The Holidays

Spices

Spiced Christmas Tree Cookies

This post was originally run on December 13, 2012. A few weeks ago I fessed up to having an addiction to Anna Olson and her Food Network show Bake with

The Holidays

Lisa’s Letters Home: Gingerbread House

Oh, Pinterest. Sometimes you have some amazing ideas that work really, really well. Other times, you have ideas that really, really don’t work well – like the Graham cracker gingerbread house.

By Occasion

Strata

We’re dedicating this week to holiday breakfasts. So much attention gets paid to big dinners but if you’ve got friends or family staying with you over the holidays you need

By Season

Glazed Donut Cookies

I took a page from my aunt Cathryn’s holiday survival manuscript and put aside a day to bake. It’s a tradition for her to buckle down in the kitchen a

Snacks & Desserts

Cardamom Crescent Cookies

For 51 weeks of the year Laura and I use SPC as a place to talk about how/what/why of healthy family food. We’re all, “Kale is awesome!” and “Have you

By Meal Type

Sugar Cookies

This might be my favorite post in my favorite week. Favorite. Cookies are my achilles heel. I can’t ever turn one down. To say the least, I was excited for Ceri and

Birthdays

Mini Snowman Cupcakes

This recipe was originally posted last year  but they are so cute we decided to share them with you again… I don’t have a sister, unless you count my friend Janet. A friend

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Pumpkin-Gingerbread Cupcakes

When chicken pox strike you’re stuck at home–For a looooooooooooong time. I guess this means you can count on a lot of posts from us. With half of “Day One: The

The Holidays

Gingerbread Man Cookies

My aunt spends a day baking early in December and then freezes the 10 million cookies she makes. When it gets closer to the holidays, she defrosts everything, divides them up

The Holidays

Nutmeg Crumble Cake

When I was living in New York City I used to spend my summers in Fire Island. The sliver of land off the coast of Long Island is mostly reachable by