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 […]
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Sour Cream Twists
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Boston Cream Pie
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Yorkshire Pudding
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Grapenut Raisin Ice Cream
If you’ve never visited an ice cream stand in a faraway state, you may not realize that your favorite flavor has regional roots. Unlike chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and all of their chip, cookie, and candy bar studded siblings, there are some American ice cream flavors that are unique to their respective region. In the Midwest […]
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Streusel in a Skillet
How to make easy, delicious streusel in a skillet, perfect to top any dish or dessert. Just cook, crumble, and enjoy!
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Vermont Chocolate Potato Cake
Potatoes may seem like an unlikely ingredient for a cake, but stick with me, here. You’re going to love this moist cake, packed with spices and a light chocolate flavor. When I spotted this recipe in the pages of Yankee’s 1981 The Yankee Magazine Cookbook, my curiosity was piqued and I knew I wanted to […]
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Mexican Flan
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Raspberry Linzer Bars
The sweet combination of almond cookie crust and raspberry jam is one that’s works in desserts year-round, but it’s especially nice during the holiday season in a batch of Linzer Bars. By adding a generous amount of toasted and ground almonds directly into the dough, you can be sure the almond flavor will shine, and […]