French butter cookies are a personal favorite of mine and this year I made them as Checkerboard and Marble Sablés .  Don't be intimida...

  Vanillekipferl are crescent-shaped almond shortbread cookies traditionally made at Christmas time in many European countries, e.g., German...

For Thanksgiving I present to you a Rice Krispies Turkey .     I love a 3-D cake pan so when I saw this turkey shaped one from Nordic Ware ...

Pumpkin Cupcakes are  perfect for your Halloween or autumn gathering.  For the chocolate cupcake I used Cook's Illustrated 's recip...

  I could literally kick myself for never having tasted Maritozzi , a traditional Italian breakfast treat consisting of a brioche bun fille...