These Christmas Fruitcake Gems hit all the right notes: caramel-y but not too sweet (yay, dark brown sugar!), tender, studded with dried fruit and chopped pistachios. If you think of that leaden brick on the dessert buffet when you think fruitcake, let these Christmas fruitcake cookies change your mind. Get this and other holiday cookie recipes on writes4food.com, now through Christmas.
In advance of National Trail Mix Day on August 31 (who knew that was a *thing*?), here’s my favorite homemade trail mix recipe. My ideal mix is a salty-sweet combo with mostly healthy stuff (whole grain cereal, unsalted nuts, raisins) plus some Reese’s Pieces. I’ll be packing this along on our next road trip. Let my trail mix recipe inspire you to try your own combination: see it on writes4food.com!
This recipe is an old favorite, clipped from a Williams-Sonoma catalog a bajillion years ago. We’ve made it for dinner a number of times, and then I hacked it as a salad-in-a-jar, which is perfectly lunch-able. The roast chicken and tart apple play beautifully with the spicy pecan dressing. Get the recipe!
Ohmygoodnessohmygoodness! This pound cake, laden with toasted pecans, is just about perfect. Not too hard to make, either. Be sure to use really good, ginormous Georgia pecans here. The cake is great for breakfast or snacking, and it freezes beautifully (good thing, ’cause it makes a ton). Get the recipe!
I’m reposting an old favorite recipe for a cookie-granola mashup that’s impossibly addictive. I’m a little granola-obsessed and, well, when you cookie-fy it, holy mackerel! Get this superdelicious recipe!
Join me on Tuesday, September 22, for a fun class at The Cooking School at Jungle Jim’s in Fairfield — we’ll be exploring pesto and talking about its cousins (including romesco, chermoula, pistou and more variations). Get the scoop!
White gazpacho? You bet. It’s as traditional in Spain as the bright red, tomato-based version. Cool and smooth but with big flavor, this summer soup is a real winner. Give it a try! View the recipe.
This breakfast bowlful of fresh peaches and vanilla yogurt — topped with homemade toasted pecan granola — is spot on for these hot summer days. Because, peaches and pecans! Get the recipe.
It’s been awhile since I shared a sweet recipe — and you’ll love this buttery-rich pound cake with cream cheese and pecans. Get the recipe.
