This Pecan Pie Bar Cookie recipe is much easier to make than mini pecan pies, just as tasty, and a welcome addition to the holiday cookie tray. Continue reading →
On these late-fall evenings when it gets dark at 5:00, I want something for dinner that's easy, spicy and comforting. Mexican chilaquiles is the perfect dish. Continue reading →
If you’re too busy, too tired, too humbuggy to bake even a single batch of holiday cookies this year, I would urge you to reconsider and to make this recipe. Just this one. These aptly named Merrie Cookies from Clara’s … Continue reading →
Come December, I find myself baking ridiculous quantities of cookies. I’m not sure why; there are just two of us here at home, and I don’t usually go to cookie-swap parties [unless anyone wants to plan one and invite me?]. … Continue reading →
This classic chocolate dessert sits exactly at the intersection between cake and pudding: warm, fudgy, comforting. You'll want to make this recipe. Continue reading →
For many years as I was growing up, the Saturday after Thanksgiving was devoted to baking cookies: my mother, grandmother and I would convene in Mom’s kitchen to make several kinds of holiday treats. (This, THIS, my friends, is what … Continue reading...
My Grandmother Ruth's chocolate eclairs, a family Thanksgiving favorite, are legendary. I think she'll be OK with my sharing her recipe. Continue reading →
Through December, I'll be sharing recipes from the 1930s for classic Christmas cookies and desserts ... recipes your mother or grandmother might have made during the holiday. Continue reading →
This easy applesauce cake is comforting and fragrant with spices; it would be wonderful at Thanksgiving as a dessert or breakfast treat. Continue reading →