If you’re making an assortment of Christmas cookies, you’ll want a shortbread type: they’re pretty, tasty and easy to make. I’ve updated the traditional shortbread cookie recipe with warm, seasonal chai spices. Get your new favorite cookie recipe on writes4food.com!
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.
Baking friends: Are you ready? Got your fresh baking powder, your new bottle of vanilla, your nuts and colored sugars and a 5-pound bag of flour? It’s Christmas Cookie-Palooza 2016! I’ll be posting festive cookie recipes on writes4food.com through the end of December; in the meantime, enjoy these recipes from the archive!
If you’re hosting the Thanksgiving feast and need just. one. more. appetizer to fill out the spread (or if you’re going to be guests like us and need to bring a little nibble) here’s your library of easy Thanksgiving Day appetizer recipes. Get the recipes on writes4food.com!
I thought of my grandmother Dorothy today, which prompted me to recall this favorite recipe she shared with me for homemade noodles. Like all cooks of her generation, Grandma is a “some of this, some of that” kind of cook, so I had to wrangle her to get the actual measurements for this recipe. Learn to make homemade egg noodles (pasta all’uovo) at writes4food.com
If you’re tired of sliced tomatoes and fresh mozzarella — the classic Caprese salad — try it with freshly made ricotta cheese instead. Homemade ricotta? Absolutely! Super easy and fun. Start with high quality dairy (we love Snowville Creamery products) and let heat and acid work their magic! Get the recipe for homemade ricotta cheese on writes4food.com!
It’s gazpacho time, people! Time to use all those tomatoes, cukes and bell peppers threatening to overtake the yard (or is that just my yard?). Time to toast up some croutons to go on top. Time to not really cook at all, but still feel like you’re eating like royalty. Get my latest gazpacho recipe!
Around here, we’re knee-deep in corn season, and these hot days are producing fat, juicy, sweet ears ripe for the picking. I’m a corn-on-the-cob girl all day long, but sometimes I want to enjoy it in different ways, raw or cooked. Here’s a roundup of my favorite corn recipes, just right for summer. Enjoy!
You may ask yourself, “tomato jam?” And I say, “yes! Tomato jam!!!” Fantastic with sharp cheddar and chevre on a cheese board. This excellent Spiced Tomato Jam recipe is a gateway to both jam-making and home canning: It yields a small batch, cooked without pectin, that’s easy to manage if you want to give canning a try. (Freezes well, too.) Get the recipe!
