This recipe for Maids of Honor Tarts is one I discovered in the course of my research for Yankee Magazine‘s Lost and Vintage Recipes cookbook, though it didn’t make it into this book. But it’s wonderful and well worth a try. According to British cooking maven Delia Smith, these tarts are rumored to have originated at Richmond […]
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Buttermilk Apple Buckle
In this apple buckle recipe, the spiced apples settle down into the cake batter during cooking, while most of the pecan crumble mixture stays on top.
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Peach Cobbler
Some dishes can literally transport you to another time or place. In my mind, peach cobbler is one of those dishes. I have such strong memories of eating peach cobbler in the last few weeks of summer when peaches are ripe and juicy, the air is warm and breezy, and you’re with friends or family, […]
Delicious, moist Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting that are full of apple flavor.
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Pudding Recipes
A roster of cozy puddings are just the thing for chilly fall weather. Make one that’s sweet or savory, then grab a spoon and tuck into bowl of warm, wobbly comfort.
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Fall Sweets Recipes
Each year with the foliage and a return to sweater-weather, we turn to the warm, spicy flavors of fall to warm us up from head to toe. Seasonal offerings like apples, pears, cranberries, and pumpkin mix together with cinnamon, oats, nuts, and more in one seriously delicious lineup of sweet fall treats.
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Summer Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies
Earlier this year I spent some time assisting Yankee’s Senior Life and Home Editor Amy Traverso with recipe testing for our upcoming annual “cookbookazine,” and one of my favorite recipes to come out of the cookbook process was the one for these jam-filled thumbprint cookies, which I am referring to as Summer Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies […]
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Irene’s Fudge Sauce
This easy homemade hot fudge sauce is so delicious, you’ll never buy store-bought again. Pour into jars for sweet and thoughtful gift.
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How to Win a Cooking Contest
Here are some tips from Mary Blenk: Don’t be intimidated. You have to just jump in. Enter often and don’t get discouraged. Learn from each experience. Any comment from the judges, positive or negative, is valuable. If your entry doesn’t win and you think it should have, enter it again–and again! There’s no rule against […]
Mary Blenk’s wild-blueberry pie is so good that it’s a regular prizewinner at contests around the country.
We’re nearing the final stages of putting together the new Yankee cookbook (due out in October), and I’m having a hard time letting go. Looking through our archives, I keep discovering even more recipes to test and add to the collection, but we’ll soon be in the studio with Heath Robbins and Catrine Kelty making […]
