Old-Fashioned Puffy Molasses Cookies

Old-Fashioned Puffy Molasses Cookies

I often think of molasses cookies or spice cookies as a cool-weather treat, but these little gems would be just as welcome on your Independence Day table alongside some cool watermelon and a pitcher of icy lemonade! The recipe is from Rumford Baking Powder, in 

Sheet Pan Scottish Shortbread

Sheet Pan Scottish Shortbread

This post may contain affiliate links, which cost you nothing, but may earn me a tiny commission. (Except probably not, because I’m super-lame about posting regularly.) There’s nothing that screams COZY! like a plate of Scottish shortbread and a cup of tea. Shortbread can be 

Virginia Spoon Bread

Virginia Spoon Bread

This recipe is another from the 1948 edition of The Rumford Complete Cookbook from Rumford Baking Powder. Now I didn’t grow up in Virginia, but I’ve lived here most of my adult life (except for that 8 years in Vegas) and I was recently shocked 

Coconut Lime Pound Cake

Coconut Lime Pound Cake

This moist cake is perfect for brunch, dessert, or tea time!

My Tiny Sicilian Grandmother’s Orange Walnut  Coffeecake

My Tiny Sicilian Grandmother’s Orange Walnut Coffeecake

This coffeecake is full of walnuts and orange peel and Grandma’s love!

Cranberry Coffeecake

Cranberry Coffeecake

If you can wait, let this cake sit for a day to develop the flavors and soften the texture–it’s 100% worth it!

Christmas Stollen

Christmas Stollen

This yummy Christmas bread has its roots in German baking

Weihnachtsbrot

Weihnachtsbrot

This past Christmas, I made some recipes out of a vintage cookbook from the mid 1960s called Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells. I love these old books with their illustrations and stories about the recipes! This recipe is for a semi-sweet Christmas cake/bread, full of 

Chocolate Cream Roll

Chocolate Cream Roll

Not too long ago, Stephan and I were binge-watching The Great British Baking Show, and I was seriously digging the episodes where the contestants were making cream rolls. Having made cream rolls and jelly rolls before with varying degrees of success, I felt bad for 

Any-Season Applesauce Cake

Any-Season Applesauce Cake

I love apple season! We always end up buying tons of fresh, crunchy apples to eat and bake with, but by mid-winter, some of them start to get a little past their prime. Easy fix–make applesauce! This simple cake goes together in a snap, but