An elegant French strawberry chibouste-style dessert: pastry cream lightened with Italian meringue, set with gelatin, molded against fresh strawberries over a thin genoise base. A patisserie classic at home.
Buttery Italian-style shortbread cookies made with powdered sugar, vanilla, and three-quarters of a pound of real butter. Chill the dough, roll it out, cut your favorite shapes, and bake until golden.
Super easy way to make a delicious carrot cake. Frost it with a butter-cream cheese frosting to add extra layer of deliciousness. If not, the cake is yummy enough on its own.
Peanut butter thumbprint cookies with a chewy raisin-date filling in the center. Nostalgic, tender, and less sweet than the jam-filled version. Makes 60 cookies.
Peanut butter thumbprint cookies with a chewy raisin-date filling in the center. Nostalgic, tender, and less sweet than the jam-filled version. Makes 60 cookies.
Lemony pie with brown sugar meringue is a Southern chess-pie style filling thickened with cornmeal, topped with caramel-toned brown sugar meringue. Tart custard meets molasses cloud.
Old-fashioned tomato soup salad dressing with tangy vinegar, dry mustard, and paprika. This vintage no-cook recipe whips up in 15 minutes and tastes like a Southern church potluck in a jar.
Slow cooker chocolate pudding cake with cocoa, chocolate syrup, and chopped pecans. The batter steams into a fudgy, gooey cake with its own chocolate sauce on the bottom. Served warm with cream.
Thick, fudgy cocoa cookies loaded with white chocolate chips, crunchy pecans, and golden raisins. These bakery-style cookies are crisp on the edges and chewy in the center, ready in just 30 minutes.
Vintage gelatin dessert layered with whipped cream, fresh pineapple, strawberries, and chopped nuts in a light, mousse-like frozen parfait.
Poppy seed pound cake muffins made with butter, yogurt, and vanilla for a dense, tender crumb. Bakery-style muffins with a subtle crunch from poppy seeds.
Wok-fried orange chicken with fresh orange peel, ginger, dried red peppers, soy sauce, and rice wine. A homemade version with real citrus flavor, not sugary sauce.
Butter cookie press poinsettias for Christmas with red flower shapes and hand-formed green leaves topped with silver dragees. A beautiful, festive holiday cookie with almond and vanilla flavor.
Classic Toll House Pie with gooey chocolate chips, crunchy walnuts, and buttery filling. Tastes like chocolate chip cookie dough baked into a pie shell. Serve warm with ice cream.
Buttery cake squares filled with cherry pie filling that bake up golden and tender. Each square gets a ruby-red cherry center and a dusting of powdered sugar for simple elegance.
Lemon French toast made with thick-cut day-old French bread soaked in a lemon zest and lemon extract batter. The flour in the batter creates an extra-crispy, golden crust that regular French toast can't match.