272 sandi recipes

Italian panettone bread baked in the bread machine: a Christmas yeast bread with raisins, currants, candied citron, honey, and a hint of star anise. The Milanese holiday classic made easy.

Easy two-layer peanut butter and chocolate fudge with sweetened condensed milk. No candy thermometer, no boiling sugar. Five ingredients, ready in three hours.

Rum pecans candied with dark rum, instant coffee, cinnamon, and sugar in one saucepan. Only 3 ingredients beyond the nuts and ready in 20 minutes flat.

Pumpkin pie cognac with a silky custard of half-and-half, dark brown sugar, candied ginger, and a generous splash of brandy. The grown-up holiday pie that smells like Thanksgiving in a glass.

Pinto bean fudge blends strained beans with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and nuts for a surprisingly creamy candy. No one will guess the secret ingredient.

Hand-dipped chocolate truffles made with heavy cream, butter, and orange liqueur, coated in dark chocolate. A luxurious homemade candy that rivals any chocolatier.

No-bake peanut butter fudge with raisins and chopped salted peanuts. Just five ingredients melted and chilled for an easy homemade candy that sets up firm in the fridge.

No-cook peanut butter fudge with chunky peanut butter, corn syrup, dry milk powder, and chopped peanuts for added crunch. Skips the candy thermometer and the soft-ball stage entirely.

Syros Island nougat is a traditional Greek confection of whipped egg whites, honey, and sugar syrup folded with toasted pistachios. Chewy, fragrant, and wrapped in wax paper like a gift from a Mediterranean candy shop.

Shereen Polo is a Persian jeweled rice pilau with saffron, julienned carrots, orange peel, almonds, pistachios, and rose water in sugar syrup. Served with crispy tahdig and a side of chicken stew.

No-bake apricot energy balls with pecans, coconut, barley, honey, and lemon juice rolled in chopped nuts. A naturally sweetened, wholesome snack that comes together in one blender.

No-bake grandma cookies with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter, and crisp rice cereal. Four ingredients, no oven needed. Crunchy, sweet, and ready after a quick chill.

Homemade caramel nut corn with walnuts, pecans, or almonds coated in a brown sugar and corn syrup caramel, then baked low and slow until crunchy. Addictive snack for gifting.

Peanut fudge is old-school stovetop chocolate fudge made with milk, corn syrup, and unsweetened chocolate, beaten to the classic soft-ball stage and loaded with salted peanuts.

No-bake marble fudge swirled with peanut butter and melted chocolate chips in a base of butter, corn syrup, and powdered sugar. Six ingredients and no candy thermometer for a quick, creamy confection.

A homemade fudge recipe that is made the greatest combination: chocolate and peanut butter.