Best Brown Sugar Apple Dapple Cake Recipe
Third time in five days, and I finally stopped overmixing the batter. That’s the thing about this Brown Sugar Apple Dapple Cake—it looks forgiving, all … Read more
Cozy Salted Caramel Apple Crisp with Oat Crumble
I figured the secret to a perfect apple crisp was all in the fruit—tart, firm, perfectly spiced. It took about one bite of a version … Read more
Easy 7-Day Sourdough Starter: The Best Beginner Recipe
It was a Tuesday night, well past eleven, and the rest of the house had gone quiet. I was standing at the kitchen counter, staring … Read more
Creamy Slow Cooker Tomato Basil Soup with Fresh Tomatoes
The last tomato from my garden sat on the counter for four days. I kept looking at it, knowing I should do something special, but … Read more
Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Sage (Easy, 30-Minute Recipe)
My friend Jenna did not trust butternut squash in soup. “It’s too sweet,” she said, waving a spoon at me across her tiny kitchen table. … Read more
Creamy Crockpot Cheeseburger Potato Soup: Easy Slow Cooker Meal
“What if we just dumped a cheeseburger into the slow cooker?” My brother-in-law said this while staring into my open fridge one rainy Sunday afternoon. … Read more
Perfect Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins Recipe: Easy & Best
That first crack of a sugar-dusted streusel top under my teeth—the kind that shatters just enough before giving way to something impossibly soft—still takes me … Read more
Best Easy Classic Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
Flour dusted across the counter, a timer beeping somewhere behind me, and the distinct smell of cinnamon filling the kitchen—that’s where this pumpkin roll story … Read more
Easy Baked Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts (Best Fall Recipe)
I burned pumpkin donuts three times before I figured out the trick. Not a little overcooked, not slightly dark on the edges—I mean, blackened bottoms, … Read more
Perfect Cream Cheese Swirl Pumpkin Bread: Easy Autumn Recipe
The ribbon of cream cheese is what I made this for — everything else is secondary. That thick, tangy, almost cheesecake-like stripe running through the … Read more