Winter Recipes

All the most delicious Cozy Winter Recipes to enjoy in the cold months! You’ll want to put these comforting recipes on repeat with flavors like chai, apple, chocolate and more.

Warm Muffins

Banana Bread

  • Bread

    The Best Classic Banana Bread

    The Best Ever Banana Bread Recipe with a super MOIST and tender texture and tons of sweet banana flavor. After tons of recipe testing and tweaks, I've finally discovered the perfect recipe! This Banana Bread is easy to make, no mixer needed.

  • Breakfast

    Double Chocolate Banana Bread

    This easy chocolate banana bread is ultra moist, deeply chocolatey, and beginner-friendly. Tested tips for perfect texture every time.

How to Make the Best Winter Treats

With these helpful how-to articles, you’ll learn how to make perfect winter treats every time.

5 Ways to Shape Bread Rolls

Working with bread dough is one of my favorite things in the world. It used to intimidate me, but once I learned some basics...

How to Make a Lattice Pie Crust

This beautifully woven lattice pie crust is easier to master than it looks. With a few simple tips, it turns any fruit pie into...

Tessa’s Top Baking Tips

These are the three things I wish EVERYONE knew before attempting any recipe.

1.

Measure your flour + cocoa powder correctly

Flour and cocoa powder are all too easy to mis-measure. These ingredients can be easily compacted into a container or measuring cup without you even realizing. Too much flour can result in dry, dense, crumbly, tough and even rubbery desserts.

Learn how to accurately measure your baking ingredients with a digital scale here.

Stack of pancakes cut into with a fork.

2.

How to make FLUFFY pancakes

There are two keys to fluffy pancakes. First, make sure your baking powder and baking soda are FRESH. You can learn more about chemical leaveners and how to test if they’re fresh here.

Second, don’t overmix the batter! There must be some lumps and even streaks of flour remaining in the batter. Even a little bit of overmixing can produce pancakes that are rubbery and tough instead of tender and fluffy.

picture perfect chocolate chip cookie vs. a cookie made without the picture perfect cookie tips

3.

Flat cookies? Make sure your butter is at a cool room temperature.

When creaming butter and sugar for cookies, always use COOL room temperature butter that’s about 67°F. If your butter is too warm and greasy, you’ll end up with flat, puddle cookies.

Also, be sure to use unsalted butter so you’re in control of the amount of salt in your cookies.

How-To Videos

Step into my kitchen and bake these easy recipes step-by-step with me.

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  • Best Chocolate Cake

  • Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Winter Recipes

All the most delicious Cozy Winter Recipes to enjoy in the cold months! You’ll want to put these comforting recipes on repeat with flavors like chai, apple, chocolate and more.