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Christmas Apple Loaf
This terrific mildly spiced loaf cake, loaded with dried fruits and toasted nuts, gets its special taste and texture from a very thick homemade apple purée. Because it keeps really well at room temperature, this loaf is something you’ll want to have on hand for …
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Hungarian Cheese Biscuits (Pogácsa)
Crisp on the outside and tender inside, these Hungarian Cheese Biscuits are easy and fun to make and very easy to eat.
About Buttermilk plus A Food Processor Snackin’ Cake Recipe
Did you know that the food processor is great at making cakes? In just 2 to 3 minutes of whizziing ingredients in the workbowl, the batter’s ready to bake. I know you’ll just ove this light-textured buttermilk spice cake, flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
Ginger-Apple Cream Scones
These scones are crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside with bits of candied ginger for texture contrast.
How to Sourdough
Why did sourdough bread baking zoom at the start of the pandemic? How do I make a sourdough starter? Read on for the info you need.
How to Make a Plum Kuchen
“Kuchen” is German for cake, but you make the cake layer in a Plum Kuchen in a special way.
Pasta Vesuvius
Tomato season is in full swing. Finally. And this pasta “sauce” of baked Roma tomatoes is simply sensational.
Just the Recipe: Pie Cherry Streusel Tart
Remember this recipe for your home canned cherries! If you don’t have access to a pie cherry tree, or they’re not available during their brief season at a local farmers’ market, you can make this tart with canned pie cherries.
Just the Recipe: Peach Upsidedown Cake
I now have what I think is the perfect recipe for peach upside down cake. I think the magic ingredient is the caramel syrup.
Fresh Corn Soufflé
I came up with this corn soufflé that really woke up my taste buds. I had taken my basic cheese soufflé recipe and added some briefly cooked fresh corn, red bell pepper, a little jalapeño, and garlic to the sauce base, and wham!—the birth of an instant favorite.
Fresh Apricot Galette
A galette, a flat, thin, free-form rustic French tart. The hallmarks of this French classic are a crisp and flaky pastry supporting a thin layer of perfectly cooked fresh fruit.
Just the Recipe: Apricot Berry Crumble
Food and Wine magazine voted Apricot Berry Crumble “Best of the Best” shortly after Baking in America was published. Here is the recipe!