Chocolate dipped pistachio cookies on parchment paper, square and heart shaped.
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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…

a photo of honey and sugar spiced plum pie in baking dish with sliced fresh plums and honeycomb next to it.
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Honey and Sugar Plum Spice Pie

Golden days of Fall colors call for a golden honey pie topped with fresh plums! Sugar plum pie with honey custard is a recipe you will be making again and again as the Holiday season approaches!

A photo of a white bowl filled to the brim with apple chips.
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Air Fryer Apple Chips Recipe

With Apple Orchard Season in Full Swing, it’s a perfect time to try this recipe for spiced apple chips! This is a simple, healthy and full of Autumn Flavor snack, you can make throughout the Fall. Heading out apple picking? Save this recipe!

cranberry bars with fresh cranberries and serving spatula.
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Spiced Cranberry Orange Cookie Bars

Weather cooling down? Warm up your kitchen with these sweet cranberry cookie bars!

marbled chocolate and hazelnut banana bread with caramel drizzle is sliced on wooden cutiing board.
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Moist Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread Recipe

A Chocolate, Hazelnut Swirled Banana Bread Recipe: Get cozy and bake this fruit filled cake up this week. Finished with peanut butter caramel drizzle (recipe included!) bookmark this recipe and serve it up all season long.

sliced pieces of chamomile infused apricot clafoutis sit on black plates next to the whole custard in pie pan.
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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….

layered strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries strewn about on white platter
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Strawberry Shortcake Icebox Cake

An abundance of seasonal strawberries means a dessert recipe for a layered 3 tier strawberry shortcake, heaping with creme fraiche and whipped cream! Try this icebox dessert cake today for tasty ending to a summer meal!

A slice of apple rhubarb crumble pie missing, with a decorative serving spatula resting beside the pie plate.
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Rhubarb Oat Crisp Tart with Flaky Butter Crust and a Hint of Apple

Rhubarb Crisp meets Apple Pie in this fun seasonal spring recipe! Just in time for BBQ season, click thru for full recipe.
……plus how to make and freeze ahead of time!

Glass jar overflowing with vibrant violet flowers, spilling out onto a rustic surface, showcasing nature's beauty.
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5 Simple Uses For Wild Violet Flowers In Kitchen Recipes

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…

bowl of white chocolate, raspberrycookies
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Rose, Raspberry, and White Chocolate Butter Cookies Recipe

A Romantic Cookie Recipe Filled with Flavors of Rose, Raspberry, and White Chocolate: A Decadent Floral Dessert Recipe and Perfect Valentines Tea-Time Treat. Pipe this Cookie Dough into Sweet, Sugar Dusted Sweetheart Shapes! These homemade rose, raspberry, and white chocolate butter cookies are a delightful treat that combines floral notes with fruity sweetness and creamy…

sliced cake with strawberrries knotweed and fresh cream
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Strawberry and Foraged Knotweed Upside Down Cake

Japanese knotweed has a bright, tart flavor similar to rhubarb, making it a natural match for strawberries in early spring baking. This knotweed and strawberry upside-down cake balances that tangy fruit with a soft, simple crumb and a caramelized fruit topping. If you cook with seasonal and foraged ingredients, this is a good place to…

puff pastry on plate
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Almond Flour Pastry Buns with Fresh Raspberries

An early summer dessert delight with almonds and fresh raspberries, this recipe uses the classic French baking technique of choux pastry to produce sweet puffed buns using quick stove top cooking and oven baking. A filling of fresh Raspberries is perfection served as a sweet dessert ending to a meal. This recipe for Almond Pastry…