236 mandi recipes

Sugarplum cookies with dried or candied fruit hidden inside each ball of vanilla sugar cookie dough. Topped with creamy frosting and colored sugar for Christmas cookie trays.

Tiny green sugar cookie balls arranged in rings with candied cherry "berries" to make festive Christmas wreath cookies. A fun, easy holiday baking project for kids.

Peanut butter reindeer cookies use a boxed cookie mix, an egg, and a reindeer cutter for shape, then decorate with chocolate chips, candy-coated chocolates, and sprinkles. Easy holiday baking project for kids.

Instead of pizza, let's make something different. Use pizza dough to make some pizza rolls filled with sun-dried tomatoes, basil pesto and artichoke hearts, and brushed with garlic infused olive oil. These cute pizza rolls are very handy and frozen well. Enjoy these small tasty rolls at any time when you feel hungry or crave a slice of pizza. You will love them.

Jack-o-lantern cookies made from peanut butter sandwich cookies dipped in orange-tinted almond bark with black licorice faces. A fun, no-bake Halloween treat kids love decorating.

Julekake is a traditional Norwegian Christmas bread with cardamom, candied fruits, and raisins, topped with confectioners icing, almonds, and candied cherries.

Hazelnut chocolate toffee layers crunchy buttery brown-sugar candy with toasted hazelnuts and a melted-on chocolate chip topping. Holiday gift candy that breaks into rough shards.

Well-drained maraschino cherries may be substituted for candied cherries.

Nothing says comfort food like grandma's cookin'. I have simplified the process with canned beans but feel free to use a comparable amount of fresh. I also replaced the lard in Grandma's recipe with (marginally more healthy) butter.

Grilled Japanese eggplants: smoky grilled baby eggplants served with roasted red peppers, warm herbed goat cheese medallions, and candied spiced walnuts. A stunning composed salad that looks restaurant-plated.

No-bake Butterfinger pie with cream cheese and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Just 4 ingredients, no oven needed. Make it ahead for the crunchiest candy bar dessert.

These mini cheesecakes were so handy to be picked up, and it was creamy, cheesy and chocolaty.

Bourbon-pecan pumpkin pie with a spiced custard filling, candied pecan topping in brown sugar butter, and a flambeed bourbon finish. A Thanksgiving showstopper.

Oven baked sweet plantains slice ripe plantains on the bias and roast in a hot oven until golden, caramelized, and candy-sweet. A two-ingredient, no-fry side.

No-bake Easter baskets made from shredded wheat, peanut butter, and butterscotch chips. A fun three-ingredient Easter craft kids can shape and fill with candy.

Halloween chocolate blood cake with red-dyed white chocolate sponge, strawberry ice cream center, and a creepy dripping red icing topped with vampire teeth candies. Spooky party showstopper.