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Make-ahead Sticky Buns (front) and Merry Christmas Strata) and are two options for a special start to the day. Styling by C.W. Cameron.

Christmas breakfast with the family

Thanksgiving may have a pre-set menu, but the meals Christmas Day — not to mention the options for Christmas Eve and Boxing Day — offer a lot more room to be creative. And though many of us skimp on breakfast much of the time, Christmas morning is tailor-made for serving ...

Make food gifts but keep it simple, Santa

“It is better to give than to receive” never seems more heartfelt than when you make gifts from your kitchen — and because purses are tight this season, there’s never been a better year to make your way into your loved ones’ heart by way of their stomach. But what ...

Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Cake

Recipe: Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Cake

With a little freezer space and a few hours before the big day, delicious pies and cakes can be made ahead and frozen, leaving our ovens free for that big ol' bird and all the fixings to go with it.  This deliciously moist cake is filled with aromatic spices, crystallized ...

Apricot, Cranberry and Walnut Pie

Recipe: Apricot, Cranberry and Walnut Pie

With a little freezer space and a few hours before  the big day, delicious pies and cakes can be made ahead and frozen, leaving our ovens free for that big ol' bird and all the fixings to go with it.  Loaded with the colors of fall foliage, this pie has ...

Recipe: Maple Apple Walnut Crunch Pie

With a little freezer space and a few hours before the big day, delicious pies and cakes can be made ahead and frozen, leaving our ovens free for that big ol' bird and all the fixings to go with it.  Unlike a traditional apple pie, which should be frozen before ...

Recipe: Pumpkin Cheesecake

Cheesecake is a great make-ahead dessert, especially for those with limited freezer space. This scrumptious version is baked in a gingersnap crust and is flavored with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. You can make it on Sunday or Monday and hold it in the fridge until Thursday. -- Jeanne Besser   ...

Recipe: Apple Ginger Bundt Cake

With a little freezer space and a few hours before the big day, delicious pies and cakes can be made ahead and frozen, leaving our ovens free for that big ol' bird and all the fixings to go with it.  Talk about convenience; this autumnal cake skips the work of ...

Biscuits from scratch

Biscuits are the stuff of legend. The mere mention of them conjures images of hearth and home, kindly grandmothers and good-smelling kitchens. A particularly well-made biscuit has been known to inspire proposals of marriage. People love eating biscuits. They love talking about biscuits. But when it comes to making them, ...

Cookie decorating parties not just for kids

I have a secret to confess. For the past 10 years, I’ve hosted a holiday cookie party. Not for me and my friends, but for my 12-year-old and her friends. I’ve watched them pile cookies with everything from Red Hots to M&Ms in lime green icing, throw spiced gumdrops and ...

Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Cake gets extra zip from crystallized ginger and a hint of rum. (AccessAtlanta.com cropped photo, styling by Angie Mosier)

Desserts you can fix ahead and freeze for Thanksgiving

Not all of us are like my friend Shawn. Her Christmas shopping for this year, bought during January’s after-Christmas sales, is wrapped, tagged and stored in her attic. Her freezer is already lined with color-coordinated Tupperware housing Thanksgiving jewels waiting to debut on the fourth Thursday of November. While Shawn’s ...

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