Giant oven-puffed pancake (Dutch baby) with lemon, vanilla, and butter, topped with black cherries, sliced almonds, and powdered sugar. A dramatic 30-minute brunch.
Christmas crackers are sweet honey-wheat holiday cookies stamped with cookie cutters and sprinkled with sugar. Makes 45 crispy-edged rectangles for gifting or dipping.
This is a easy and simple recipe, and there are some necessary ingredients for breakfast.
Oatmeal chocolate chip sheet cake with a boiling-water oat soak for a tender, moist crumb. Topped with walnuts and extra chips for a crackly crust.
Old-time maple gingerbread sweetened with a full cup of maple syrup and made moist with sour cream. Only seven ingredients for a dense, spiced quick bread. Serve warm with whipped cream.
Cold crab dip with cream cheese, mayonnaise, sharp aged cheddar, hard-boiled eggs and minced onion. Mixed in 10 minutes and refrigerated. Serve with crackers, toast points or crudites for parties.
Twice-baked Jewish biscotti loaded with crunchy almonds, mixed dried fruit, and a cinnamon-sugar crust. Crisp edges meet tender centers in this traditional cookie perfect for dunking in coffee or tea.
Golden fried clam fritters made with chopped clams, a light batter of flour, eggs, and milk, dropped by the spoonful into hot oil. Crispy New England-style seafood bites.
Date pudding cake with chopped dates and nuts in a light egg batter with barely any flour. Dense, sticky, and caramel-sweet, served warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Savory ham and Swiss cheese muffins made with rye flour, spicy mustard, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. A hearty breakfast or snack muffin with deli-sandwich flavor.
Chocolate peppermint pinwheel torte with crushed candy cane filling and whipped cream frosting. Stunning Christmas dessert made from a cake roll cut into spirals.
Consistently exceptional and easy fresh pasta dough recipe. This makes especially great homemade linguine or ravioli either cut by hand or using a manual pasta machine.
Fresh jalapeno corn muffins fold whole corn kernels, minced jalapeno, and shallot into a buttermilk-cornmeal batter for a sweet-spicy breakfast or chili-side muffin. Freezes beautifully.
San Francisco-style crustless honey and spice cheesecake with dark honey, ground cloves, allspice, and a shot of espresso. A dense, creamy dessert for dinner-party finales.
Italian gocci di cioccolata, chocolate drop cookies spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, baked soft and finished with a glaze. Old-world Italian drop cookie with warm holiday flavor.
Cherry-filled sheet cake with a buttery dough base, canned cherry pie filling, and a crunchy walnut streusel topping. An easy crowd-sized dessert baked in one pan.