Recipe: Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies — The Freezer Cookie Plate

Whether you also know these little powdered sugar-dusted cookies as Russian tea cakes or Italian wedding cookies, these buttery, nutty cookies are a welcome addition to any cookie plate — especially since they can be made ahead and frozen. You can use almost any nut that you'd like, and this version adds cocoa powder and cayenne pepper for a taste that's reminiscent of a mug of spicy hot chocolate.

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Recipe: Spicy Kale and Sweet Potato Egg Bake — Holiday Brunch Bakes

If what you're after is a lighter breakfast for your family (you know, to balance out all those cookies), this veggie-packed egg bake is your solution. Laced with wilted kale and hints of cumin and smoked paprika, and built on a base of thick-cut roasted sweet potatoes, this breakfast casserole gets a spicy surprise from gochujang, the slightly sweet Korean chile paste.

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How To Make Sugar Buns — Baking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Sugar buns are a stunning morning treat, with layers of rich, flaky puff pastry dough swirled with a fragrant sugar mixture and coated in warm butter and sparkling sugar. Consider them the ideal pastry for a fast-and-fancy breakfast treat. They are the easiest way to bring a warm, sugary confection to your mornings (besides picking some up from your favorite bakery).

Unlike their cousins — morning buns, sticky buns, and cinnamon buns — sugar buns can be made with hardly any planning, since they skip a rise and yeast dough. So in less than one hour and with about six ingredients or fewer, you can have these beauties for breakfast.

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SPONSORED POST: Recipe: Roasted Eggplant and Mushroom Bolognese — Sponsored by Bosch Home Appliances

Steam roasting is a little bit of culinary magic. It combines the best of steam cooking, which helps retain foods' inherent moisture, and roasting, which intensifies flavors and enhances the naturally occurring sugars.

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Recipe: Orange-Maple French Toast Casserole — Holiday Brunch Bakes

Lean on the season's abundance of sweet, ripe oranges to make this French toast casserole the hero of your holiday brunch. Cubes of brioche take the place of slices, and they're infused with the bright-sweet aroma of orange sugar to amp up the citrus flavor. To finish, an orange-infused maple syrup for drizzling turns this classic brunch favorite into a casserole for a crowd.

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How To Make Classic Linzer Cookies — Baking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Linzer cookies might look like another pretty sandwich cookie, but these sweet-tart cookies have a rich, tender crumb, thanks to a nearly invisible ingredient.

Almonds turned into almond flour make an everyday sugar cookie dough a tender, melt-in-your-mouth treat, fragrant with the warm notes of toasted nuts. Two cookies serve as the bookends to the sweet and sticky jam of your choice to transform into a holiday cookie made for customization. So if you can toast some nuts and roll out a cookie dough, you can easily turn out these stunning cookies like a holiday baking pro.

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