Best Pie Crust Recipe
My favorite, all-butter pie crust recipe is irresistibly flaky, tender and packed with rich butter flavor. I share my best chef’s tips; easy to make and perfect for sweet or savory pies.
Baking Recipes
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Classic sugar cookies topped with royal icing provide the perfect blank canvas for all your cookie design daydreams. These are my tips for getting your cookies just right.
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The BEST Chocolate Chunk Cookies
If you love thin, chewy chocolate chunk cookies with crispy edges that is packed with chocolate, these cookies are exactly what you’ve been looking for. Bonus: They’re super easy to make and require only one bowl! I’ve been testing my…
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Banana Bread
This banana bread recipe is by far my most-loved version. Classic banana bread spiced up with cinnamon and soft brown sugar delivers a loaf so good, you won’t be able to stop at just one slice. Guaranteed! Ingredients and Substitutions Banana bre…
Mushroom Hand Pies
Savory pie people, these mushroom hand pies are for you. Mushrooms, charred scallions, sesame, and miso come together in these portable pockets of deliciousness. You get creaminess from a bit of cheese, and each bite delivers the magic of a golden, flaky pie crust.
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Blueberry Muffins with Lavender
Everything you love about a classic blueberry muffin, but with a hint of lavender and buttery oat streusel tops people inevitably eat first.
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Peach Hand Pies
These peach hand pies are next-level good! Made with a flaky, fool-proof, all-butter pie dough and filled with ripe peaches, goat cheese, plus a bit of green chile and basil, they ride the delicious line between savory and sweet.
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Peach Cobbler
To make your peach cobbler extra special add lemon zest to your buttered baking dish, then fold toasted walnuts into the biscuit-like topping. Both are easy wins boosting flavor and dimension. Peak summer fruit classic!
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Bran Muffins
Not your basic, bland, bran muffin. The thing that makes these special is their flavor. They’re buttermilk based with a tender crumb and toasted, craggy top. Perfect smeared with a bit of butter and your favorite marmalade.
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Plum Upside Down Cake
This Plum Upside Down Cake is truly the most delicious tea-time treat and much easier to make than you might think. Light, fluffy orange-scented sponge topped with syrupy plums? Yes please! When it’s stone fruit season, I always have a surplus be…
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Bright and tangy, this easy lemon poppy seed cake is moist and light! Lemon zest gives it an extra burst of lemon flavor, with a hint of warmth from vanilla. Drizzle with our easy lemon glaze.
Potato Gratin with Tomatoes and Spices
An assertively spiced departure from a favorite Suzanne Goin potato gratin recipe. This is a rustic, deeply flavorful late-summer gratin made with sliced tomatoes, potatoes, caramelized onions, curry powder, and a kick of red chile flakes.
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Easy Carrot Cake
This Easy Carrot Cake Recipe is a game-changer. It’s incredibly moist, packed with warm spices and studded with crunchy pecans and sweet crushed pineapple. Layered with a luscious vanilla bean cream cheese frosting and topped with crunchy pecan p…
Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
This extra-spicy, chocolate hot cross buns recipe is perfect for Easter and the dough can be made ahead to save time in the kitchen. Hot cross buns are essential for Easter. Eaten as is, toasted then slathered in butter they are my favorite Easter bre…
Gluten-Free Bread
This delicious gluten-free bread recipe is so easy to make! It tastes like rye bread! No eggs, rice flour, starches, or gums. Vegan!
Classic Baked Cheesecake
This easy baked cheesecake infused with lemon zest is super creamy and the buttery crust is perfect. Served with an easy berry sauce, it is the ultimate indulgent dessert. Baked Cheesecake: A Creamy & Dreamy Dessert This dreamy, creamy classic lemo…
Cowgirl Cookies
Full of texture and delicious flavor, Cowgirl Cookies are made with pecans, oats, dark chocolate, coconut flakes, chia seeds, cinnamon and crystalized ginger. Gluten-free and vegan-adaptable.
The Best Malva Pudding
This Malva pudding recipe handed down to me by my aunt, delivers the most delicious, rich pudding drenched in syrup. This classic from South Africa is the ultimate warm, comforting dessert and is perfect served with custard and cream. What is Malva pud…
Lemon Blueberry Muffins
These lemon blueberry muffins are the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of Spring. Bursting with fresh lemon flavor and juicy blueberries, these muffins are soft, fluffy and incredibly delicious. They’re perfect for breakfast, brunch or an aft…
Sourdough Granola
This sourdough granola is the way to go if you love huge, golden, oat clusters. It’s maple-sweetened, cinnamon-kissed and a great way to use up a good amount of sourdough discard.
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Cheesy Irish soda bread
Irish soda bread flavored with cheese and herbs is the perfect, easy bread to serve with hearty stews or soups. It’s also delicious served simply with butter and the ultimate side dish for St. Patrick’s day. I am a big fan of easy, no-knead…
Homemade Carrot Cake Recipe
Moist and chock full of carrots, this homemade Carrot Cake recipe with cream cheese frosting offers a lightened-up version rich with flavor and succulent texture.
Easy Chocolate Cake
This easy chocolate cake recipe is a must-have for chocolate lovers. It requires simple ingredients and results in a super moist, tender cake covered in a super easy ganache frosting. If you’re looking for an easy, fool-proof recipe you’ve …
Seeded Popovers
Popovers are the most delightful thing my oven produces – sky-high and billowy. Here’s my go-to recipe, a few tips, and the overall technique I use.
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The Best Valentine’s Day Cookies
These adorable Valentine’s Day Cookies, sandwiched with sweet raspberry jam are the perfect treat for a loved one and are fantastic for gifting. Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, these buttery sugar cookies are simply irresistib…