I have a serious fetish for turning my favorite childhood snacks into desserts for my inner child to eat! This one is definitely my...

If you have been following me close enough, you will know that I have been playing with this recipe for rabanadas for a long, long time....

Downloadable PDF This banana bread is inspired by one of my all time favorite snacks: peanut butter and banana. There is nothing like...

Downloadable PDF Hello Dolly Bars, also known as Magic Bars or 7-Layer Bars, get their name from the musical "Hello, Dolly!". As a...

Downloadable PDF Honey, you are gonna be nuts about this recipe! One of the most vivid childhood memories I have is trying to get my...

Downloadable PDF Pizzelle are a holiday classic, but that doesn't mean they're reserved for holidays only! All the Italian goddesses in...

Downloadable PDF Makes 6 dozen Grandma Katherine (Bimpy's wife) was a Holiday Cookie Queen. She had so many iconic recipes, and I am just...

Downloadable PDF If you thought you had seen the last of Grandma Millie in the Grossy kitchen, you thought so wrong! Allow me to...

Downloadable PDF Makes 3 dozen Few things are better than a couple of biscotti and the perfect cup of coffee. I know this because I grew...

Downloadable PDF Makes 4 dozen Pignoli have eyes for you... This cookie is very special to my heart and my heritage. I'd go as far to say...

Downloadable PDF Makes 4 dozen A holiday classic. You know her, you love her, and now you don't have to wait for someone else to make...

Downloadable PDF Makes 4 dozen You know this girl. She shows up to every party, invited or not. She's always wearing a different festive...

Downloadable PDF Makes 5 dozen Filhoses, or Filhó, are a traditional Portuguese sweet fried dough fritter containing pumpkin and whiskey...

Downloadable PDF Have you ever asked yourself what would happen if a pumpkin pie face planted onto a coffee cake? Cool, me too. And I...

Downloadable PDF Pretzel Salad, made very frequently by my Aunt Chris throughout my childhood, should just immediately be awarded the...

Downloadable PDF There are a billion recipes for coffee cake in the world, but are any of them better than my mom's? No, because she's my...

Downloadable PDF I've been baking Grossy's Chocolate Chip Cookies longer than most recipes I've shared on this site. These cookies are...

Downloadable PDF I spent my twenties living in San Francisco, and a good portion of that time was spent in the audience at drag bars,...

Downloadable PDF The Italian Easter Rice Pie is another one of the many Easter recipes that are found on the table in Italian-American...

Downloadable PDF Throughout my entire life, my mom has used chocolate covered fruit as a last minute gift of love to pretty much everyone...

Downloadable PDF In case you couldn't tell, festive holiday gatherings are my jam—literally and figuratively! In my family, we always...

Downloadable PDF Makes 2 loaves I'll make this quick (get it!) but I LOVE a quick bread. This zucchini bread is one of my favorites. It's...

Downloadable PDF Makes 2 loaves My sister Diana is the queen of the quick bread. She brings them to every gathering, always slicing and...

Downloadable PDF Makes 3 dozen My dear friend and fellow best-mom-in-the-world, Erica, sent me cookies in the mail a few months ago when...

Downloadable PDF Makes 4 loaves* My mom spent my childhood selling endless loaves of her famous Italian bread for charity at every school...

Downloadable PDF The ice box cake is an easy peasy no-bake summertime classic that just happens to be insanely delicious, too. The...

Downloadable PDF A quick baking lesson for you all. A "buckle dessert" is a dish that consists of fruit and cake baked together, with a...

Downloadable PDF This dessert is everything I love about a recipe: Easy, gorgeous, and based off one of my mom's recipes! Obviously, you...

Downloadable PDF Mom has a recipe for everything. Most of them are one-bowl, require only a wooden spoon, and take minutes to make....

Downloadable PDF Personally, my favorite fruit is my friend Taylor who just so happens to make his famous fruit crisp all summer-long on...

Downloadable PDF This recipe is adapted from a now-shuttered culinary school in San Francisco called Tante Marie. My good friend Chris...

Downloadable PDF Hot Tip: All you have to do to get my full attention is say “family recipe.” It took me way too long to make this family...

Downloadable PDF My grandmother Millie (Mom's mom) grew up in Brooklyn, where she met one of her closest lifelong friends, Lillian....

Downloadable PDF Makes 5 dozen The origin of my chocolate chip cookie recipe starts in my early 20s in San Francisco baking with my...

Downloadable PDF This is a “mom” recipe if there ever was one. One bowl, a wooden spoon, and a genius baby food ingredient hack make this...

Downloadable PDF This sweet bread is just such a stunner! She’s perfectly thicc, has curves for days, and proudly wears a coat of many...