.com!!!

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Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri are returning to do another season of their celebrity cook-off competition show!

Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off season two will feature Rachael and Guy (of course) coaching eight new celeb contestants through intense weekly challenges.

Guy said:

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