Apartment Therapy: Christmas

Recipe: Mexican Spiced Wedding Cookies

I usually associate these nutty, round, powdered-sugar dusted with Christmas because my grandmother made them every year of my childhood. We called them Mexican Wedding Cakes, but they're known by man...

From The Email: Holiday Breakfast Wreath

A version of this post was originally sent to our email subscribers on December 18. To receive Sara Kate's weekly email, sign up in the column to the left or click here. Something tasty will arrive in...

Recipe: Peppermint Ice Cream with Dark Chocolate Flecks

The only frozen thing many of us have on our minds right now (especially in New York) is what's falling out of the sky. But the snow piling up on our windowsill is not stopping us from making ice crea...

Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels with Mint Sugar
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Here is a very, very last-minute food gift that takes literally five minutes to make, and yet everyone you share it with will love it (and you). Too good to be true? No -- it's just chocolate-dipped p...

Leaving Cookies for Santa

What cookies did you leave for Santa back when you were young and a believer? In my childhood home, it was Red and Green Christmas Balls (one red, one green) and a cup of cocoa left on the fireplace ...

Recipe Recommendation: Hot Buttered Bourbon and Cider

I grew up drinking Mexican hot cocoa on Christmas eve, but an allergy to chocolate forced me to seek a different beverage tradition. Enter my new, grown-up favorite: hot buttered bourbon and cider....

Recipe Roundup: Savory Cookies

Along with the classic sugar cookies and gingerbread men this time of year, it can be fun to add some unexpected, savory twists to your holiday baking. Herbs and spices like pepper and rosemary can ad...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Honey Roasted Peanuts

We weren't going to let one failed attempt get us down - we still think that homemade honey roasted peanuts would make a terrific homemade holiday gift. Here's the recipe we wound up with, and it's ...

Easy Appetizer Recipe: Beets on Crostini with Goat Cheese

It's a beet day! And with good reason: beets are in season and marvelously festive with all their scarlet coloring. Earlier today Sara Kate gave you a recipe for a wonderful salad with beets and frizz...

Recipe: Big Pancake

Christmas brunch when I was a kid was always one of two things: scrambled eggs, bratwurst and a braided Christmas bread when mom was feeling energetic, or Big Pancake when she wanted to kick back a li...

Pumpkin Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #29

Recipe: Denise of Chez Us' Pumpkin Pie Category: Classic Well, this is it! The last pie recipe of our 2008 Bakeoff. This means that we'll move on to voting a little later today - please come and vote...

Edith's Sweet Potato Pie
Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #27

Recipe: Edith's Sweet Potato Pie, from Leonard Category: Classic We've been waiting for a pie entry like this. This is an authentic, handed-down family recipe, and with photos to prove it too. This i...

Recipe for Entertaining: Pistachio and Chive Goat Cheese on Puff Pastry Wafers

Yesterday we showed you Diane Morgan's newest book, The Christmas Table, as well as an idea for easy holiday table decorations. Today we are giving you a beautiful and easy appetizer from the book. ...

Recipe: Baked Goat Milk Brie with Cranberry Sauce

Are you having an Oscars party tonight? Are you trying any of our hors d'oeuvres for the Oscars, like There Will Be Blood Orange Jelly Smiles or Juno's Pregnant Dates? Even if you're not having a p...

Bittersweet Honorable Mention: Best Overlooked Treat

Julie told us that she made this Bittersweet Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread because she loves to eat it, and it doesn't get much air time. She's right - shortbread is less sexy and dramatic than a c...

Bittersweet Honorable Mention: Best With Afternoon Coffee

We are recent biscotti converts; we didn't realize until lately how wonderful they are, dunked into a cup of afternoon coffee. This recipe for Xocolatl-Cranberry Biscotti from Katie went in our to-...

Survey: What's for Christmas Breakfast?

The holidays are here, and we're stretching out into luxurious, very indulgent Christmas cooking. Fried breads and cakey sweets - this is the time of year for them. One of the places we love to indu...

Recipe: Ginger Cinnamon Caramels

We are big fans of the fantastically spicy ginger chews from Ginger People (although... their oddly anthropomorphic ginger mascots? Cute or creepy?) Spicy ginger is comforting and warm, nice for win...

Recipe: Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

There are a few recipes that we turn to every holiday season, and this is one of them. This is a workhorse of a cookie recipe. Why? Well, it has everything you need for good cut-out sugar cookies. T...

Recipe: Cocoa Molasses Toffee

Old-fashioned candies, sweet and strong, are our favorites. Toffee, caramels, divinity - they all show up in our Christmas packages. Here's a new favorite with an old flavor: molasses. These are str...

Recipe: Meyer Lemon and Walnut Cake with Honey Syrup

Fruitcake haters may be converted by this cake, and those of us who like well-made bricks of the holiday treat will love this. It has that same density of flavor, packed into tiny bites full of lemo...

Recipe: Confetti Potatoes and Pearl Onions

Rubies and pearls - these potatoes and onions looked like jewels when we put them in the oven. The potatoes were Trader Joe's mixed confetti baby potatoes, a mix of white, yellow, and purple. The gumb...

Recipe: Sweet Potato and Sage Gratin

We have never understood why people add so much sugar to sweet potatoes. With the exception of desserts like sweet potato pie, it seems wholly unnecessary. This sweet dish is not for dieters; it wo...

Recipe: Creamy Cheesy Potatoes

This is an updated classic, and also my motivation for figuring out how to make cream of chicken soup from scratch. ...

Recipe: Orevnitza

This recipe comes from my mom's Serbian family. It's a barely sweet, yeasted bread filled with dates, honey and walnuts. It's made only at Christmas in my family, so it has the specialness of any once...

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