rhubarb galette
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Rhubarb Galette with Almond Frangipane and Flaky Butter Crust

A galette is one of those desserts that rewards you for not overthinking it. No pie dish, no crimping, no fuss, just good dough folded up around whatever the season is offering. This rectangular rhubarb galette with almond frangipane is the spring bake I look forward to all year. The frangipane layer is the quiet…

Meyer Lemon Glazed Cookies with Pea Shoot Sugar
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Meyer Lemon Glazed Cookies with Pea Shoot Sugar

Meyer lemon is baked into soft cookies topped with lemon glaze and sprinkled with naturally green pea shoot sugar. This bakery style lemon cookie recipe is perfect for spring, full of seasonal citrus and sprinkled with botanical sugar. Bake a batch for for festive gatherings, or as a sweet afternoon treat. Meyer Lemon and Pea…

honey bowl next to chamomile honey madeleines with scattered chamomile flowers .
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Chamomile Madeleines with Honey

These chamomile madeleines are light, tender, and softly floral, sweetened with honey for a warm, rounded finish. Chamomile flowers are infused into the batter, giving the cakes a gentle aroma rather than a strong herbal flavor. They’re simple, unfussy, and meant to be enjoyed slowly — ideally with tea, in the afternoon, or as a…

Dark chocolate dipped pistachio cookies sprinkled with crushed pistachios.
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Pistachio Cookies Dipped in Dark Chocolate

These pistachio heart cookies are buttery, softly nutty, and finished with a dark chocolate dip that adds just the right amount of richness. Finely ground pistachios give the dough a natural green hue and a tender crumb, while the heart shape makes them feel thoughtful and special. They’re the kind of cookie you’d happily bake…

Cara cara olive oil cake with citrus glaze.
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Cara Cara Olive Oil Cake with Yogurt and Citrus Glaze

This Cara Cara olive oil cake is light, moist, and gently citrusy, made with yogurt for tenderness and finished with a simple citrus glaze. The olive oil keeps the crumb soft and fragrant, while Cara Cara oranges add a subtle sweetness and blush-toned citrus flavor. It’s the kind of cake that works just as well…

baking tray of cranberries covered in sugar and left to dry.
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How to Make Sugared Cranberries (with a modern twist!)

Deliciously sugared, spectacularly sparkling cranberries. Make this simple recipe for candy coated popping cranberries! This recipe differs from traditional sugared cranberries with the modern twist of an inclusion of powdered sugar; this provides a crunchable candy coating to sugar simple syrup soaked cranberry fruit, encasing each cranberry in a festive sweet coating. Cranberries usually have…

Iced gingerbread scones on wooden cutting board.
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Gingerbread Scones A Simple, Spiced Winter Bake

This gingerbread scone recipe is the perfect winter bake. These ginger laced pastries are full of cozy spices and perfect for dunking into a steaming cup of tea, hot cocoa or eggnog. This festive bakery treat is perfect for Christmas celebrations and a soothing warm up for winter afternoons. This recipe is full of all…

A plated of stuffed and fried squash blossoms ready t be eaten.
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Fried Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Honey Mascarpone

My significant other recently brought home a pint of fresh squash blossoms from the YMCA farm stand (Kingston, NY). I had never used squash blossoms in a recipe before, but with a short shelf life and ideas flowing I created this dessert recipe with slightly sweetened mascarpone cheese and a crisp fried rice flour coating…

ginger orange cookies with sliced oranges on dark background
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Ginger Sugar Cookies with Fresh 1 Orange Icing

This cookie dough is filled with spicy ground ginger, that easily rolls and cuts into adorable shapes, before being baking and iced with a zesty orange glaze. The cookie dough is so simple to mix up, and this recipe has few ingredients listed. Rollout the dough for fun cut out ginger sugar cookies any time…

decorated sugar cookies with edible gold glitter.
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Easy Double Vanilla Powdered Sugar Christmas Cut Out Cookies

This easy double vanilla powdered sugar Christmas cut out cookie recipe is so simple and the oven baked results are perfect to use as decorating cookies! If you are looking for a quick, reliable holiday cookies recipe to decorate with sprinkles, colored icing and cute cut out shapes, try the recipe below! Sugar cookies are…

roasted chestnuts opened.
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Oven Roasted Chestnuts with Buttery Cinnamon Topping

Roasted Chestnuts are a classic winter treat and this recipe adds a sweet spiced sauce to top it all off. Oven roasted chestnuts with buttery cinnamon topping is so simple to make as scent of toasted nuts fills your home with warming and cozy spices. Don’t be intimated by the hard outer shell of these…

Cherry wink cookies on plate with lights in the background.
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Cherry Winks Cookie Recipe

Cherry Winks are a classic Christmas cookie filled with plump cherries (hence the name!), dates, and chopped nuts. These cookies are butter free and feature a fun ingredient: Corn Flake Cereal. This cherry winks cookie recipe features a few updated ingredients (morello cherries) differing from the original (originally published in the 1950’s). These crunchy on…

apricot and chamomile infused clafoutis with powdered sugar on plate.
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Apricot Fruit and Chamomile Infused Custard Clafoutis

A summertime indulgence, filled with fresh fruit and flavors of fragrant vanilla and calming chamomile, this clafoutis dessert is a French country classic! Bake this up tonight for a simple and sweet ending to a summer meal. Click thru to try this inspired dessert tonight….

Vanilla ice cream with violet flowers mixed in, garnished with scattered violet blossoms, a beautiful and delicious floral dessert.
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Wild Violet Recipes – Jelly, Sugared Flowers, Ice Cream and More

Wild violets burst open in early spring and exhibit varying shades of white to deep purple. I have always eagerly awaited this moment, I love using wild violets in recipes in my kitchen! Violets are edible picked right from the stem and have a musky, floral taste with a sweet kick at the end. Some…