Everyone’s favorite pie gets transformed into the treat of the season with apple pie cupcakes. Cinnamon-infused cupcakes topped with spiced buttercream, caramelized apples and pie crust leaves are as delicious to look at as they are to eat! 

Classic turtles are taken up a notch when turned into the ultimate holiday cookie! Chocolate thumbprints coated in pecans and filled with homemade caramel are sure to become a new tradition.

Ring in the New Year with this easy and delicious recipe for baked clams! We love to have a seafood feast with friends and family on New Years Eve and these baked clams make for the perfect appetizer! Have a friend or family member help in the kitchen and you’ll make this easy appetizer even quicker—one cleans and opens clams while the other works on the filling!

We believe caramelized onions may be the key to all culinary success—they make just about everything taste better! In this gratin, they are the perfect sweet, soft foil to hearty kale. The key to making achingly sweet, meltingly delicious caramelized onions is to take it nice and slow. Higher heat will cook the onions, but they won’t caramelize. 

Making cornbread from scratch is super easy, plus you’ll avoid the refined ingredients found in boxed mixes. My vegan version is southern-friend certified, cholesterol-free and tastes like corn! Do use fresh cornmeal for the best flavor.

Frosted sugar cookies get dressed up the holidays. Decorated with two kinds of buttercream, festive sprinkles and candy canes, these buttery vanilla cookies are sure to become a family tradition.

These may be served as passed hors d’oeuvres or served as a first course (perhaps with a handful of very lightly dressed greens)—either way, they are sure to be a hit.

Serve these toasts with a hearty soup for dinner, or as the perfect pre-dinner nibble. The pesto may be made up to two days ahead.

These fritters are sure to become every one’s favorite vegetable dish! They can be made with fresh or thawed frozen riced cauliflower.