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Recipes

My Best Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins

The Easiest Overnight No-Knead Bread Recipe

ice cream sandwich, with sprinkles lacing the edges

Deb Perelman Really Does Make The Best Ice Cream Sandwiches

close up of freshly baked apricot ginger scones, with fruit showing through the fluffy dough

These Apricot Ginger Scones Were My Favorite Scones in Los Angeles

pouring quiche Lorraine mixture on top of cheese, bacon, and onions

Crème Fraiche Quiche Lorraine

finished kolache recipe waiting in the pan to be eaten

Lemon Poppy Seed Kolache

I Made Callie’s Hot Little Biscuits and You Really Should, Too!

spoonful of spring salad with edamame, asparagus, cannellini beans, slivered almonds, and crumbled cheese

Spring Asparagus Salad with white beans and almonds

We Baked King Arthur Baking’s Recipe of the Year (so you don’t have to?)

Mardi Gras Breakfast Burritos with Zatarain’s Andouille Smoked Sausage

Dad holding a plate of browned butter chocolate chip cookies by the window.

Cliff Notes: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

A Chocolate Bundt Cake on a Ceramic cake plate on top of a Marble countertop

The Perfect Chocolate Bundt Cake

a straightforward angle of a slice of doughy, bready pizza

You Have to Make This Focaccia Pizza!

My Parent’s House Smells Like this Perfect Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Dusted linzer cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

Holiday Bakes You Should Bake This December

generously sprinkling stuffed dates with herbs

My Favorite Holiday Appetizer? The Incredibly Easy Sausage-Stuffed Dates

The Easiest Dinner Party Dessert: Tiramisu Affogato

Pumpkin Tarte à la Bouillie

The Mega Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich

close up of baked polenta with olive oil, burst tomatoes, and basil

Baked Polenta with Burst Tomatoes

Candy Corn and Salted Peanut Rice Krispie Treats

Apple Butter and Cream Cheese Kolaches

overhead shot of chocolate pudding with raspberries on a plate next to it

This is the Chocolate Pudding Recipe I Make Nearly Every Month

This Summer’s Peach Crisp Recipe

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