I've got to be quick today, for two reasons: First, because Hanukkah is just around the corner, and I want you to seriously consider making these Easy Applesauce Drop Doughnuts with Caramel Glaze for your holiday get-together. They're fried, they're much easier and quicker to make than Sufganiyah (they take less than an hour from start...
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
There is not enough coffee in the world to save me today. I woke up at the crack of dawn yesterday to get my cooking done (look out for the Carrot Cake Cheesecake recipe coming up-- it should be illegal, it's so sinfully good) and then took a long, hurried drive/train ride to Newark for...
Glazed Doughnut Cocktail
"Doughnuts. Is there anything they can't do?" - Homer Simpson When I was in kindergarten, my mom and my childhood best friend's mom would take turns driving us to school every morning (there were no buses that went to our area), and every time Talia's mom drove, we'd stop to get fresh doughnuts at...
How to Brown Butter
Browning butter is a simple cooking technique that transforms everyday butter into a flavor factory. With just a few minutes of stovetop simmering, you can bring out nutty, toasted notes that take everyday recipes to the next level. Learn how to brown butter properly to make decadent brown butter cookies, cakes, pasta and more. There's...
Apple Bread with Cinnamon Swirl
This super moist, tender apple bread recipe is the perfect treat for fall. Sprinkled and swirled with cinnamon and sugar, it's a warm and flavorful quick bread that you'll make year after year. The best moist and tender quick bread Zucchini bread, banana bread, and pumpkin bread are some of my favorite things to bake--...
How to Make Crostini and Bruschetta Toast
Crostini and Bruschetta Toast are simple and delicious appetizers featuring a crunchy bread base that becomes the perfect canvas for an array of flavorful toppings. They're also a fantastic way to breathe new life into stale baguettes, transforming them into crowd-pleasing crispy treats for any occasion. Once you discover how easy they are to prepare...
Asparagus Tart with Prosciutto and Burrata
This Asparagus Tart with Prosciutto and Burrata will change your entertaining game forever. With a flaky, golden puff pastry base, a lemony herbed ricotta filling, crispy prosciutto, creamy burrata, and fresh asparagus on top, this savory Asparagus Tart is filled with flavor. But don't worry, all of that deliciousness doesn't take much effort at all....
Easy No-Knead Artisan Bread
When you make this Easy No-Knead Artisan Bread, time does all the hard work for you. This foolproof recipe will teach you how to make bakery-style bread (without the industrial-grade equipment, of course.) This simple, delicious bread recipe requires minimal effort but produces a crusty, flavorful, and-- maybe most importantly-- forgiving loaf that even a...
Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies
If soft and tender cookies are your thing, these Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookies need a spot at your holiday dessert table. Dutch cocoa, molasses, brown sugar, and warm spices make these cookies an instant favorite. Going into developing this Chewy Chocolate Molasses Cookie recipe, I didn't think any cookie with molasses as the star ingredient...
Easy Berry-Buttermilk Cobbler
This easy berry cobbler recipe transforms mixed berries into their ultimate form: jammy, tart, and topped with fluffy biscuits for soaking up all of the juices. Two simple additions to homemade cobbler make it especially delicious: cornmeal for slight grit and flavor, and buttermilk for tang and tenderness. Tons of deliciousness, no hard work...
Cheesy Garlic Meatball Bombs
What do you get when you combine garlic knots, melty mozzarella, and mini Italian meatballs? You get the perfect party appetizer: Cheesy Garlic Meatball Bombs. It's like a garlic-butter-slathered meatball sub, but snack-sized, and minus the mess. PARTIES CALL FOR PULL-APART BREAD Whether there’s a holiday, birthday, or game day get-together around the corner, I...
No-Knead Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia
This EASY No-Knead Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia is all about letting time do all of the hard work for you. With just 20 minutes of easy active prep time, you can make an amazingly chewy, creamy garlic-studded, crisp-crusted, tender bread. Who knew that the key to the tastiest bread you've ever sunken your teeth into...
Fluffy Dinner Rolls with Honey Butter Glaze
These melt-in-your-mouth dinner rolls will be the softest, most delicious rolls you'll ever sink your teeth into. The secret to rolls so irresistible that they'll outshine any main dish served alongside them? Tangzhong! Is there anything more satisfying than the compliments that come along with a plate piled high with freshly-baked, homemade dinner rolls? Yes,...
Foolproof Ricotta Gnocchi (Gnudi)
Did you know that you can make tender, restaurant-quality gnocchi at home in less time than it'd take for takeout to arrive? It's almost unbelievable that something as tasty and impressive as this ricotta gnocchi recipe could be so easy to make from scratch, but the ricotta base makes it foolproof, even for novice cooks....
Irish Potatoes (Candy)
Perhaps the easiest and tastiest St. Patrick's Day treat, Irish Potatoes are a no-cook candy that features cinnamon, coconut, and cream cheese. They're great for making with kids, giving as gifts, or devouring yourself (because let's be honest, you can't eat just one). WHAT ARE IRISH POTATOES? Let's get this out of the way: Contrary...
S'mores Cookies
Crushed graham crackers, chocolate chunks, and a melty marshmallow center pack these soft and chewy cookies with flavor, and you don't even have to build a campfire first. S'MORES BUT BETTER There are few things that can top the classic combo of graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate warmed up by a fire-- but the cookie...
Waffle Cookies with Maple Glaze
If you've never baked your cookie dough in a waffle iron, you're missing out. These Waffle Cookies develop a crisp crust while maintaining a soft and chewy interior, and they take less than 2 minutes to bake (all without taking up any oven space). Drizzle them with a simple Maple Glaze to top off the...
Caramel Apple Crisp
This Caramel Apple Crisp has it all: tender baked apples, easy homemade caramel, and a flavor-packed oat streusel topping! It pulls out all the (super flavorful) stops and still requires just a fraction of the time and effort of traditional apple pie. Sure, you've had Apple Crisp before, and it was probably lovely. But were...
Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles
Want to bring your Fall treats to the next level? Don't look any further than these creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles, featuring all of the tastiest autumn flavors in adorable, bite-sized packages.  So let me start off by saying that every baker worth their salt knows about a secret war going on-- The war against beautiful...
Easy Chickpea Curry
This Easy Chickpea curry is the perfect weeknight dinner: it's quick and easy to make, it comes together in one pot, and it uses staple pantry ingredients so you can make curry any time the craving hits. By the way, this recipe packs in some serious flavor, but it doesn't require any hard-to-find spices, and...
Homemade Bread (White Bread Recipe)
This super easy-to-make recipe will guide even the most novice bread bakers to a loaf of homemade white bread that's soft, tender, tall, and perfect for sandwich making. I think in the past few weeks we've all been discovering new things about ourselves. Answering the question of "what would I do in a global emergency...
Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork
This slow cooker pulled pork recipe is extremely easy to make, but yields fall-apart tender, flavorful bbq pulled pork. It’s perfect for a stress-free dinner, or for serving at a party. (Who can complain when pulled pork sandwiches and pulled pork nachos are on the menu?) I’m not a food snob. I eat freezer meals...
The Best Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
If you’re looking for the ultimate recipe for soft and chewy sugar cookies, you’ve come to the right place. Not only are these cookies fantastically buttery, tender, and doughy; but they also stay soft for days on end. They’re incredibly easy to make and require no rolling out! Just like your favorite bakery cookies, but...
Pretzel Shortbread Cookies
Inspired by the iconic cookies from Philly's Lost Bread Co., these Pretzel Shortbread Cookies are a melt-in-your-mouth mashup that's half pretzel, half shortbread, and 100% unlike anything you’ve ever tasted. Whatever you think Pretzel Shortbread is going to taste like, you can’t really prepare yourself for your first bite. Or at least that's what almost every...
Homemade Pita Bread
If warm, fluffy, poofed, and perfectly-pocketed pitas are what you're looking for, it doesn't get better than this recipe for Homemade Pita Bread. They're surprisingly simple to make and leagues better than the store-bought stuff! Before stumbling upon my first go-to pita recipe, I'd already been dreaming about making it for years. There's just something...
Soft and Chewy Lemon Sugar Cookies
I'm a firm believer that the best cookies are anything but firm. A soft, big, buttery, chewy cookie is the key to my heart, and these Soft and Chewy Lemon Sugar Cookies absolutely fit the bill. They're made from scratch and bursting with tart lemony flavor from both lemon zest and real lemon juice! As tends...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs
Easter is coming! There's no better way to celebrate the holiday and the return of Game of Thrones than by making your own Chocolate Peanut Butter Dragon Eggs at home. This recipe includes a Reese's-style peanut butter filling, crunchy sliced almond "scales", and a smooth chocolate coating. If you're planning to throw a Game of...
Easy Chicken Tikka Masala
Briefly marinating in a spiced yogurt mixture keeps the chicken in this homemade Indian-inspired recipe tender and juicy, even after charring the exterior for maximum flavor. The star of the show, however, might not even be the chicken. When it comes to Easy Chicken Tikka Masala, it's all about that creamy, comforting, flavor-packed curry sauce! You...
No-Bake Mint Chocolate Zebra Cheesecake
This No-Bake Mint Chocolate Zebra Cheesecake is just as delicious as it is hypnotically stunning. Be warned: It's rich, chocolaty, spiked with plenty of mint, silky smooth, and a total ruiner of self-control. This one goes out to all my fellow mint chocolate chip ice cream lovers, thin mint fanatics, and shamrock shake drinkers. It's the ultimate...
Pomegranate New York Sour
Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It's the perfect cocktail for Valentine's Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it's still winter-- we're only halfway through it, in fact-- and we're...
Sweet and Smoky Bacon Jam
Sweet and Smoky Bacon Jam. Brown sugar, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika, coffee, apple cider vinegar, caramelized onions and of course, LOTS of bacon give this spread addictively deep, smoky, spicy, sweet, and salty flavors. You're going to want to spread it on everything-- consider this fair warning. I don't know what I love more-- the...
5 Ingredient Crispy Smoked Gouda Cheese Balls
5 Ingredient Crispy Smoked Gouda Cheese Balls. At parties, cheesy appetizers are always a hit. These cheese balls, with their crisp outside, airy inside, and smoky flavor are no exception. They take only 30 minutes to put together, and they're absolutely addictive. A few months ago, I decided not to host New Year's Eve this...
Marbled Dark Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies
Marbled Dark Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies. These deeply chocolatey, buttery, peppermint-spiked cookies are just as delicious as they are easy to make. They're the perfect Christmas cookies, and the marbled white chocolate peppermint-swirl design makes them almost too pretty to eat. I got some brand new baking pans, several pairs of the stretchiest sweatpants...
The Great Kitchen Kapers Holiday Gift Guide and GIVEAWAY 2018
We've made our list and checked it twice: Check out our round-up of the best kitchen gifts for everyone (and we do mean everyone) on your list, whatever your budget. Don't tell anyone, but I haven't bought any Christmas presents yet. I can't believe we're already through week one of December and quickly moving on to...
Quick and Easy Garlic Butter Stromboli Squares
Quick and Easy Garlic Butter Stromboli Squares. This no-fuss party appetizer is loaded with mozzarella, salami, pepperoni, and ham, and topped with a garlicky butter and parmesan mixture. This is one of those recipes I talk about sometimes that almost doesn't make it to the blog because it's so simple that it's almost silly-feeling to...
Homemade Mall-Style Soft Pretzels
If buttery, mall-style soft pretzels are your ultimate snack, look no further than this recipe. You'll find all the secrets to the perfect golden-brown, butter-brushed, homemade soft pretzels right here! It's easier than you think, and there's even a how-to video to help you along. There must come a time in every food blogger's career...
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread
Apple Fritter Pull-Apart Bread. This is one of my most popular easy recipes, and for good reason. With sweet, fall-spiced apples, fluffy biscuit layers, and a delicious vanilla glaze, this pull-apart bread is always a hit. After making Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread a few years back (don't tease me for the bad pictures, that post needs to...
Homemade Garlic Naan
This Homemade Garlic Naan recipe is truly the best. Even if you've never made bread at home before, this soft, chewy, garlicky flatbread is easy to make and well worth the effort. You're going to love serving it with your favorite Indian dishes. Bread-baking seems a little intimidating at times, doesn't it? If I could...
Hatfield Easy Easter Pie
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HatfieldEaster #CollectiveBias Some people call it Easter Pie or Italian Easter Pie. Others say Pizza Rustica. Then there are those who call it Pizza Pieno, Pizza Gaina, Pizza Chiena, or Pizza Chena. Would a pie by any other...
Pigs in a Blanket Baked Brie
I'm pretty sure that I've been woefully ignorant on all things brie-related because I don't think I ever considered eating brie with anything other than sweet fruits or honey drizzles, but the other day I decided to give a savory spin a go when I realized that a package of near-forgotten cocktail sausages and a...