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These Baked Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese are the ultimate comfort food and make the perfect side dish for holiday baking. These make-ahead potatoes can be made 1-2 days in advance and then baked just before serving. Made with cream cheese, butter in the potatoes and on top, and cream, they are ultimately creamy and buttery, with a light golden top. Here a spoon is scooping the potatoes out of the pan in the center of the image

Salads and Sides

Baked Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese

We make these Cherry Bars with Almond Glaze every holiday season. Made in a half sheet pan, they make a beautiful dessert for a larger crowd or make an easy Christmas gift. The tender crumb, cherry pie filling, and almond icing drizzle are a delicious combination, and they are easy to prepare. In this image, a cherry bar is plated in the center of the image with a bite taken, showing the inside tender crumb, cherry pie filling, and almond drizzle up close. Plated bars are in the background.

Desserts

Cherry Bars with Almond Glaze

This Brined Boneless Turkey Breast with Maple Glaze is incredibly tender and flavorful. The overnight brine, seasoning, and maple butter glaze when roasting, gives this boneless turkey breast an incredible depth of flavor and just the right balance of slightly sweet and savory. This is an easy, elegant dish for dinner or for a small group for Thanksgiving if you don't want to make a large turkey. This is an overhead shot of the boneless turkey breast placed on a serving platter with sage, thyme, and cranberries. The breast has several slices cut so you can see the interior of the turkey as well.

Main

Brined Boneless Turkey Breast with Maple Glaze

This Maple Pecan Pie without Corn Syrup has the buttery, nutty, gooey filling you expect from pecan pie but with an added depth of flavor from maple syrup. Made with mostly maple syrup, some honey for thickening, and a touch of maple extract, each bite of the pecan pie has a hint of maple which beautifully compliments the roasted, sweetened pecans. Here in the center of the image is a slice of pecan pie with a bite taken out of the front with the pie and an additional slice in the background. Maple syrup and pecans are in the foreground and background as well.

Desserts

Maple Pecan Pie without Corn Syrup

This Coconut Cream Pie with Coconut Milk, made with part coconut milk and half-and half, is my husband's favorite pie. We have made it for countless birthdays and holidays, and truthfully, it is always a favorite for guests and family. It has a dreamy, creamy custard with coconut flavor that shines through from the coconut milk, sweetened coconut flakes in the custard, and toasted coconut flakes sprinkled on top. Here the pie is in the pan in the center of the image, and has been sliced into to see the creamy filling of the pie. Slices of the pie are in the background.

Desserts

Coconut Cream Pie with Coconut Milk

Just last night, I won first place in a chili contest with this Chili Recipe with Corn. We love this chili. It is the perfect one-pot meal. It makes a great cozy dinner on a busy weeknight, or easily feeds a crowd for game nights, Halloween, or other fall and winter gatherings. Made with ground beef, chili beans, pinto beans, green chiles, broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, seasonings, and corn, we love how the slight sweetness of the corn balances with the flavorful seasoned chili. This image shows an overhead of the chili served in a bowl with toppings including corn, avocao, green onions and grated cheese. Cornbread is shown above the bowl of chili.

Main

Chili Recipe with Corn

These Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls are a favorite at our dinner table. Irresistibly soft on the inside with a buttery golden crust, this recipe makes a big batch of 35 rolls at once, making it a perfect side for holiday and family dinners. Here the rolls are on the baking sheet hot out of the oven. One roll has been taken off and the shot shows the fluffiness of the rolls in the pan.

Breakfast and Breads

Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls

This Fall Themed Charcuterie Board is the ultimate autumn centerpiece. Filled with sweet and savory fall desserts and snacks, it's perfect for Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, or just a fun night at home. The recipes for the pecan tassies, pumpkin cream cheese cookies, apple caramel cake, caramel sauce, and cherry pecan brie are in the blog post, as well as lots of tips for how to create a charcuterie board. This board is easy to customize using your favorite fall eats and treats. Here you see an overhead view of the round board filled with the baked goods mentioned as well as feta cheese stuffed olives, pretzels, sliced baguette, cranberry hazelnut crisps, trail mix, sliced dried oranges, sliced salami, cubed cheddar cheese, grapes, sliced apples and autumn leaf candies.

Appetizers, Desserts

Fall Themed Charcuterie Board

This Pretzel Dog Recipe is the ultimate mash-up of two comfort foods. The pillowy soft, salty dough wrapped around the savory, juicy hot dogs makes a kid-friendly, nostalgic treat. Perfect for fun family meals or game day snacks, both kids and adults love them. In this image, there are three hot dogs placed on a small platter, ready to serve with a few other pretzel dogs in the background as well as various mustards.

Appetizers, Main

Pretzel Dog Recipe

These Homemade Pretzel Bites are crispy on the outside and pillowy soft on the inside. Made with a few pantry ingredients, these bakery-quality pretzels are the best comfort snack and perfect for dipping and sharing. We love their crisp, salty crust and fluffy middle; they are impossible to stop eating and make a perfect after school, game day, fun day snack. Here the pretzel bites are shown served on a platter with honey mustard sauce, with other sauces and kosher salt around the platter in an overhead shot.

Appetizers, Breakfast and Breads

Homemade Pretzel Bites

These Pecan Tassies with Honey have a buttery cream cheese crust and a rich, gooey pecan filling. They are bite-sized treats that taste like mini pecan pies and are a perfect addition to any holiday dessert platter. In this image, the tassies are arranged on a plate in the center of the image with a plate and platter of tassies in the background and some finely chopped pecans in the foreground and background.

Desserts

Pecan Tassies with Honey