Growing up, my favorite sweet holiday treats were my mother’s Linzer tortes. Based on a dough enriched with ground roasted nuts and scented with sweet spices, then simply filled with luscious ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the walnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet; roast them until pale golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool completely. Leave oven on. 2. Thickly ...

A cranberry linzer torte with a lattice pastry crust, with ground toasted almonds and hazelnuts in the dough. Tortes are more often made with apricot or raspberry filling. NYT At one point in my ...

Who would've thought that the Linzer torte is the oldest recorded recipe in the world? It doesn’t have the appearance, or ingredients, of a particularly aged dish, yet the first written recipe for it ...

“The cookies of my childhood were always store-bought (Chips Ahoy, SnackWell’s, Oreos), always reduced-fat (the ’90s, baby!), and, when I could manage it, traded for something better in the school ...

We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, ...

1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 1/2 cup dark muscovado sugar 1 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground mace 1/2 ...

At one point in my meandering cooking career, I found myself working in a French pastry shop in California. Although the owner was Swiss, nearly everything we produced was classical French: croissants ...