Spritz Butter Cookies
A proposed vanilla butter cookie dough pressed directly onto cool baking sheets for small holiday shapes.
Slow Cooker Spiced Apple Cider
Pasteurized apple cider gently warmed with cinnamon, allspice, cloves and orange in a slow cooker, with vanilla after straining.
Pumpkin Waffles with Maple Butter
A same-day pumpkin-buttermilk waffle batter with a separate two-ingredient maple butter for warm waffles.
Potatoes Dauphinoise with Gruyere
Thin Yukon Gold potato layers baked in garlic cream beneath a Gruyere crust, with a necessary rest before cutting.
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Wild Rice
Roasted acorn squash stuffed with wild rice, mushrooms, kale, cranberries and pecans makes a satisfying holiday main or side dish.
Slow Cooker White Bean and Ham Soup
A proposed low-and-slow soup with canned white beans, cooked ham, carrots and thyme; no overnight bean soak.
Maple Mustard Baked Salmon
Oven-baked salmon fillets brushed with a measured maple-Dijon glaze, finished by thermometer rather than a fixed clock.
Caramelized Onion Tartlets
A proposed puff-pastry appetizer with slowly browned onions, Gruyere and thyme on twelve little squares.
Chocolate-Dipped Dried Orange Slices
An oven-dried orange-wheel and dark-chocolate gift treat with a long drying step and a half-dipped finish.
Stamped Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
A proposed buttery vanilla shortbread dough rolled, stamped and chilled before baking for a patterned cookie tray.