40+ Best Spooky Spider Web Halloween Cookie Cake Recipes
I swore I wasn’t a themed-dessert person. For years. Every October, while friends would post photos of mummy hot dogs and pumpkin-shaped everything, I’d roll … Read more
Adorable Black Cat Sugar Cookies: Easy Royal Icing Recipe
Halloween was in less than 24 hours and I’d completely forgotten about the school bake sale. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate spiderweb cakes and … Read more
Easy Slow Roasted Canned Tomato Sauce with Basil
I was standing in the canned goods aisle last Tuesday, staring at a wall of crushed tomatoes like they held the secret to the universe. … Read more
Easy Small-Batch Cinnamon Pear Butter Recipe
There used to be a tiny farm stand on Route 7, just past the old covered bridge, that made the most incredible pear butter every … Read more
Best Easy Cinnamon Sugar Baked Pear Slices with Honey Recipe
Marta wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by her place to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s garage sale—and the smell … Read more
Creamy Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Bacon – Easy Homemade Recipe
I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax paperwork at his cluttered office, listening to him describe exactly … Read more
Creamy Cheeseburger Potato Soup with Cheddar
This was supposed to be a classic loaded baked potato soup. I had the bacon crisping, the potatoes baking, and I was feeling pretty good … Read more
Creamy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Recipe
My neighbor Dave asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more
Perfect Cream Cheese Swirled Pumpkin Roll: Easy Fall Dessert
It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I was absolutely, positively dying for a slice of pumpkin roll. Not just any … Read more
Best Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies: Easy Fall Recipe
My neighbor across the hall, an older woman named Clara who always smelled faintly of cinnamon, watched me wrestling with a batch of too-sticky cookie … Read more