When I share recipes, my hope is that you will bake and enjoy them in your home. I believe that everyone can and should bake from scratch and I try to install confidence in …
You can make dulce de leche (a sweet, addictive caramel-like sauce popular in Latin America) three different ways. Whether you prefer to use the stove, an electric pressure cooker, or a slow cooker, you …
I spent three days of my life figuring out how to make homemade Chessmen cookies so you don't have to. When I was done, I gave my husband a piece of one …
Baumkuchen is a stunning almond-flavored cake with many paper-thin layers (mine has 11). It is traditionally made on a spit, but my version for home bakers can be done in the oven. …
Pepperidge Farm describes their Pirouette cookies as "Slender. Graceful. Delicious. A pastry-like wafer, baked to a delicate crisp, surrounds a luscious, creamy filling."  Growing up, I always found Pirouettes at fancier events …
In this post, contributor Jessica Touchette shares her fabulous carob cupcake recipe with us. I had the pleasure of trying the cupcakes and I immediately fell in love with their sweet, earthy flavor. …
These moist mango cupcakes topped with decadent, drippy dulce de leche are the mango cupcakes that I've been wanting to create, but until now, hadn't. Don't you want to lick the dulce de leche …
When I walk into a candy store and peer at all the chocolates and candies behind the glass counters, I can't resist getting the toffee. I've come up with a version that you can …
Once I conquered homemade Lucky Charms (a task that was so arduous I will never repeat it), I needed another challenge. I set my sights on homemade jelly beans. While homemade jelly beans are time-consuming …
I was the strange kid who always wiped off and threw away the buttercream frosting from slices of birthday cake. As I became a baker, I learned that most buttercream frosting we consume in America …
You really can't beat the flavor of fresh, homemade butter. Making it in a mason jar is the fastest and easiest method I've found to date. Photograph by Angie Mosier …
Over the years, I've developed the perfect crumb topping recipe that I use on basically any recipe that I want to make even better! This crumb topping comes together really easily …
Mirror Glaze Cake is a cake made with glaze that is so shiny that you can almost see your reflection in it! While this type of glaze works best on smooth mousse cakes, it …
Prickly pear lemon bars are sweet and tangy and have a buttery crust that I could eat all by itself. They are a variation on my favorite lemon lime squares. While I wouldn't make the …
This recipe for homemade Ritz crackers is even better than the store-bought version - and it's so easy to make! I spent weeks developing the copycat recipe so that it would …
