Christmas

This Smith Island Cake recipe boasts eight layers of yellow cake covered in a blanket of chocolate ganache.

If a coffee cake and a focaccia had a baby, it would look something like this Moravian sugar cake.

Putting mayonnaise in the recipe gives you fluffy, craggy, flavorful biscuits that go from bowl to outstretched hand in about 20 minutes.

This remix of an American classic is creamy and ribboned with fresh vegetables, but the real star is the paprika-scented fried onions.

Caramel rolls are soft, plush, buttery, cinnamon-y, and drenched in caramel. Here’s my rendition of the Midwestern specialty.

The official pastry of Wisconsin has Danish roots. Our homemade kringle recipe is filled with almond paste and cherry jam.

Good things happen when you combine a childhood classic with chewy crystallized ginger.

The freshest Italian butter cookies are the ones you bake at home. This butter cookie recipe gives you delicate almond-scented cookies in your favorite design.

This Louisiana Crunch Cake recipe uses shredded coconut and granulated sugar to obtain its crunchy exterior—a tasty contrast to the pound-cake-like interior. 

In this ode to Garrett Popcorn, I use caramelized honey to give the sweet popcorn a toasted accent and melted butter to coat the cheese popcorn in tangy cheddar powder.

This straightforward leg of lamb recipe uses a simple mix of garlic and rosemary to flavor the meat, making a perfect centerpiece for any holiday meal.

The ultimate winter warmer, Irish coffee is satisfying and timeless and requires only four ingredients.

Pick any sort of coffee or tea to turn this moreish cookie into a caffeinated treat fit for breakfast or dessert.

This decorated loaf cake delivers all of the drama and trappings of a traditional bûche de Noël with only a fraction of the work.

This celebration-worthy rack of lamb recipe yields tender, rosy meat and a beautifully browned crust flavored with fresh herbs and garlic.

Everyone needs an irresistibly buttery back-pocket blondie recipe in their toolbox. This is ours.