Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
New Video {Peppermint Bark} + Overnight Brioche Cinnamon Buns, Favorite Egg Bake, Chez Panisse Almond Torte, My Grandmother's Mustard Sauce & More
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Friends, it's here! The season of cinnamon buns and snow scones, egg bakes and breakfast cake, shortbread and rum balls, ham and mustard sauce, glogg and tangerine spritzes. My ham is currently thawing in the fridge, and early next week, I'll make my grandmother's mustard sauce, the condiment that steals the show every year. On Tuesday, I'll make an almond torte or orange and olive oil cake both of which keep well for days and are loved by all. I've included all of my favorite Christmas Eve, Morning, and Dinner recipes here: Christmas Menu 2024. I hope all of your holiday planning is going well. Also! Some of you have had trouble with the chocolate layers swirling together in the peppermint bark recipe I posted recently, so I've made a video to help clarify some of the steps. This is the recipe I have made most this year for gifts for its ease, festiveness, and deliciousness, and I so want it to work for people β I hope the video helpsπ€π€π€
PS: 25+ Christmas Cookiesβ Christmas Menu 2024βSimple Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glazeβ βMy Grandmother's Mustard Sauceβ βBalthazar's Mussels β A Christmas Eve tradition with these ... β... oven fries. β For Christmas morning: Overnight (or not) Brioche Cinnamon Rolls or... βCranberry-Orange Buttermilk Breakfast Cakeβ βFavorite Egg Bakeβ
For every holiday dinner: Alice Waters's Potato Gratin or... ... Hasselback Potato Gratinβ 4 Easy Bread RecipesβNo-Knead Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rollsβ βNo-Knead Dinner Rolls (baked in a muffin pan, no shaping required!) βLofty Popovers (if you can make pancake batter, you can make these!)
Focaccia (overnight, refrigerator or sourdough) β And for dessert:βTiramisuβ βOrange and Olive Oil Cakeβ βChez Panisse Almond Torteβ
βLemon-Ricotta Cheesecakeβ
βOrange-Ricotta Pound Cakeβ
βClassic Cream Cheese Cutoutsβ
PS: A festive, easy drink: Tangerine Spritzβ In Case You Missed ItβZoe Francois' Exceptional Double Chocolate Crinklesβ β3-Ingredient Sugared Cranberries... ... for all of your entertaining needs:
βGift Guide 2024β Stromboli Every Saturday?
In Friday's pizza newsletter, I reminisce about the party breads of my youth and share a recipe for pepperoni stromboli. Get it here:
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Hi. I'm Ali.
Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
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