18 skating recipes

Jello skating pond dessert: blue jello set in a clear pie plate, topped with whipped cream snow banks, gummy bear skaters, and a wafer roll log. A winter craft dessert kids can build themselves.

Strawberry biscuits, drop biscuits studded with fresh chopped strawberries and optional pecans. Hot from the oven with butter and cold milk, the unofficial breakfast of June.

Golden State chutney with dried California figs, apple, and lemon simmered in molasses, brown sugar, and warm spices. Pairs with pork, lamb, or chicken.

These scrumptious muffins are simple to make and they'll be one of your favorites to come! Just don't let King Kong have any!

State fair zucchini cake: a spiced sheet cake with shredded zucchini, walnuts, and golden raisins, topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting. Blue-ribbon classic.

Hearty minestrone soup packed with potatoes, green beans, cabbage, spinach, zucchini, and kidney beans. Served with orzo pasta and grated Parmesan in every bowl.

Peach cake with sliced summer peaches dredged in flour and folded into a thick, oil-based cinnamon batter. Bakes up moist with a tender crumb, finished with a powdered sugar glaze or a dollop of whipped cream.

This stately three-layer coconut cake is made with sifted cake flour, almond and vanilla extracts, and filled and frosted with coconut. A towering Southern classic for celebrations.

Honey cut-out cookies with lemon extract, rolled thin and baked until lightly golden. A sturdy dough that holds its shape for holiday decorating with powdered sugar glaze.

Crushed graham crackers, chopped almonds, and walnuts create a nutty, buttery cake with old-fashioned charm. Serve warm in squares dusted with powdered sugar or topped with whipped cream.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter pie with a cream cheese and whipped cream filling in a chocolate wafer crust, topped with a ganache-style chocolate layer.

Rollerblade cookies: boot-shaped honey-ginger cookies with toasted oats pressed on as skate wheels. A fun, low-sugar kid-friendly cookie cutout project.

French seafood stew (matelote) with canned salmon, prawns, mussels, white fish, and mushrooms simmered in cider-stock broth with basil and lemon: hearty mixed seafood soup.

Southern praline ice cream rich with brown sugar, salted toasted pecans, and a whisper of maple. A churn-freeze custard base that tastes like a butter pecan ice cream raised on bourbon and good manners.

Ground pecans and blue cornmeal create nutty, hearty pancakes with a stunning slate-blue color and wholesome whole wheat flour for a plant-based breakfast.

Spicy sausage and sharp cheddar mixed into biscuit dough, rolled into bite-sized balls and baked golden for Southern party appetizers