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Decorated Christmas cookies.

Classic Cream Cheese Cutout Cookies

Glogg ingredients

“Aunt Betsy’s Favorite” Glogg

The very best molasses crinkles.

Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies

One-Bowl Buttermilk Birthday Cake

Balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts.

Ina Garten’s Roasted Balsamic Brussels Sprouts

Seriously, this may be my favorite dessert ever. I baked this apple cake this morning, ate one quarter of it for lunch, and another quarter for dinner. I'm tempted to include a picture of the half-eaten cake in this post, but am too embarrassed. I don't know what else to say. It's moist, delicious, seasonal and can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch or dinner. I mean it. Make it! // alexandracooks.com

Best Dessert Ever

An overhead shot of a mini loaf pan filled with just-baked lemon-ricotta pound cake.

Lemon-Ricotta Pound Cake

Sourdough boule freshly baked.

Easy Sourdough Bread (Whole Wheat-ish)

A large sheet pan holding just baked pissaladière.

How to Make Pissaladière

A plate of Korean hot tuna aside toasty bread.

Korean Double Hot Tuna with Crostini

I’ve been making this oat and quinoa porridge nearly every morning for breakfast since learning the recipe, and while it’s a bit more work than other cooked-from-scratch hot breakfast cereals, it’s well worth the effort. An aromatic, light but satisfying, perfectly sweet porridge that comes together in a snap. // alexandracooks.com

Jean Adamson’s Quinoa-and-Oat Porridge

This chocolate-espresso icebox cake takes all of 20 minutes to throw together, will receive rave reviews from your guests, and you will find too irresistible, impossible, in fact, not to sneak a little spoonful of every time you open the fridge. // alexandracooks.com

Chocolate-Espresso Icebox Cake

This apple pancake is one of the most fun recipes to prepare as it comes together in just minutes, puffs dramatically in the oven, and feeds four comfortably (so long as you provide some bacon or sausage on the side.) // alexandracooks.com

Apple Dutch Baby

I make crustless quiche nearly once a week, always with uncooked greens, always with fresh thyme, always with crème fraîche, always following the Tartine recipe. Without a crust in the equation, this sort of quiche is effortless to whip up for a weeknight dinner. // alexandracooks.com

Crustless Quiche Loaded with Kale

Roasted cabbage on a platter.

Crispy Oven-Roasted Cabbage Wedges

Dense chocolate loaf cake.

Nigella Lawson’s Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake

This sandwich bread can be made entirely with whole wheat flour, but I like using a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat flours, which produce a soft, light, and sturdy loaf, one that appeals, most importantly, to both toddlers and adults alike. // alexandracooks.com

Walter Sands’ Soft Sandwich Bread

Curried lentils with kale and coconut

Curried Lentils with Kale and Coconut Milk (Masoor Dal)

An overhead shot of homemade tomato sauce in a quart container.

Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce (Canned Tomatoes)

This garlic and thyme monkey bread with spicy tomato sauce would nicely complement any pasta dish (for all of you carb lovers that is) but would also be wildly received at any sort of Super Bowl gathering. // alexandracooks.com

Easy Garlic Monkey Bread

A bowl of real sour cream and onion dip.

Real Sour Cream & Onion Dip

A bowl of oven-roasted polenta.

Creamy Oven-Baked Polenta Recipe

Overhead shot of two loaves of super moist banana bread.

Mrs. Myers’s Sweet and Moist Banana Bread

A slice of orange and olive oil cake.

Orange and Olive Oil Cake

A jar of Greek salad dressing on a countertop.

An overhead shot of a stack of homemade flour tortillas.

A large bowl of mango salsa.

A bowl of Moroccan Carrot Salad.

A bowl over overnight chia oats and berries.

Beet salad on a plate.

More Vegetarian Recipes