If your children hit the jackpot while trick-or-treating, you could be swimming in candy for weeks! Put the abundance of M&M’s to good use by making homemade cookies with the kids. You can also teach them about the candy while you bake. Did you know? The M’s printed on M&M’s stand for the last names…
Chewy, Fudgy Brookies Are for Dessert Lovers Who Want It All
My husband and I live in opposite-ville when it comes to dessert. Give me a rich, gooey chocolate brownie with a shiny, crackly top any day. My husband loves crispy-chewy chocolate chip cookies with a passion that verges on a new religion, but he’s positively “meh” about brownies. The solution? I glued my favorite brownie…
The Secret to My Great Grandma’s Cookies? Smash Them After Baking
When I stumbled upon the recipe for these pistachio smash cookies, I wasn’t sure what I had found. During one of my spontaneous urges to deep clean the house in the early months of the pandemic, I rediscovered a box of old family recipes tucked away in the laundry room. I hadn’t looked through the…
Fried Sandwich Cookies
These fried cookies are like magic: soft and sweet on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside. I use Maria cookies, Spanish biscuits that are readily available in the supermarket, but any plain, unflavored cookie or cracker would work as well. I have used different graham crackers and cheese crackers with great results. Spread…
The Family Table: Memories of Easter Baking, From My Big Italian Family
Submitted by Laura Semenza-Marcos, West Hills, California Memories of my childhood surround the holidays and food. As an Italian Roman Catholic from a family of nine, and many relatives, I have stories to tell. The family of my youth consisted of two parents and seven kids—one boy and six girls—in a three-bedroom house, with one…
Heartbroken 9-Year-Old Sells Cookies to Fund Father’s Funeral After Tragic Car Accident
In the wake of her father’s death in a fatal car accident, a Kentucky fourth-grader is using their shared love of baking to help raise funds for the funeral. To Kaylei Miller, aged 9, her father was “everything.” Kaylei and her mother, Whitney Barton, of Fairdale in Louisville, Kentucky, lost doting dad Jason Barton in a car…
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