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Heavenly Oatmeal-Molasses Rolls

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I wasn’t a bread maker before I joined Food52. I caught the bug after trying AntoniaJames’ Buttermilk Oatmeal bread. I’ve explored many different types of breads and rolls since then.

Grown-Up Birthday Cake

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I had already started to make my mom's go-to birthday cake—a yellow cake made with white wine that she cribbed from the Chicago Tribune eons ago—when I realized I didn't have the 1 cup of vegetable oil the recipe called for.

Dark Chocolate and Walnut Zucchini Bread

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Despite its appearance and ingredients list, this zucchini bread, adapted from the Seven Spoons cookbook, is surprisingly not too sweet.

Chocolate-Carrot Snacking Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

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If you dig a moist, deeply chocolate-y chocolate cake, that just happens to be loaded with something really good for you, then this snacking cake is for you.

Creamy Baked Eggs

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On special occasions or holidays, my mom made shirred or baked eggs. She would make them in individual cups or small baking dishes, and it was one of my favorite breakfasts.

Chewy Sugar Cookies

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I created this sugar cookie recipe for a Food52 recipe contest in 2010. (Spoiler alert: It won!) One of the things I like best about this sugar cookie is that it’s not tooth-achingly sweet.

Rice Cookies with Cardamom and Rose Water

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This recipe is in homage to my friend Asma, a Kurdish woman I befriended in Beirut. The cookies originate from Kermanshah, a beautiful and mountainous region where rice is grown. These cookies are made with rice flour and flavored with cardamom and rose water. —Taste of Beirut

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake With Biscoff Crust

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A friend needed a cheesecake, and so I made one. And not just a plain vanilla cheesecake, this one is flavored with the juice and zest of Meyer lemons.

My Girls Best American Test Kitchen Sugar Cookies

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If my kids don't like them I don't care who has tested them. LOL. We love America's Test Kitchen and are happy about this challenge. These remind me very much of my grandmother's sugar cookies and somehow no one seems to have the recipe.

The Snake Bite

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This cake was inspired by the oh-so-tasty cocktail concoction of lager and cider known as a "snakebite." For the cake, I've replaced the lager with a stout, and have opted for fermented pear cider in place of the more traditional apple.

Pumpkin Christmas Bread

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We don’t fuss with fancy breakfasts on Christmas. After all, there are more important jobs to attend to that morning, like opening presents. So at our house, we always have this pumpkin bread to nosh on.

Butternut Sage Scones

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When Autumn rolls around, it's time to make Pumpkin Scones for the farmers market here in Pound Ridge. I usually use canned pumpkin, but thought I might be able to achieve a similar product using cooked butternut squash. So I tried it. They came out pretty yummy.

Cinnamon Raisin Bagels

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No one can resist a chewy, golden brown bagel studded with raisins and flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. —cook.can.read

New England Spider Cake

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This is a two-bowl, all-of-the-ingredients-are-already-in-your-pantry sort of cake. It belongs on your post-holiday brunch table—and not only because you can make it at 8 A.M. on December 26.

Apple Gruyère Buckwheat Biscuits

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These little guys are a little scone-ish and a little biscuit-ish, but a whole lot of delicious. Apples and cheese have had an affinity for each other throughout history and are a common pairing on many a "plat du fromage.