An easy and exotic homemade food gift to please even the person who has everything … and you get to lick the chocolate bowls.
Homemade bread studded with dried currants, golden raisins, blanched almonds, candied citron and orange peel is a delicious German Christmas treat….The hard part was kneading the dough.
The secret to “Never Fail Fudge” is, if you follow the directions, it never fails. Oh, it may not feel and taste like the fudge you get at the boardwalk on a hot July day, but it’s certainly close.
Spice and tang combine to create a treat that is nearly irresistible. Though the Ginger-Lemon Pinwheel cookies are gorgeous and delicious, their preparation tested my patience.
These easy chocolate coconut macaroons just may save your sorry baker’s butt, as they did mine. After screwing up a ridiculous amount of recipes, my healthy version of a holiday staple was the cookie swap equivalent of a super hero.
You may think you know everything there is to know about gingerbread houses, but you don’t. Especially if this is the first time you’ve built one. So make sure the first thing you do when you open that box is read and follow the directions.
I discovered butterscotch blondies and immediately fell in love. True, there was no chocolate to be found in these squares of delight, but the sweetness of the butterscotch without the heaviness of the brownie made up for that.