A reader email asked: "How do I get a nice fluffy, cracked top molasses cookie?" Frustrated with molasses cookies that "come out very flat" even after adding a teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe, ...

Fall has me hankering for all things warm, aromatic and spiced. The cozy nights and even cozier cool mornings always make me salivate for mugs of chai or pumpkin spice and flavors like cinnamon, ...

Nancy Corrigan of Baltimore was looking for the recipe for molasses sugar cookies that was on the Brer Rabbit Molasses jar. She had it for many years but lost it in a move, and she wants to make the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don't just stop at cookies when I think of rich, spiced treats! Any time of year is a good time for this flavor profile; and our ...

NEW YORK CITY in the early ‘80s was a very dangerous place. My first apartment was cater-corner to the Silver Palate, and within 23 months of moving in I had switched careers. Proximity to that ...

— This dense, rich cake from Joan Aller’s forthcoming cookbook, “Cider Beans, Wild Greens and Dandelion Jelly” (a collection of recipes from southern Appalachia due out in June), is remarkably easy to ...

19 years ago, Deb Perleman created Smitten Kitchen, the wildly popular recipe site. She wanted a place to share all of her cooking adventures from her tiny NY kitchen. Smitten Kitchen's Thick Molasses ...