Holiday – Page 3

Rose Drop

For me, the garden is a place of beauty, prayer, and deep inspiration for my cooking. I have a beautiful rose bush* — right now in full bloom with deep pink, fragrant blossoms. A few years ago, while weeding alongside this righteous proclamation of Spring, I envisioned a cocktail — the Rose Drop. I imagined…

Vanilla Butter Cookies

This tasty rolled and cut cookie is just the perfect thing to frost and decorate. What makes this my go-to recipe for cut-out cookies is that this dough tastes great and is easy to work with. The secret? There isn’t much sugar in this dough, yielding a very easy to roll dough that cuts cleanly…

Pecan Snowball Cookies

It’s officially the holidays, and that means I get to make our favorite family cookie: Pecan Snowball Cookies. These petite, snowy-white cookies are crunchy little nuggets of buttery pecan joy. Though there are many recipes for cookies that look like this one, but they are often bland tasting. Years ago my mother in law shared…

Apple Sage Meatloaf

Autumn is close at hand, and that means apples are in season. My local market has beautiful seasonal apples, and I love to include them in savory dishes – including this fragrant meatloaf. This twist on classic meatloaf flavors a 1/2 and 1/2 combination of turkey and pork with sweet apple, fresh sage, and onion….

Hot Cross Buns

This is my take on traditional Hot Cross Buns — flavor-filled, spiced sweet dough buns with the sign on the cross frosted on top to remember Good Friday. My take on these buns is the selection of spices and dried fruits — fresh orange zest, cardamom, and cinnamon perfume the dough while dried sweetened cranberries…