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    Holiday Desserts

    Holidays seem to bring out our best baking, and never more so than here. Updating Holiday Baking and Mother's Day Thoughts will give you plenty of idea.

    Time to pick your Holiday Dessert to try!

    • A close-up of a stack of salted macadamia rum toffee.
      Valentine’s Desserts Everyone Is Baking
    • A slice of the Cranberry Linzer Tart sits on an antique cream and gold plate.
      Jaw-Dropping Holiday Desserts Guaranteed to Impress Your Guests
    • A round doilie covered tray holds large and mini Apricot Pistachio Biscotti.
      Apricot Pistachio Italian Biscotti Recipe
    • Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
      Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
    • Mincemeat Tartlets
      Mincemeat Tarts
    • This Riene de Saba cake features 2 layers of chocolate cake with a mousse like filling, topped with candied cranberries
      Reine de Saba Cake with Candied Cranberries
    • Mincemeat
      Time to Make Mincemeat
    • A box of Macadamia Rum Toffee with a small Christmas ornament The toffee is topped with chocolate and almonds
      A Baker's Dozen Holiday Food Gifts
    • Cranberry Linzer Tart
      Make Ahead Cranberry Linzer Tart
    • Chocolate Truffles for Holiday Food Gifts
      Easy Holiday Food Gifts
    • Peppermint Ravioli Cookies tied in a stick with green ribbon and gift boxes around.
      Peppermint Ravioli Cookies
    • A slice of Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart on a plate with Rum Caramel Sauce and the tart in the bakground
      Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart with Caramel Rum Sauce
    • Orange Cranberry Cake for Holiday Baking
      Updating Holiday Baking
    • Happy New Year with a Peach Melba Royale

    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

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    Thanksgiving

    • An individual Sticky Toffee Pudding sits in a puddle of Lemon Sauce in a yellow and white bowl.
      Non Traditional Sticky Toffee Pudding
    • Scone with Cranberry Strawberry Jam on a plate
      Scones with Cranberry Strawberry Jam
    • Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie slice on a plate with the pie plate in the background.
      Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie
    • A piece of the Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake sists on a white plate with a fork and a cup next to it and more pieces on a cooling rack behind it.
      Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake – Moist & Easy Fall Recipe
    • Cinnamon French Toast with Berries in an Orange Sauce
      Stuffed Cinnamon French Toast & Orange Sauce
    • Several slices of the swirly Chocolate Babka is shown along with the whole in the background.
      Chocolate Babka Recipe

    Popular Recipes

    • This Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake features a pineapple slice with a cherry in the middle on top of a yellow cake sitting on a blue and white plate.
      Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
    • A plate of Cuccidati, fig and nut filled Italian Cookies sprinkled with multi-colored nonpariels.
      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
    • This picture shows a slice of the coffee cake on a white, lace edged plate on a marble counter.
      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
    • Langue de Chat cookies in a bowl.
      Langue de Chat
    • A split double strawberry muffin showing its pink interior next to a streusel-topped muffin on a white scalloped plate with a fresh strawberry.
      The Only Muffin Recipes You'll Ever Need — All From a Bowl and a Whisk!
    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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