Quick Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles (Best Easy Cookie)
This was supposed to be a pumpkin bread. I had the can of pumpkin open, the brown butter cooling on the counter, and a whole … Read more
Easy Decorated Turkey Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
This was supposed to be a batch of simple, elegant snowflake cookies. You know, the kind that look like they belong on a magazine cover. … Read more
Cozy One-Bowl Banana Nut Bread: Easy & Best Recipe
My partner asked why I couldn’t just use the same bowl for the whole banana bread. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — … Read more
Best Sparkling Sugared Cranberry Garland: An Easy Holiday Board
I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of my local grocery store last December, reaching for a bag of peas, when a woman walked … Read more
Best Bourbon Pecan Pie Bars: Easy Family Favorite Recipe
Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place to drop off a casserole dish she’d loaned me, and the smell of toasted … Read more
Easy Cranberry Walnut Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
The neighborhood block party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d remembered the morning of, but I’d convinced myself it was … Read more
Cozy Brown Butter Apple Crumble Pie – Best Fall Dessert
There used to be a little bakery tucked behind the old train station in my hometown, a place called The Gilded Crumb, that made the … Read more
Cozy One Pot Creamy Chicken and Dumplings: Best Easy Recipe
The neighborhood potluck was in four hours and I’d completely blanked on it. I mean, I’d seen the email—twice—but somehow it had slipped into that … Read more
Easy 5-Minute Jalapeño Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
I was standing in my neighbor Maria’s kitchen last December, watching her wrestle with a bag of fresh cranberries that had somehow exploded all over … Read more
Easy Grandmas Chicken Noodle Soup with Homemade Noodles
My husband swore he hated chicken noodle soup. For fifteen years. Fifteen! Every time I’d mention making soup when he had a cold, or when … Read more