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I’ve got grand plans this year to whip up some special Valentine’s Day treats for my husband and daughter. I just hope I’ll have the time to do it. If time isn’t on your side but you’ve got a sweet tooth for a Valentine, check out Baking for Good. The California-based bakery offers a whole host of all-natural Valentine’s Day goodies, from red velvet whoopie pies to iced sugar cookies. You can even add a little mystery to your order by signing it “Your Secret Admirer”—Baking for Good will include a code with your package that lets the recipient log into its Web site to learn who sent him or her some love. And the sweetest part is that 15 percent of every purchase is donated to charity. Purchasers can pick from any of the nonprofits listed on Baking for Good’s site, which include organizations like Action Against Hunger, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Women for Women International.

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Know someone who’s a Top Chef addict or a Martha Stewart devotee? Get them a copy of The Greyston Bakery Cookbook, which features more than 80 recipes for cookies, bars, cakes, and tarts. All of the profits from the cookbook go to the Greyston Foundation, which provides jobs, workforce development, and other support services to the Yonkers, New York, area. The bakery—which is the exclusive producer of brownies for Ben & Jerry’s products—also sells packaged versions of its Do-Goodie Brownies for those people you know who think a kitchen is only good for storing takeout menus.