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Bake Some Love

Valentine’s Day is coming. There are plenty of simple, easy, and sweet ways to bake your love for your Valentine … for a school party … or for your family. Get great ideas and products to bake some love! Browse ideas.

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Feature:Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies - Just 6 Ingredients. Really!

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The foundation of the recipe starts with a simple cake mix, dressed up with a few ingredients to transform the cake mix into cookies.

In less than 5 minutes, you can have them in the oven. Yep, 10 minutes.

They taste like strawberry and chocolate! You’ll especially like this recipe if you’re a fan of strawberry cake or strawberry milk (like Nestle Strawberry Quick).

The texture is soft and pretty … a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day, a birthday party, a bake sale, a tea party, or just for fun.

Prep time: 5 minutes
Bake time: 8-12 minutes
Makes about 2 ½ - 3 dozen cookies

Get the full recipe for Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies … and discover other cake mix cookies on The Elf’s Cake Mix Cookies Pinterest Board.

Easter's Coming!

Easter is coming! How will you and your family celebrate?

The Un-Bunny Book answers that question! It's packed with fun activities, games, crafts, snacks, and stories that are based on Easter's true meaning.

Use it for kids ages 3-12 at home, school, church, in the community, or with your homeschool group -- or even to hold an outreach Easter event. The Un-Bunny Book shows kids and parents that Jesus' resurrection is something to celebrate. With reproducibles, too!

Learn more about The Un-Bunny Book here.

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Happy baking,