A new festive treat! Candied Quince has become a holiday tradition in our home. It takes a little bit more time than most of my other recipes, but it’s worth the effort to slowly cook the sweeter quince down into a candy.
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These hand pies are bursting with fall flavor and super easy to make. They’re great for a fall dinner, or can be made into a delicious appetizer for your next holiday get-together.
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I’m not the biggest fan of the traditional chocolate chip cookie. I’m particularly picky about texture when it comes to the chocolate chip cookie and I’ve been known to forgo the baking part and just keep the dough in my fridge for a definitely-not-so-healthy snack.
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From chocolate chunk to coconut and spiced rum, I have a lot of variations on banana bread. But occasionally, a traditional banana bread can feel a bit heavier than mood dictates—that’s where banana cake comes in. Banana cake has a lighter, fluffier texture. It makes a delightful little afternoon treat… or if you’re anything like me a delightful breakfast when paired with a cup of coffee.
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In college, there was this amazing little Jewish bakery right off-campus. It was heaven. When you have an intensive grammar class at 8 in the morning, nothing else quite eases the pain of having to spot examples of a gerund (a verb that functions as a noun, for anyone interested) like a cup of strong black coffee and a bialy smothered in fresh cream cheese.
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When I don’t have time to meticulously craft any of my more elaborate desserts, cakes, or pastries, I like to fall back onto some timeless, faster recipes I can whip up in a bit of a time crunch. By far one of my favorite of these easy, standbys is my Easy Apple Tart recipe.
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I bake an absurd amount of cookies every December. This is a tradition I picked up from my mother. Like many other families, we would bake a bunch of Christmas cookies and give little gift boxes of them to friends in the neighborhood.
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I can't say for sure what the taste difference between our homemade marshmallows and the W&S marshmallows is (it's been 17 years since the Christmas I insisted on square marshmallows and I still have yet to ever buy a box of the W&S version), but I can say a fresh batch of homemade marshmallows are probably the best-tasting marshmallows I've ever had.
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