Winter Recipes

December is when the oven earns its keep. The smell of gingerbread drifting through the house. A tray of eggnog spice cake cooling on the counter. The kind of baking that only happens once a year and feels like a holiday tradition in the making.

This is Christmas baking season. Soft gingerbread cupcakes with a crackly top. Red velvet bundt cake draped in cream cheese frosting. A loaf of gingerbread so simple you will make it twice before New Year's. And a roundup of easy holiday pies for when you need one more dessert on the table and no time to fuss.