Lotus Root Chips

These lotus root chips are vaguely nutty, slightly sweet, and impossible to stop nibbling. An excellent and unexpected party trick for all occasions.

25 mins

Beer Nuts

Slightly sweet, subtly complex, and insanely easy homemade beer nuts. Unlike anything you've ever experienced. Beer sipped on the side not optional.

25 mins

Thin Pancakes

Thicker than crêpes, thinner than buttermilk pancakes, and lovely with toppings savory or sweet.

45 mins

Roasted Banana Ice Cream

Quite possibly the best banana recipe ever, this home-churned ice cream jumbles caramelized bananas and bittersweet chocolate with all the usual ingredients.

2 hrs 30 mins

Steamed Cauliflower

A simple yet stunning technique for steamed whole cauliflower that's making even veggie haters proclaim it awesome.

30 mins

Buckwheat Pancakes

If you didn't already know that these light, fluffy, nutty buckwheat pancakes are good for you, we swear you wouldn't guess it from the taste.

45 mins

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

An impressive (and blissfully last-minute!) nosh with an incredibly satisfying salty sweet thing happening. And spectacularly simple to make. Decorate as much or as little as you like.

2 hrs

Spiced Milk Tea

This classic spiced milk tea is made with chai spices and—are you ready?!—sweetened condensed milk. It's ridiculously lovely.

10 mins

Fennel, Orange, and Watercress Salad

Quick and easy to toss together with all the flair of a French woman slinging a scarf and instantly seeming elegant with ease. Which is exactly how we like our salads.

25 mins

Candy Cane Bark

It’s the most wonderful time of the year thanks in no small part to candy canes everywhere—even in this chocolate bark.

1 hr 30 mins

Roasted Tzimmes

This is not the sweet, gooey tzimmes of your childhood. Nope. So don't be surprised when that old familiar flavor pales in comparison.

1 hr

Cream Cheese Rugelach

"Transcendent" is how the author describes these rugelach. We'd like to add "flaky," "tender," and "perfect" to the list of apt adjectives.

2 hrs

Classic Shortbread Cookies

Tender and delicate and buttery and spectacularly simple, just as classic shortbread cookies ought to be.

1 hr

Cheese Blintz

We like to think of cheese blintzes as the original breakfast burritos, though truth be told we like them just as well for dessert.

2 hrs 15 mins

Eggnog Pie

Essentially a slightly tipsy cheesecake, this bourbon-enhanced eggnog pie is something we're classifying as "holiday desserts for parties where people like to party."

1 hr 15 mins

Easy Chocolate Fudge

"Easiest chocolate fudge recipe ever." That's what folks are saying about this simple and spectacular recipe—and they're right.

4 hrs 15 mins

Pumpkin Ice Cream

The pumpkin spice everything craze has made its way through most major foodstuffs--including this dreamy, warmly spiced ice cream that we're frankly quite smitten with.

4 hrs 30 mins

Classic Dinner Rolls

Practically instant gratification with its blink-and-you'll-miss-it rise and its straightforward mixing method. And oooooh the taste!

1 hr 45 mins

Bow Tie Cheese Straws

Cheese straws that marry a cute form with a nonbreakable function. And that's to say nothing of the rich, cheesy flavor.

1 hr 20 mins