Glazed orange muffins with fresh orange zest, juice, and toasted pecans, soaked with a warm citrus syrup straight from the oven. Bright, tender, and bakery-style.
Glazed orange muffins with fresh orange zest, juice, and toasted pecans, soaked with a warm citrus syrup straight from the oven. Bright, tender, and bakery-style.
Soft pumpkin cookies with tofu replacing eggs, spiced with nutmeg and allspice, loaded with raisins and walnuts. An egg-free drop cookie that yields 7 dozen.
Fudgy brownie cakes steamed in canning jars inside a slow cooker. Rich cocoa buttermilk batter with walnuts, unmolded and served warm with ice cream.
Pecan rum bundt cake made with cake mix and pudding mix, soaked in a buttery rum sugar glaze. Dark rum in the batter and the glaze for double the boozy flavor.
Southern chocolate chess pie: a one-bowl classic with butter, cocoa, sugar, eggs, and a touch of cornmeal in an unbaked pie shell. Crackly sugar top, fudgy interior.
Mom's Zucchini Bread: a beloved family recipe with cinnamon, vanilla, and walnuts folded into a moist, oil-rich loaf. Yields two loaves, ideal for sharing one and freezing one.
Pesto is a fragrant green sauce that many people regard as one of Genoa's greatest gifts to the world. It is a natural complement to tomatoes. Recipe from the California Culinary Acadamy.
Drop biscuits with a jelly-filled thumbprint center, baked at high heat until golden. A quick from-scratch biscuit recipe with a sweet surprise in every bite.
Old fashioned shortcake with tender buttermilk biscuits split, buttered, and layered with sweetened fruit and whipped cream. A classic summer dessert that beats any sponge cake bakery version.
Old fashioned shortcake with tender buttermilk biscuits split, buttered, and layered with sweetened fruit and whipped cream. A classic summer dessert that beats any sponge cake bakery version.
Pate sucree is the classic French sweet shortcrust pastry for tarts, with butter, sugar, egg, and flour. A buttery, slightly crisp shell that holds custards, fruit, and chocolate beautifully.
Fruit pockets are tender biscuit-style pastries folded around a spiced filling of raisins, currants, citron, and nuts. A vintage British-style hand pie with warm cinnamon and clove.
Minted fruit salad tossed in a citrus syrup of orange juice, lemon, and a whisper of mint extract. Make-ahead friendly, the fruit drinks in the syrup as it chills, turning ordinary fruit into a brunch centerpiece.
Homemade water bagels with the proper boil-then-bake method: shaped, chilled, dropped into sugar-water, then baked until shiny and golden. The classic dense-chewy bagel texture, made from scratch.
Homemade water bagels with the proper boil-then-bake method: shaped, chilled, dropped into sugar-water, then baked until shiny and golden. The classic dense-chewy bagel texture, made from scratch.