The days before Thanksgiving are calibrated by shopping lists and baking times, a checklist universe clicking down to a shared meal of thanks and camaraderie. And if your universe is populated with ...

Note: Adapted from Alice Medrich’s “Pure Dessert.” The brittle can be prepared up to one day ahead and stored at room temperature in a sealable plastic bag. 1. Set near the stove a baking sheet lined ...

Present this easy confection in a festive tin for last-minute gifts. Stir pecans, sugar, syrup and salt in a 1 1/2-quart glass bowl or an 8-cup Pyrex measuring cup. Microwave on high 8 minutes, ...

It’s common this time of year to see endcaps in grocery stores filled with raw peanuts and light corn syrup used for making peanut brittle and those pretty pink peanut patties. Other store shelves are ...

Every year, my mom makes a peanut brittle recipe that she clipped from the Wednesday food section of The Columbus Dispatch decades ago. It's simply not Christmas without it. If she didn't bring it to ...