An old-fashioned Christmas classic — tender and light soft gingerbread cake made with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.
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White-steepled churches, country stores, black-shuttered white clapboard houses, and bobbing boats provide the backdrop to the prettiest towns in New England.
One of the winners of this year’s Editor’s Choice Food Awards is Dancing Deer Baking Co., specifically their delicious molasses clove cookies. These spicy treats put Dancing Deer on the foodie map when the company first launched as a small wholesale operation in 1994. Twenty years later, they’re still one of our favorite cookies (Dancing Deer […]
Desserts
Apple Brownies
This recipe is a favorite among my mom’s circle of friends, and everyone I know who has tried it raves about it. It gets its name from the fact that the cake is very moist and has a crisp top, much like brownies. Plus, it’s baked in a brownie pan and gets cut into bars. […]
Desserts
Waffle Iron Brownies
The iron gives these waffle iron brownies crispy ridges, but the inside remains rich and fudgy. They’re novel and fun and incredibly easy to make.
Desserts
Fun Valentine’s Day Brownies
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than by sharing something sweet with those you love? Since brownies are so customizable, but uniformly adored, coming up with a few versions of fun Valentine’s Day brownies seemed like the perfect way to share some sugary love this season. Brownies are a classic […]
Over the last few months, both Aimee Seavey and I have blogged about our work testing recipes for an upcoming Yankee cookbook. And now that project is done and printed and for sale on our site! We have had so much fun on this project, combing through our archives to find recipes that sounded delicious […]
Massachusetts
South Boston’s L Street Brownies
There are those who call themselves members of the L Street Brownies, the famed South Boston polar bear club that makes its home at the James M. Curley Community Center, and then there are the hard-core types like Jack Dever. Beyond the group’s annual New Year’s Day dip, the 70-year-old L Street Brownies president has […]
Magazine
Spend a Winter Day in New England
7:30 A.M. WHERE THE SUN RISES FIRST Sunrise from Cadillac Mountain reveals a coastline carved with a crooked knife. From that famous vantage on Mount Desert Island, the coast of Maine comes out of the dark. It’s a complicated affair of peninsulas and coves, a jigsaw of rock and water, a play of motion and […]
In Newport, Rhode Island, a month-long tradition of giving and goodwill makes a memorable holiday getaway.
Celebrate the Fourth! Dine outdoors and serve a fabulous make-ahead menu.</p Star-Studded Starter Start with a sassy salsa of in-season sweet, plump Northwest cherries paired with peppers, onion and cilantro! Serve cracker-like crisps — cut from pita breads using star-shaped cookie cutters — for dipping. Cherry Salsa With Star Crisps Ingredients1 teaspoon crushed red pepper […]
I love old metal tins, and hunting for them at thrift and antiques shops is an easy and inexpensive way to get into the spirit of the season. Here’s how you can turn a serendipitous find into the perfect setting for your favorite baked goods, to give or to keep. 1. Line the tin with […]