Whipped Feta Dip with Hot Honey
An untested savory appetizer draft: feta, yogurt and cream cheese whipped smooth under a measured warm red-pepper honey drizzle.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bark
A working refrigerated bark draft with semisweet chocolate, peanut-butter swirls, pretzels and roasted peanuts; set and packing need testing.
Chocolate Yule Log Cake
A proposed cocoa sponge log rolled around vanilla cream and covered in fork-marked chocolate ganache; cooling and chilling included.
Brown Butter Pecan Snowball Cookies
An untested holiday cookie draft with browned butter, chopped pecans and two powdered-sugar coats; estimated yield and timing require a baking test.
Cranberry Orange Scones
A proposed eight-wedge cranberry orange scone with cold butter, orange zest and dried cranberries.
Sage and Onion Bread Stuffing
A proposed sage-and-onion bread stuffing baked outside the bird, with celery, broth and a crisp golden top.
Sausage-Stuffed Mushrooms
A proposed oven-baked party appetizer with browned pork sausage, mushroom stems, Parmesan and a crisp panko top.
Saltine Toffee with Dark Chocolate
A proposed baked saltine toffee with a brown-sugar butter layer, dark chocolate and a little flaky salt.
Gingerbread Layer Cake with Orange Frosting
A proposed two-layer gingerbread cake with molasses, warm spices and orange-zest cream-cheese frosting.
Raspberry Almond Linzer Cookies
A proposed almond sandwich cookie with raspberry jam windows and a light powdered-sugar finish.