Holiday baking traditions: Roscòn de Reyes
It’s quite possible by now you’ve had enough of Christmas carols. However, the Twelve Days of Christmas begin today, continuing through January 5, when the Twelve Drummers Drumming arrive. The fun, in...
View ArticleNew Orleans pecan pie bread pudding: soft and sweet as a Southern breeze
I still remember my first bread pudding, back in the early 1990s… I had just begun dating my husband and was spending the weekend at his mother’s house. She suggested bread pudding for dessert. I had...
View ArticleDydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! – Mwynhewch picau ar y maen…
Are you Cymry? Then you know what the words above mean. For those who don’t read or speak the Welsh language, here’s the translation: Happy St. David’s Day! Enjoy Welsh Cakes. Native to Wales, as...
View ArticleIf I had just one recipe to take with me to a dessert island…
Raindrops on roses? Whiskers on kittens? Well, perhaps bright copper kettles (especially if someone else was cleaning them) would qualify as one of my favorite things. But when it comes to favorite...
View ArticleBlueberry Breakfast Cake: comfort me with berries…
Custard pie. Noodle kugel. Rice pudding. Hot milk cake. What do all of these foods have in common? Comfort, right? While perhaps not at the top of your culinary Hit Parade, they’re easy to eat. Plus,...
View Article100% Whole Wheat Cranberry Sour Cream Coffeecake: beauty is only crust deep
Just look at this coffeecake, would you? It’s delightfully moist, its texture a perfect balance between heavy and light: substantial, yet not unpleasantly dense. Its cinnamon-streusel topping is the...
View ArticleLemon Streusel Coffeecake: Just my cup of tea.
Have you ever really stopped to think about why we eat and drink certain foods together? So much so that they share a name like tea bread, wine biscuits and, of course, coffeecake. I mean, everybody...
View ArticleGolden Stollen: Old World, meet New
Stollen. (Say “schtollen,” the word spoken with that guttural German flair which, after all, is its birthright). Dresden, Germany has been known for its stollen since at least 1474, when this classic...
View ArticleGluten-Free Blueberry Coffeecake: another magic mix miracle
So, it’s breakfast time again. You’re tired of cereal, the yogurt has expired, the waffle iron needs the old grease scraped out of its crannies from the last time you used it, and your children utter...
View ArticleDecided on Christmas breakfast yet? Try No-Fuss Coffeecake.
Christmas Eve. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care… Visions of sugarplums dance in their heads… Not a creature is stirring… …except you, of course. Trying to figure out Christmas morning...
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