When it comes to Halloween goodies, Tasty Kitchen members are coming through as usual. These miniature Oreo Pumpkin Cheesecakes from Lauren’s Latest look darling and delicious.         And these ginger sugar cookies from Heather Christo are precious, and sound absolutely yummy. (Love Heather’s blog!)         I love the look [...]View Post →

I always like to try a few new cookie recipes every season. I was looking for a festive holiday cookie recipe on Tasty Kitchen and stumbled upon Monique's recipe for Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies. My search was over. I had to make these cookies. Snickerdoodles are a classic holiday cookie, but these are made with brown butter. Brown butter takes butter, an already glorious ingredient, to a new level of gloriousness. If you haven't tried brown butter, don't wait any longer---make these Brown Butter Snickerdoodles. View Post →

  If Cinco de Mayo isn’t a drinking holiday, then I don’t know what is! During B.C. (before children) years, my friends and I would map out our itinerary that started the Cinco de Mayo celebration on the evening of Quatro de Mayo. We only thought it would be proper to devote every available hour [...]View Post →

There’s something about the holidays and cookies that just feels right. Like pumpkin and autumn. Ice cream and summer. Coffee and mornings. Chocolate and any-o’clock. So, to send you off on your busy holiday weekend, we picked a few (okay, more than a few) cookie recipes for you, all highly-rated favorites here at Tasty Kitchen. [...]View Post →

These Cranberry Orange Bars, shared by Stephanie, fit the bill perfectly. I love cranberry sauce, and these bars are the perfect combination of a sweetly tart cranberry sauce, sandwiched between a tasty cobbler-type crust and topping. Using just a few easy ingredients, you can have these bars whipped up in no time. View Post →

  Around this time of the year, appetizers, gift trays or baskets, and meal plans get a lot of attention. Drinks? Sometimes they’re an afterthought. Or sometimes we just default to the standard fare we get at the store. The planning that goes into it pretty much involves figuring out how many bags of ice [...]View Post →

I’m always blown away by the creativity and imagination of our TK members. As one with two left thumbs with no sense of color matching, who can pipe frosting only if the intended shape is “lumps of no discernible form,” seeing all your creations fills me with awe and, okay, a tinge of jealousy. I’m [...]View Post →

  Many of you who are the organized, early planners probably have your Easter feast all figured out already, down to napkin colors, wine selection and which unlucky person has to sit next to crazy Uncle Teddy. Then there are some of us who frantically throw things together at the last minute, hopping around the [...]View Post →