This is just about as easy as it gets for some really good homemade focaccia. It doesn’t take a lot of time and it’s a great project to tackle with the kids. You can make focaccia from scratch, with a… Read More »How to Make Easy Focaccia
We’ve been making these pumpkin fritters for a long time. They are wonderful for supper on a chilly fall evening served alongside a soup or a salad. We serve them hot, drizzled with maple. The corn in these fritters complements… Read More »How to Make Pumpkin Fritters
This is a favorite recipe that we have made many times in the oven. Here we converted it to a microwave recipe for those extra busy days. When you have leftover chicken, this is an easy—and terrific—dish to make. For… Read More »Chicken Enchiladas in the Microwave
Fudgy brownies or cake-like? It’s a matter of choice—but as for us, we like fudgy brownies. What makes them so and how do they work? If you are willing to do a bit of experimenting, you can tweak the recipe… Read More »How Brownies Work
“We always use cast iron pans for our cornbread.” So, what kinds of cornbread and pans do we use? We were talking to a food editor in the South. We only occasionally use cast iron. Most of the time, we… Read More »Different Kinds of Cornbread and Pans to Use
This is simply Rice Krispie Treats with added white chocolate chips and dry cranberries. The white chocolate melts into the marshmallow mixture and makes for a much richer and very attractive bar. This is very suitable for guests. It is… Read More »How to Make Gourmet Rice Krispie Treats
For these raspberry nut muffins with white chocolate chips, we used all white flour, but you can use part whole wheat flour if you choose. We used raspberry tidbits made with raspberry puree. We substituted white sugar for the brown to… Read More »Raspberry Nut Muffins with White Chocolate Chips
This is simply a snickerdoodle recipe with chocolate chips added. With the addition of chocolate chips, flour was increased just slightly, and they seem to take just a bit longer to bake. You can use either milk chocolate or semi-sweet… Read More »Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodles Recipe
This is a marvelous baked rice pudding recipe, really a custard pudding that includes rice. The eggs set while baking just as in a custard dessert or pie. We like this pudding with dried cranberries or craisins. Not only do… Read More »Baked Rice Pudding Recipe
“I’ve always liked moist, roast chicken but LuAnn in our test kitchen showed me how to make them even better. It’s incredible how good these can be. Let LuAnn show you.” We roasted tons of chickens–horizontally and vertically, in the… Read More »What’s the Best Way to Roast a Chicken?