We won’t sugarcoat it. This old-fashioned fudge recipe will test your willpower. First, it has no modern tricks to hide behind—no sweetened condensed milk or marshmallow fluff to make easy work of it. Second, you’ll have to beat it with a wooden spoon for about 6 minutes; not long in the grand scheme, but eons … Read more
In a perfect world, Halloween cookies don’t compete with the annual bonanza of candy corn, peanut butter cups, and other sweets that vie for candy lovers’ attention this time of year. Instead, my ideal Halloween treats celebrate that bounty. That’s why I was immediately on board with my test kitchen pal Kat Boytsova’s idea to … Read more
I like to say ladoo are the “OG lactation cookie.” Many variations can be found across the postpartum food traditions of South Asia and its diaspora: fenugreek ladoo, ginger ladoo, gond (edible gum) ladoo. The herbs, seeds, and fruits in these sweet treats are considered to have nutritive, healing, and lactation-inducing properties. Old wives’ tale? … Read more