Homemade Baklava with Phyllo Dough (Easy Step-by-Step) There are some recipes that carry you right back to the warmth of a family kitchen, the clinking of pans, and that unmistakable smell of sugar and butter caramelizing in the oven. For me, baklava is one of those recipes. The golden layers of phyllo, the crunch of…
Chocolate Babka Cookies Recipe (Sablés Zébrés) Every cookie tray has its stars, but these Chocolate Babka Cookies—also known as sablés zébrés in French—are the ones that stop people in their tracks. With striking chocolate-and-vanilla stripes that look like a cross between zebra stripes and a loaf of chocolate babka, these cookies are as much a…
Italian Peach Wedding Cookies Recipe There’s something magical about a cookie table at a wedding. If you’ve ever been to a Pittsburgh or Youngstown wedding, you know what I mean—the table is a feast of Italian, Polish, and Eastern European cookies passed down from grandmothers, aunts, and cousins. Among the biscotti, lady locks, and nut…
Crockpot Christmas Crack Candy Recipe There’s nothing quite like holiday candy that’s both ridiculously easy and deliciously addictive. If you’ve never made Crockpot Christmas Crack before, you’re in for a treat. This recipe combines peanuts, chocolate, peanut butter chips, and almond bark in your slow cooker—stir, scoop, and you’ve got festive clusters that everyone will…
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Soft Lemon Cookies with Glaze When life gives you lemons… you bake cookies! 🍋 Lemon cookies have always been a favorite of mine, but when I say these are the softest, most lemony cookies I’ve ever baked, I truly mean it. The recipe came into my life years ago, and after a few tweaks (and…
Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies Recipe There’s something timeless about shortbread. Just butter, sugar, and flour—so simple, yet so rich and comforting. I’ve tried many versions over the years, from whipped shortbread to flavored twists, but when my husband’s cousin’s mother-in-law visited from Scotland and made a batch of her traditional shortbread, I knew I’d struck…
Supersoft Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Some recipes just stick with you. I found this one on Pinterest six years ago, and it’s been my go-to ever since. I still remember the first time I baked a batch: the smell of butter and vanilla wafted through my kitchen, and when I pulled those warm, golden cookies…
Mini Crumb Cakes Recipe If you grew up in the U.S., chances are crumb cakes were part of your childhood mornings. I remember my grandmother always having a warm coffee cake cooling on the counter, the buttery crumb topping filling the whole kitchen with that irresistible cinnamon-sugar aroma. These mini crumb cakes are my nostalgic…
Pull Apart Garlic Knots from Scratch (Easy Cast Iron Recipe) Few things make a kitchen smell as inviting as homemade bread, and these pull apart garlic knots might just be the ultimate comfort food. Golden brown, buttery, garlicky, and soft enough to melt in your mouth, this recipe proves you don’t need a bread machine…
Homemade Salisbury Steak Meatballs in Cast Iron (Easy Recipe) Some dinners just scream comfort food, and Salisbury steak meatballs are right at the top of that list. Juicy beef meatballs seasoned just right, browned in a cast iron skillet, and smothered in rich onion-mushroom gravy—this recipe takes a classic TV dinner favorite and makes it…
