Simply roll two colors of dough together to make these festive cookies. The cookie chapter was pretty overloaded as it was, and some recipes ended up falling by the wayside. Red and white pinwheel cookies were one of them. Irvin Lin And that’s too bad because they are a classic holiday cookie that everyone should learn to make. But today is your lucky day! I’m resurrecting the recipe and sharing it with you....

An easy to make sauce for eggs Benedict and a lot more. Making hollandaise was a rite of passage when I was in cooking school. Gallons of scrambled and broken hollandaise went into the garbage. Sally Vargas Its so much easier! What Is Hollandaise? You probably know hollandaise best as the sunny yellow sauce cascading overeggs Benedictat brunch. Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas How Do You Make Hollandaise?...

Theres nothing like a fresh batch of home fries! We had dueling home fries here the other day, a veritable home-fry cook-off between my mother and father. Dad makes his home fries for breakfast using leftover boiled potatoes from the night before. Elise Bauer The raw potatoes tend to brown up better. The cooked potatoes can get a little mushy if you stir them too much. you might easily dress them up with bell peppers, ham, or bacon....

Homemade almond roca is an easy English toffee with almonds thats topped with dark chocolate. Perfect for holiday gifts! I have a severe weak spot for Almond Roca during the holiday season. Annika Panikker I can resist fruitcake, all manner of Christmas cookies, puddings, and mince pies. But when it comes to Almond Roca, will power abandons me. (That will be an extra hundred situps for the next two weeks, c’mon....

The best apple pie you’ll ever make. This apple pie is my family’s most requested pie during the holidays. I usually make two of them so we can enjoy one for leftovers. Simply Recipes / Annika Panikker Nothing better than pie for breakfast, right? Some apple varieties cook up faster than others. Some cook up firm, some more soft; some apples are more tart, some more sweet. Simply Recipes / Annika Panikker...

Nothing beats the taste of homemade applesauce, and it’s so easy to make! He freezes them in large quart-sized mason jars for us to enjoy all year long. The result is a refreshing, utterly delicious applesauce. Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer He’ll mix fresh cranberries in with the apples forcranberry applesauce, or stalks of rhubarb for rhubarb applesauce. Plums and pluots sometimes find their way into his applesauce too. For more information on which apple varieties are best for baking, check out ourGuide to Apples....

Birria is a heavenly combination of slow cooked, tender beef and a rich, spicy broth. Serve it as is or make birria tacos with it! For this recipe, I use beef. Susy Villasuso / Simply Recipes Its a stew that is built on layers upon layers of flavor with smart techniques and little effort. Thats why its important that it tastes delicious. Its garnished simply with the classic combination of cilantro and finely chopped white onions....

The best weekend brunch cocktail comes from making your own mix! Simply Recipes / Elana Lepkowski Have you tried making a Bloody Mary mix at home? This is a wonderfully hands-off recipeyour blender will do most of the work. Simply Recipes / Elana Lepkowski This base is fantastic with vodka as a straightforward Bloody Mary. Its not too assertive, so you could customize it to your liking. In fact, I made this recipe with that approach in mind....

Ditch the bottled dressing and make bold, creamy blue cheese dressing at home in mere minutes! You probably have everything you need already in your fridge! Im just going to say it: Cheese is my favorite food group. Sally Vargas Andblue cheeseis my gold standard. It is salty and strong and just a little bit stinky. Those words are music to my ears. Sally Vargas Once about every three years I will buy a bottle of salad dressing as an experiment....

In the fictional world, it was winter, and the drink was hot. you could make the bubbly concoction at home with this incredibly easy butterbeer recipe. Butterscotch flavor permeates the drink, both in the soda base and the topping, which well get into. Simply Recipes / Elana Lepkowski Buy Store-Bought Butterscotch Syrup… There are two ways to go about adding the butterscotch flavor in. You might be surprised to find that making your own butterscotch syrupmight be easierthan finding a quality bottled syrup!...

Homemade Campari is easy, affordable, and a great gift idea. Campari is an herbaceous, bittersweet Italian liqueur that took the 1860s by storm and whose popularity continues today. Campari gives the Negroni its bouquet of orange and grapefruit, and plenty of other drinks theirelan vital. Sam Schick Make your own with this easy recipe. Keep the bottle for your own home bar, or generously give it away as a gift....

Making your own caramel sauce from scratch is a lot easier than you might think! It takes practically no time at all. (verify you are using real sugar, not a sugar substitute.) Elise Bauer Once the sugar has all dissolved and turned brown, we add butter. The heat of the caramel will melt the butter and create even more wonderful flavors. Finally, after the butter has melted, we add heavy whipping cream....

These small, toothsome, tightly wound shell-shaped pasta requires no special equipment! Cavatelli was invented in Molise, a region of Southern Italy. It’s made from semolina flour, a bang out of durum wheat, and water. Simply Recipes / Karishma Pradhan The dough is kneaded for several minutes until soft and smooth. Finally, each piece is hand-rolled into its characteristic shape. It’s important to drag each chunk firmly to create a thin inner cavity....