This molasses-infused, crumb-topped shoo-fly pie recipe earns rave reviews.
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This 1994 recipe for festive Santa cookies, flavored with lemon and coconut and decorated to look like St. Nick, is a reader-favorite.
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Molasses-Clove Cookies
These molasses-clove cookies have all the classic flavors of gingerbread: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and molasses.
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Homemade Mini Marshmallows
These homemade mini marshmallows taste so much better than store-bought! Make a batch for yourself, and one to give as a gift.
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Apple Pie History and Recipes
Each holiday season, dining-room tables across America begin their month-long showcase of all things sweet, savory, and covered in gravy. Prized dishes will vary, but one thing is certain: After the feast (but before the nap) there will be apple pie for dessert. Apple pie is so beloved in our communal culture that it’s earned its […]
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Skillet Apple Pandowdy
An old-fashioned dessert that’s similar to pie, skillet apple pandowdy relies on its juicy filling to add even more flavor to a buttery pastry crust.
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Blackberry Cobbler
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Michelle Obama’s Apple Cobbler
Needhams (sometimes called just “potato candy”) are a dark-chocolate-covered coconut-cream candy. The Maine ingredient might surprise you.
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How to Make Coconut Pound Cake
Dense and sweet with big coconut flavor, this Coconut Pound Cake is one of our favorite spring cakes — it’s perfect for Easter and Mother’s Day!
How Boston cream pie — a French-inspired cake — became New England’s favorite pie. Well, sort of …
Flavor, fragrance, and memory turn a Christmas treat into a timeless tradition. It seems as though at the exact moment when the last leaf falls each year, the gingerbread appears. From the bakery to the coffee shop to the drugstore (gingerbread-flavored lip balm, anyone?), this sweet-and-spicy combination of ginger and molasses, preferably in traditional cake […]