Tis the season for all the cheesy, buttery, and flaky starters! I love working with puff pastry since it produces such delicious results with so little work. This year, I shape the puff pastry into a Christmas tree layered with fig jam and slices of brie, and into a cranberry and bacon snowflake with a …
Turkey gets a bad rep for being too laborious to cook and too dry to enjoy. You usually have to defrost the giant bird for a couple of days, brine it for at least a day to minimize it drying out, and then roast it for several hours while continually basting it. Enter: sheet pan …
The Family Stone is one of the most polarizing Christmas movies that exists. It’s filled with horribly cringe-worthy-but-can’t-stop-watching scenes and over-the-top personalities that you either love or hate (I personally love the movie even if Sarah Jessica Parker’s character can drive me insane). But anyone who HAS watched it will remember the infamous scene with …
Christmas time means baking cookies for Santa! It’s my 2nd year participating in FreshDirect‘s #12DayofCookies campaign (last year I made super festive red velvet and green tea cookies). This time around, I was inspired by this freezing cold weather to do a play on hot cocoa by making molten lava cookies with a chocolate center and mini …
Tis the season for holiday baking! The team at Fresh Direct was gracious enough to ask me to participate in their #FD12DaysofCookies campaign. Even though I don’t consider myself a baker, I wanted to come up with something really festive for my Christmas cookie entry, so I dreamed up these Red Velvet and Green Tea Cheesecake cookies. I attempted …
Maybe it’s because I grew up making those Pilsbury break-and-bake holiday cookies, or maybe it’s just because I love carbs – whatever the reason, I always find myself reaching for Pilsbury’s buttery doughs when the holidays roll around. In recent years, I’ve upgraded from cookies to Crescent wreaths, which encase your desired fillings in flaky …
