Autumn

It's my family's most-requested dinner.

Bonus: It's super easy.

The ultimate winter dinner.

Pure comfort food.

It’s on the table in less than 30 minutes!

It's perfect.

Give this gift to yourself.

Our favorite way to eat cauliflower isn’t as a cauliflower pizza crust or cauliflower rice, it’s an extremely creamy mash. But before we designate mashed cauliflower as just a lighter version of mashed potatoes, let’s consider why it is a side dish with merits all its own. You can’t over-mash or over-whip cauliflower the way you can potatoes. Without potato’s starch to contend with, you can purée the cauliflower all day with no risk of gumminess.

These are beyond worth the effort.

You can prep it the day before.

Think Pocky stick, but peanut butter.

It's perfectly retro.

Tastes like a ticket to Paris.

You had me at crispy bacon and gooey cheese.

They're a new tradition.

It doesn't get any fancier than this.

Hosting a holiday gathering means planning the menu, music, and atmosphere. I always include a festive appetizer to make the evening feel more celebratory and buy a little extra time to finish last-minute preparations once the doorbell starts ringing. Cranberry jalapeño dip is a play on the crowd-pleasing classic: pepper jelly and cream cheese. With its vibrant red hue and sweet-tart flavor, this cranberry jalapeño dip is a must-make this holiday season.

It's the coziest thing you'll cook all winter.

Every year as the holidays approach, I eagerly anticipate holiday baking and decorating sugar cookies. And every year, they don’t exactly turn out as planned. That’s because decorating cookies is a lot easier said than done — especially if you’re a perfectionist like me who likes straight lines and clean edges. But this year, I’m prepared. I recently got to work developing a simple royal icing recipe that makes cookie decorating as stress-free (and mess-free!

Over my years of writing for The Kitchn, I’ve shared almost all of my favorite holiday cookies, from my mother’s famous peppermint cream-filled butter cookies (followed by the much less finicky peppermint cream squares the following year) to rugelach and gingerbread cookies. I’ve saved one of my most beloved cookies for last. These candy cane cookies are the best.

It was only a few years back when my mom first decided to bake stollen for Christmas morning. Traditionally, she baked her signature coffee cake after stockings, but with a house filled with more holiday guests than usual, she decided to expand the morning menu.I can still remember her kneading the dough on the 23rd, and when I later walked past the countertop, I encountered the most supple, glistening dome of dough I had ever seen.

It's an easy and impressive way to feed a crowd.

They're a holiday miracle.

You'll make it on repeat.

You've never had creamed corn like this.

It's ridiculously good — and surprisingly easy to make.

Get to know this Southern green.

It can't be beet.

Grab some candy canes.

An excuse to eat sprinkles? Yes, please!

Everything you love about the classic cheesy pasta, without the fuss.

It's a showstopper that only requires four ingredients.

It’s the mash-up we’ve all been waiting for.

So. Much. Flavor.

Even Brussels sprout haters will fall in love.

Consider them the ultimate comfort cookie.

Happy soup season, everyone!

Shatteringly crisp!

It's all about the icing on the cake.

And it's so easy!

People love them.

It's in the dough.

When you're ready to turn up the temperature, here are 17 delightfully spicy recipes that will set your tastebuds on fire — in a good way, of course.

It’s not what you think.

So rich, so buttery.

They look so fancy.

They taste like Reese's, only better.

‘Tis the season.

They’re a family favorite for a reason.

It has the perfect sweet and crunchy glaze.

They're a classic for a reason.

The secret’s in the cream cheese.

They make a statement.

So easy and delicious.

Sweet but not *too* sweet.

Calling all chocolate-lovers!

It's the perfect boozy drink.

It's liquid gold, y'all.

No-bake pumpkin cheesecake, anyone?

It'll impress everyone.

The slow cooker makes easy work of this creamy, comforting classic.

Psst, there’s brown butter.

They're pretty pear-fect.

The cream sauce is magical.

Because sweater weather is the perfect time for picnicking. Here's what you should eat.

Because we all know the big feast isn't complete without it.

These 20 recipes will put you and your throat at ease when you're not feeling too hot.

This is everything I want to eat right now.

I'm never making it another way.

For the pumpkin lovers & haters alike.

It does what the can can’t.