Recipes for the cookies and decorating frosting featured in: Cookie Decorating Party Recipe: Connie’s Christmas Cutout Cookies Ingredients 3 1/4 cups flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp almond extract Instructions Sift flour, baking powder […]
Get the recipes here: Connie’s Christmas Cutout Cookies and Decorating Frosting (Recipes) Thirty-something years ago, my best friend’s mom started hosting annual cookie decorating parties. Every year, at the beginning of winter break, she’d pull out her wonderful collection of cookie cutters and spend a morning baking dozens of sugar cookies. […]
First things first: What are rillettes? Rillettes are the love-child of carnitas and pâté; meat that’s been salted, spiced, and slow-cooked in its own fat until it falls apart. The texture, somewhere between shredded and whipped, is smooth enough that you can (and should) spread it on toast; some people […]
The best way to enjoy chestnuts is to buy them from a street vendor in Paris during the holiday season. A little paper cone of hot, freshly roasted chestnuts is the perfect way to warm up your hands and quiet your belly while you wander the streets, admiring all the […]
People always ask M. to bake this pie for gatherings. Sometimes I suspect it’s the only reason we’re invited. It really is the very best pecan pie ever. Pro tip: after you fill the pie crusts, toss another big handful of pecans into the pan and stir them around until […]
Recently, someone told me she’d cancelled her CSA box after one too many deliveries of kale and butternut squash. Those of you in similar situations might want to bookmark this warm winter salad. Kale’s assertive, slightly bitter flavor can be too much on its own, but provides the perfect balance […]