Recipes
Mary's Classic Sugar Cookies
Charming and familiar, sugar cookies are perfect for sharing. They’re simple, sweet, and ready to decorate for any situation, any time of the year! Also included here are extra baking tips and a link to how to decorate them with royal icing. Let’s get started!
Apple Slab Pie
In addition to Granny Smith apples, you must make your own crust. I use a favorite recipe that includes good-ol’ Crisco™ plus egg yolks. Those two ingredients are the key to this crust recipe: flaky and rich in flavor but firm enough to hold all those delicious Granny Smith apples in place.
Hard Cider Pork Roast with Pink Lady Apples
Use a hard apple cider or apple and pear cider to both braise and make a sauce for this delicious autumn entrée. Rosy-colored Pink Lady apples are my favorite for this recipe but Honeycrisps also work great!
Bud’s Country Stuffing with Cherries and Walnuts
Bud’s country stuffing is loaded with goodness—cherries, sausage, walnuts, and more.
Grandma Vivardo's Favorite Cherry Pistachio Biscotti
With green hues imparted by pistachios and red from dried cherries, these are always on my Christmas cookie platter.
Instant Pot™ Chicken Tortilla Soup
I love making soup in my Instant Pot. No need for hours of simmering. The beauty of the Instant Pot is the ability to dump in all of your ingredients, set the pressure, and forget it.
Chocolate Dipped Spritz Cookies
The fun with spritz cookies is in making the different shapes and deciding if they are begging for some colorful sprinkles on top or to be bathed in chocolate.
Herb Roasted Turkey with Tips on Thawing and Brining Your Turkey
On Thanksgiving, a perfectly prepared moist turkey is a make-or-break indicator of a successful meal. This herb-roasted turkey recipe is so moist, even the pickiest eaters will enjoy it.
Mary’s Holiday Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Pancetta
Crispy, salty pancetta is the perfect foil for fresh Brussels sprouts. The secret to this recipe is how I prepare the raw sprouts.
Rugelach Cookies
Rugelach is a crescent-shaped filled pastry that originated in Jewish communities of Eastern and Central Europe. It can be filled with fruit jams, nuts, or sweet pastes.
Italian Rainbow Cookies
The Italian Rainbow Cookie is a tricolor treat that Italian immigrants have been making for years as a nod to the old country. I put my own flavor twist on this traditional recipe, and the results are as tasty as they are beautiful.
Pfeffernusse Cookies
Pop one of these confectioners’ sugar-encased cookies in your mouth and your taste buds won’t know what hit them.