Chocolate-Dipped Pretzel Rods
Salty pretzel rods dipped halfway into dark chocolate and finished with a narrow white-chocolate drizzle.
Orange Olive Oil Cake
A tender one-pan orange-zest and olive-oil cake with fresh orange juice and a restrained citrus glaze.
Speculoos Cookies with Brown Sugar
Thin, crisp brown-sugar spice cookies cut into simple rectangles, with cinnamon and a little cardamom.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Coffee Syrup
A simple brown-sugar and cinnamon-stick syrup for stirring into hot or iced coffee, without gingerbread spices or molasses.
Homemade Monkey Bread
A from-scratch pull-apart monkey bread with soft yeasted dough, cinnamon sugar and a brown-sugar butter glaze; a working Bundt-pan recipe.
Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff
A meat-free mushroom and sour-cream stroganoff spooned over egg noodles, with browned cremini mushrooms and a mustard finish.
Sausage Balls for Holiday Parties
Working pork-sausage, cheddar and biscuit-mix party bites with a thermometer endpoint, make-ahead cautions and a 36-piece estimate.
Soft Ginger Caramels
Small soft dairy caramels made with ginger-infused cream and cooked to a measured candy-thermometer endpoint.
Pear Upside-Down Cake
A simple vanilla-yogurt cake baked over sliced pears and a buttery brown-sugar layer, then inverted while warm.
Lebkuchen Spice Cookies
Honey-and-almond German-inspired Lebkuchen spice cookies with candied orange peel and a thin lemon glaze.