This is the last post of the 12 days of holiday baking series, ending what seems like a long marathon race. Some of the recipes are quite easy, e.g.…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ enriched dough/ King Arthur Flour/ Yeast bread
Chocolate Babka | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
My family loves a good babka, especially the one from Liv Bread nearby, where there is always a line. The price has increased markedly, now costing $25 dollars a…
Appetizer/ cheese/ French/ holidays/ King Arthur Flour
Baked Brie with Apricot Jam | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
To keep the 12 days of holiday baking on track, sometimes you just need to simplify. That means using store-bought ingredients. In this case for the baked brie with…
breakfast/ dessert/ featured/ holidays/ Italian/ Yeast bread
Panettone Muffins | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
Panettone is an Italian Christmas classic bread which has gained a global profile. Do you notice that panettone, extravagantly wrapped and ribboned, is on the shelves in every store…
dessert/ Gluten free/ holidays/ vegetarian
Peppermint Meringue Kisses Two Ways | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
The leftover liquid of a can of chickpeas, aka aquafaba, is the core element for some spectacular vegan peppermint meringue kisses. Yes, it’s quite extraordinary. By and large, the…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ holidays/ my favorites/ scalable/ whole wheat
Coffee Anise Stars | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
It’s exciting to be making holiday cookies and decorate them to radiate the seasonal glow. That means making the coffee-anise stars from Baking with Dorie. The flavor of espresso…
If you want to make good-tasting cookies, there are plenty of recipes able to deliver that. If you are attracted to the beauty of the spiced chocolate marble shortbread…
cocktails/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Nut/ Pantry essentials/ scalable
Candied Cocktail Nuts | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
A dish of candied cocktail nuts is a must to serve with drinks or as snacks for the holidays season. Make a big batch, put the nuts in jars…
dessert/ foundation recipe/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ scalable/ two ways
Sparkling Shortbread Cookies | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
How would you like to have a master shortbread dough which can morph into a variety of cookies? It’s like a gift that keeps on giving. A buttery master…
Chocolate/ dessert/ holidays/ Nut/ scalable/ Sugar free
Chocolate Bark with Pecans & Seeds | 12 Days of Holiday Baking
It feels right to make dark chocolate bark with pecans and seeds — without adding any sugar. It’s a change from the indulgence of sugary and buttery cookies of…
The second day of holiday baking presents the red velvet crinkle cookies. These cookies are visually stunning with powered sugar, like fresh snow, covering the red velvet marbling over…
There are so many interesting cookies to get excited about baking for the holidays. Can’t quite decide what to bake, so the scheme I devise is to bake often…
brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ enriched dough/ mezze (small plates)/ Sauté/ scalable
Free-Style Mushroom, Herb and Ricotta Tart | Baking with Dorie
This is an unconventional tart. It might be called a tray tart, if I can make up such a term. There are three layers to the construction of the…
It’s never too late to find a classic cookie that you instantly like. Hermits are New England natives which have been around since the late 1800s. I know nothing…
Chocolate/ classics/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ foundation recipe
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies | Baking with Dorie
After 30 years of publishing and 14 cookbooks later, Dorie Greenspan’s new book Baking with Dorie wins instant acclaim from believers like me. When I look for a holiday…
Fruit/ holidays/ King Arthur Flour/ sweet bread/ Yeast bread
Harvest Apple Challah | King Arthur Baking
Challah is a special bread in Jewish cuisine, typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays. Rosh hashanah has begun, starting today. Happy New Year!…
These savory comté and ham sablés from David Lebovitz are every bit like their sweet counterparts, the Viennese sables I blogged about earlier. Texture-wise, they remind me of those Danish butter…
Onion tart is such an ordinary name, but this tart is anything but ordinary. I had this for lunch, because I wanted to take pictures of the tart…
An everyday cookie jazzed up and transformed into a holiday treat, imbued with seasonal theme, is what this stained glass cookie is all about. Ideal for giving. That’s the…
Stuffed cabbage is everything that Dorie describes: earthy and rustic. Many cultures have a version of it that goes back generations. Dorie’s version mixes beef, pork and rice and…
I get ambitious with my baking during the holidays and special occasions. I make Dominique Ansel’s champagne macarons. In full disclosure, they come with a warning label. There is…
Bake/ brunch/ cheese/ my favorites/ one-pan/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard
The idea of a one-pan butternut squash cheesy custard that I can serve for a festive brunch during the holidays is golden. More than any other single preparations, roasted…
Holiday baking starts with the fantastic apple tart we made for Thanksgiving. Who doesn’t look forward to a delightful dessert at the end of a meal? You’d always find…
In the weeks ahead, holiday cooking will be shifting up another gear. There are a bunch of seasonal ingredients and dishes I want to play with. Let’s start with…