Add peppermint flavor to homemade thin mint cookies reminiscent of Girl Scout Cookies with this recipe from PBS's Adrianna Adarme of the Fresh Tastes blog.
Baking
A Warmly Spiced Banana Bread from a New 'Milk Street' Cookbook
Daniel HautzingerThe browned butter-cardamom banana bread comes from Milk Street's first baking cookbook, featuring recipes and techniques from around the globe.
'Milk Street' Bakes – and Teaches, and Tours the Globe for New Recipes
Daniel HautzingerMilk Street releases its first baking cookbook in the same year that it launches culinary tours. Director of education Rosemary Gill spoke to us about both, and the cooking school.
Spruce Tree Shortbread
Daniel HautzingerCooking with spruce is magical. It fills up the house with the fragrance of a sweet-scented forest and makes it feel oh-so-Christmassy!
Oat Ginger Rhubarb Crumble
Daniel HautzingerTry a simple, warming dessert perfect to make with a child.
Donkey Hodie Birthday Cake
Daniel HautzingerCelebrate a birthday with a cake decorated to look like the face of the PBS Kids star Donkey Hodie!
Mary Berry's Passion Fruit Tart
Daniel HautzingerTry a recipe for a passion fruit-flavored take on lemon tart from the grande dame of British cookery. It's perfect for a sunny spring gathering.
Chocolate Ginger-Molasses Cookies Great for Kids and Adults
Daniel HautzingerIt can be difficult to find recipes that please both children and adults, but these cookies from Martha Stewart manage to do so by adding chocolate chunks to ooey-gooey molasses cookies.
A Puerto Rican Holiday Bread Pudding You Can Make with Your Kids
Daniel HautzingerIn Puerto Rico, budín de pan or bread pudding is typically served during Nochebuena or Christmas Eve. This recipe from PBS KIDS' Jessica Martinez is adapted from her grandmother, who took out the traditional raisins in favor of making the budín like a pineapple upside-down cake.
A Kid-Friendly Fruitcake Recipe
Daniel HautzingerFruitcake may be a polarizing holiday dish, but if you make it fresh at home with your children, it can become a memorable new tradition – and it's easily customizable in terms of what fruit and nuts you include in it.