Soft Dinner Rolls From Scratch: Standard Recipe, Make-Ahead and Freezing
Soft dinner rolls need flour, milk, butter, egg, sugar, yeast and salt, about 3 hours start to finish. Plus overnight make-ahead and freezing steps.
Holiday Baking
Thanksgiving, Christmas and seasonal baking: timelines, cookies, pies and breads for the holidays.
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Classic Pumpkin Pie With Canned Pumpkin and Evaporated Milk, and How to Tell It Is Set
A standard pumpkin pie recipe using canned pumpkin and evaporated milk, with baking temperatures and the jiggle test that shows when the custard is set.
Thanksgiving Pies Ranked Easiest to Hardest, and Which to Bake Ahead
Pumpkin, apple, pecan and sweet potato pie compared by difficulty, with clear advice on which pies you can bake ahead and which are best fresh.
Cranberry Nut Bread With Fresh or Frozen Cranberries and Orange Zest
A classic holiday quick bread with orange zest and chopped nuts. Use fresh or frozen cranberries, with tips for storage, variations and fixing a sunken loaf.
Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute: Easy Homemade Blend and How Much to Use
Mix your own pumpkin pie spice from cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, and learn how much of the blend to use in pies, muffins, breads and cookies.
Gingerbread Cookies: Molasses Dough, Spice Blend and How to Make Them Soft or Crisp
Gingerbread dough is a molasses-sweetened, spiced cookie dough that rolls and cuts well. Thickness and bake time decide whether the cookies come out soft or snappy.
How to Ship Holiday Cookies: Which Cookies Travel Well, How to Pack Them and When to Mail
Sturdy, dry cookies packed snugly in a tin, inside a cushioned box, mailed early in the week, arrive in good shape. Check your carrier's holiday cutoff dates before you bake.
Cut-Out Christmas Sugar Cookies That Hold Their Shape: Chilling, Rolling and Baking
Sugar cookies keep sharp edges when the dough has enough flour, little or no leavening and is rolled and cut while cold. Here is the method step by step.
Make-Ahead Pumpkin Pie: How Far Ahead to Bake, How to Store It and How to Prevent Cracks
Pumpkin pie is a custard, so it is a natural make-ahead dessert as long as it stays refrigerated. Here is the classic ratio, the doneness test and how to keep the surface smooth.
How to Plan a Christmas Cookie Exchange: Quantities, Packaging and Allergen Labels
A cookie exchange is simple math plus a few house rules. Decide how many cookies each guest brings, ask for allergen labels and pick cookies that survive a car ride.