When Kelly Ripa joined me on Mondays With Marlo, we discussed one of the best things about the holiday season -- the food! Kelly divulged that she lov...
I have a friend who always brings almond-cherry shortbread -- the kind of treat that requires at least 12 ingredients. The good news is that the recipe yields four dozen cookies; the bad news is that it would probably take me four dozen hours to make them.
At Chicago's Hoosier Mama Pie Company, former Trio pastry chef Paula Haney and her team make up to 600 pies a week, kneading dough nonstop for as much as an hour per day,Here, Haney tips off home bakers to the many mistakes that can get in the way of pie perfection.
These mad geniuses popped some carbonated crystals into a dessert or two.
Gingerbread, sugar or shortbread, which Christmas cookie's best?
It makes for stress-free holiday baking.
Here are seven things I will surely not be doing during the most wonderful time of the year. Won't you not join me?
Looking for a sweet treat for your holiday party? How about a simple sugar cookie recipe? The sweet combination of cinnamon, vanilla extract and eggnog will knock the "stockings" off your guests and they'll be begging for more.
Cake flour is the baker's insurance policy in pie crust and cookies. It saves overworked doughs from baking into hockey pucks.
Some people consider fruitcake the worst gift ever. That's because they only know the store-bought version.
It's almost the week before Christmas and you're down to the most difficult people on your holiday gift list: Mom and Dad. Even if you've already blo...
As an avid reader as well as baker, cookbooks are a constant envie and the truly obvious gift for the person who spends so many hours of each day in the kitchen.
Baby, it's cold outside! The season's first snowflakes and the upcoming holidays mean it's time for hot drinks, hearty warm meals, and fresh-out-of-th...
Barely sweet, feather light chestnut mousse filling, its nuttiness perfectly matched to the sweet chocolate buttercream cradled in tender, moist vanilla sponge.
Happy holidays, dear reader. I hope that you have an easier time with the spritz than I and that you enjoy every last crumb of these cute little cookies.
As others are puréeing pumpkin or peeling apples, I want nothing more on my holiday table than chocolate: rich and decadent, spiced with a little Christmas spirit in the form of mixed holiday spices.
Warm, buttery cookies for both Hanukkah and Christmas and whether in the shape of Old Saint Nick and his fleet of reindeer or dreidls, menorahs and six-pointed stars, they are appreciated by the young and the not-so young alike.
In my family, the arrival of English toffee means but one thing: Christmas is on the horizon. I thought I'd show you an easy way to make a allergy-free version of this crowd-pleaser.
I don't know anyone who isn't charmed by a cut-out cookie, and this one does not fall short. Whip up a batch of these now and freeze them undecorated to make your Thanksgiving even easier.
I recently invited a professional into my kitchen to teach me a few things and WOW, did it pay off big. Kate Neumann came by last week to teach me how to make these glorious hand pies.
