A Treat for All Seasons Trivia Quiz

Answer: Springform pan

Because cheesecakes are both dense and delicate, attempting to extricate them from traditional cake pans would damage the product. The springform pan has a removable side that allows for easier removal. It's important to place parchment paper or similar under your crust to help prevent batter leakage.

Answer: Cookie dough scoop

While cookie dough scoops come in handy for varieties like oatmeal and chocolate chip, rolled sugar cookies require a different approach. After chilling the dough, you'll grab a large portion and place it on a generously floured surface. Using a rolling pin that has also been dusted with flour, you'll roll the dough until it is around 6-7 mm thick. Using the cookie cutter, you'll cut out individual shapes and then you'll use the spatula to carefully lift the cut dough and place it onto a baking sheet.

Answer: Mashed Potatoes

Creamy white mashed potatoes can be made to have the look and consistency of white frosting. Bake some miniature meatloaf cupcakes and spread on some mashed potatoes to imitate a cupcake. Unlike the "custard" donuts and caramel "apples," meatloaf cupcakes still taste delicious. Whole blogs are dedicated to creating foods that look like one thing but taste like something else. I've enjoyed tricking my kids over the years while still making foods that taste good.

Answer: The marshmallow melts and the roll is empty like Jesus's tomb

As the marshmallows are heated, the sugar melts and the air held inside is released. The marshmallow becomes a sweet glaze on the inside of the roll. The marshmallow represents the resurrected Lord and the roll represents His empty tomb.

Answer: Almonds

Zombie fingers can also be made in a variety of colors and typically have a shortbread base which allows them to better retain their shape. Using whole or slivered almonds provide a shape similar to that of a human fingernail. Zombie fingers might look grotesque but taste delicious.

Answer: Apple cider

A fall take on the classic cake donut, apple cider donuts were first made by the earlier American colonialists. The apples would typically ripen after butchering season ended. Apples were combined with dough and fried in rendered animal fat. Later, pressed ciders would be mixed with cake batter to create the version we know today which can be found at grocery stores and bakeries throughout the United States.

Answer: Key Lime Pie

While delicious, Key Lime Pie is more commonly eaten as a summer dessert. As pumpkins and applies tend to ripen in October and November, they have become staples of fall cooking. Pecans are also usually harvested around the same time in the Southern United States, making pecans, pumpkins, and apples the perfect pie trio.

Answer: Baking soda or Baking Powder

Also known as Russian tea cakes (thought the origin is unclear) snowball cookies are typically rolled twice in powdered sugar, once while hot which creates a tacky exterior, and then a second time when cooled. Some versions include nuts such as chopped walnuts or almonds. Another version called Mexican wedding cookies use chopped pecans.

Answer: Hershey Kisses

The peanut butter blossom originated in 1957 as an entry in a baking contest in Ohio. Originally named Black-eyed Susans, they were renamed by Pillsbury who sponsored the bakeoff. The cookies are made by placing a ball of peanut butter cookie dough on a baking sheet and pressing a piece of chocolate, usually a Hershey's Kiss, into the center until the edges of the dough rise up around the base of the chocolate.

When baked, the Kiss retains its shape despite the high temperature, and becomes solid again when completely cooled.

Answer: A crook or cane

Shaped to look like a candy cane, these shortbread cookies are a delicious addition to any holiday party. Folklore places the origin of the candy cane in Cologne, Germany where a choir director sought the means to keep the children of the congregation pacified during his musical numbers.

His remedy was a candy stick for the children to suck on, shaped like a shepherd's crook to remind them of the shepherds that visited the baby Jesus.