Cakes, Christmas Desserts, Fall Desserts
· Updated September 2024
This past month, I started a love affair with persimmons, and I was surprised to learn that they're grown all over the northeastern part of India. Yet, the luminous golden orbs that...
4th of July Recipes, Dips & Sauces
· Updated January 2026
This whipped feta cheese dip is creamy, tangy, savory, and so addictive. Super simple to make, this recipe uses just 4 ingredients, comes together in 20 minutes, and yet feels...
Bundt Cakes, Christmas Desserts
· Updated December 2023
Mulled wine cake tastes of Christmas. If the recipe wasn’t just perfect for the holidays, that's all I would write on this blog. Mulled wine cake tastes of Christmas. ...
Buns & Rolls, Thanksgiving Recipes
We’re a family of bread lovers, particularly partial to pillowy soft dinner rolls. No amount and I mean no amount, of bread recipes can ever be enough for us. But I think we...
· Updated March 2025
Easy recipes are my thing, but mulled wine takes the cake and bakery when it comes to ease. All you need is a red wine you love, fresh orange wheels,...
Side Dishes, Thanksgiving Recipes
· Updated September 2025
Golden, comforting, and irresistible, these cheesy twice baked potatoes are the ultimate side dish! With crispy skins, a creamy, fluffy mashed potato filling, and a melty, cheesy, bubbling top, they’re...
· Updated September 2024
When I first started baking, I rarely paid attention to the why. Why does a recipe only have baking powder while another one asks for both baking soda and powder? I...
Read more Baking Powder Vs. Baking Soda: A Guide to All Your Questions
· Updated November 2024
This Japanese cheesecake is as light as a cloud, delicately sweet, and melt-in-your-mouth soft! With a few basic ingredients and a couple of techniques, this soufflé-style cheesecake is easy to...
· Updated October 2025
The pumpkin sheet cake is as easy to make as it is to devour! Soft, moist, and filled with cozy fall flavors, this is an easy one-bowl recipe. It's topped...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Savory Recipes, Snacks
· Updated September 2024
I thought I had reached the pinnacle of ripe banana recipes with miso banana bread and cream cheese swirl banana bread. But then I made Mangalore buns and discovered a...
· Updated September 2024
These pumpkin madeleines made with pumpkin purée are so moist and delicious. They have that spongy lightness that makes these cookies so addictive. The easy fall recipe is vegan and...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Desserts
· Updated September 2024
For us, there is no occasion too inconsequential for mithai. But when it comes to festivals, it’s a full-on, no-prisoners-taken fiesta. But if I had to pick just one mithai that is undoubtedly involved...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Desserts
· Updated September 2024
Of the few mithais that take me back to childhood, Chocolate burfi is one. There was something about the fudgy layer of cocoa-infused khoya stacked on top of a milkier...
Quick Breads, Thanksgiving Recipes
· Updated October 2025
Soft, perfectly spiced, and full of cozy flavor, this easy pumpkin bread is the kind of bake you'll want to make all season long! It comes together quickly, tastes so...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Desserts
· Updated September 2024
The number of monikers Pineapple Sheera has is outstanding. In the north of India, where I live, it is called pineapple ka halwa. In the western belt, it is known...
Appetizers, Snacks, Thanksgiving Recipes
· Updated July 2026
These pumpkin pie spice roasted almonds are the snack you’ll want to make on repeat! They’re sweet, salty, and packed with warm spice in every bite. And they need just...
· Updated August 2025
Chocolate is not just an ingredient for baking for me. It’s an emotion. It’s pleasure and decadence tumbling over each other. And it’s an amazing springboard for creativity for the...
Easter Recipes, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Thanksgiving Recipes
· Updated March 2026
You’ll love this mushroom quiche with its buttery, tender, flaky crust; delicate custard; and smoky caramelized onions. The easy recipe is perfect for a dinner or brunch at home during...
· Updated September 2024
This apple crumble cheesecake has everything I could ask for from a dessert: plenty of fruit, front, and center; oodles of cream cheese- silky and rich; ample toasted crumble- crackly...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Desserts
· Updated September 2024
For someone making coconut mawa modak for the first time, the sweet rapturous world of these stunning delicacies can be mind-boggling. Every recipe is more tempting than the next. If...
· Updated September 2024
I baked the almond tutti frutti cake purely as an excuse to use marzipan in the batter. I wanted to live in almond heaven! The almond and sugar paste melts,...
Fall Desserts, Tarts & Crumbles
· Updated September 2024
Name one thing that can trump a freshly baked pie with a homemade pastry. I’ll wait. Add a touch of nutty, lush marzipan to the filling, make the pie free-form,...
· Updated September 2024
My Homemade Marzipan Recipe is an easy 4 ingredient recipe that requires no cooking, no baking and tastes amazing! This marzipan is naturally gluten-free and vegan! There is little more...
· Updated March 2025
The easy plum and apple cobbler is simultaneously simple to make and satisfying to eat. With the ripe fruit oozing garnet juices into the warm, crispy biscuit crust, we love...
Breakfast & Brunch Recipes, Fall Desserts, Muffins
· Updated September 2025
These perfectly spiced vegan peanut butter apple muffins are soft, gooey, and full of cozy fall flavors! They come together with simple pantry ingredients, crisp fresh apples, and creamy peanut...
· Updated July 2026
Baked stuffed tomatoes are juicy, ripe tomatoes filled with a spicy millet mixture, topped with crispy breadcrumbs, and an easy way to make a hearty, flavor-packed vegetarian dinner! There is...
· Updated July 2024
The chocolate swirl cheesecake bars are the kind of dessert that bring happy tears - artful spirals of rich, dark chocolate swirled into a tangy, creamy cheesecake layer on a...
Christmas Desserts, No-Bake Desserts, Valentine's Day Recipes
· Updated February 2026
If you love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, you are in for a treat with this easy 4-ingredient chocolate peanut butter pudding! Rich, creamy, and deeply chocolatey, this...
· Updated July 2024
When you can only dream of traveling to a crystal-clear turquoise coast with powdery sand drifting through your toes, you do the next best thing. You bake a coconut pineapple...
Diwali Recipes, Indian Desserts, No-Bake Desserts, Snacks
· Updated September 2024
Call them what you want dates and nut rolls, khajoor ladoo, or date laddoo, every home has a version of them that is just as delicious. Naturally sweet with the...
· Updated September 2024
You’ve been missing out on some thick, creamy, and delectable bliss if you haven’t made coconut condensed milk at home. It is so much better than anything you get out...
· Updated September 2024
Almond butter cups are my take on Reese’s cups, but with Almond Butter! A fun treat to make that asks for minimal fuss and minimal ingredients. I even leave the...
Indian Desserts, No-Bake Desserts
· Updated July 2024
Eid, for those who live in this part of the world, is synonymous with bowls of creamy, silken, and aromatic sheer khurma. Speckled with roasted nuts, fragrant with cardamom, and...
4th of July Recipes, Cakes, Mother's Day Recipes
· Updated September 2024
Tangy, sweet, soft, and moist, the lemon poppyseed cupcakes have a spring in their step from the fresh lemon juice and a jaunty cream cheese frosting, making them the perfect...
Cookies, Easter Recipes, Holiday Cookies, Mother's Day Recipes
· Updated September 2024
I’ve baked plenty of madeleines. But with Matcha Pistachio Madeleines, I dared to reinterpret the classic recipe by adding not-so-usual ingredients. At least for traditional madeleines. To say the buttery flavor of...
· Updated September 2024
This cream cheese swirl banana bread combines the best of both worlds! Warm, comforting banana bread and decadent, creamy cheesecake! An irresistible combination! This recipe for banana bread with cream...
Breakfast & Brunch Recipes, DIY Pantry Essentials
· Updated January 2024
Making fresh granola is extremely satisfying because baking it requires little effort, but Banana Granola truly takes it up a notch. This granola is a delicious blend of crunchy nuts, caramelly...
· Updated July 2024
This classic, simple lemon cheesecake will brighten your home all year round. It is rich, creamy, and bursting with springy lemon flavor. Add a cookie crumble base and gorgeous white chocolate ganache topping,...
· Updated September 2024
Who said a chocolate cake can’t be a snacking cake? It absolutely can, and the chocolate sheet cake proves it. Baked with 70% dark chocolate, doused in luscious chocolate frosting...
4th of July Recipes, Breakfast & Brunch Recipes, Muffins
· Updated September 2024
There is no better pairing than the notes of chocolate and cherries blended in one. So, when you use the last of the cherries of this season to create chocolate...
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