Nancy Silverton’s twice-baked almond croissants recall the pastries found in pastry shops in Paris, where she studied pastry and baking. Purchased croissants (because there are so many great bakeries ...

Living in the High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column ...

Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease, flour and line an 8x4 inch loaf pan. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In another large bowl, cream together the softened butter, ...

If you've fallen out of love with your usual oat-based breakfast (we're looking at you, overnight oats) then you're in serious need of our almond croissant baked oats recipe. Trust us when we say they ...

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger to make the topping. Use a pastry cutter to work the butter into the oat mixture until ...

High altitudes make cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column, published on Thursdays, presents recipes and tips that make ...

Only a cook could love flowers that have no scent, no long stems, no glamour and, worst of all, no vase life. But somehow I always feel like the winner when everyone else at my farmers market is ...

Every year, on Christmas Eve, my cousins and I sit around the kitchen table for dessert – yes, it's still cool to hang together at the "kids' table" when you're 27. In the holiday afterglow of the ...

The almond, encased in a shell hidden within a green, velvety fruit, is botanically related to the peach and plum and, in literature and art, romanticized at least as much. When finely ground, it ...

Of the nine major food allergens, two are nuts — specifically peanuts (technically a legume), and tree nuts, including almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios and walnuts. (The ...