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Lately in the kitchen.

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A golden apple butter oatmeal cookie with visible rolled oats on parchment, before icing.

Cookies 14–16 cookies

Chewy Apple Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chai Cream Cheese Icing

Brown butter and thick apple butter give these oatmeal cookies a dense, chewy center. Finish with a soft chai-spiced cream cheese icing.

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Pumpkin loaf with a golden cinnamon crumble topping in a parchment-lined teal loaf pan.

Baking 1 loaf, about 10 slices

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Crumble Donut Loaf

A tender pumpkin snickerdoodle donut loaf with cinnamon crumble and a buttery sugar finish. Make it with canned pumpkin or freshly roasted pie pumpkin.

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Soup 6 servings

Creamy Sausage Potato and Kale Soup

Browned Italian sausage, tender potatoes, and kale in a creamy garlic and Parmesan broth, with a quick weeknight method and a slower option for deeper flavor.

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Homemade red chile tortilla soup topped with crumbled tortilla chips, cilantro, diced onion and sour cream

Soup 4–6 servings

Smoky Guajillo–Ancho Tortilla Soup

A deeply savory red-chile tortilla soup with grilled chicken and crumbled tortilla chips, plus an easy rotisserie-chicken weeknight shortcut.

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Green chile pork, crema, and cheese spooned over a handmade pupusa

Dinner 6 servings

Green Chile Pork with Bean-and-Cheese Pupusas

Tender pork shoulder braised in roasted green chile and canned tomatillo sauce, served with handmade bean-and-cheese pupusas.

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Homemade ravioli coated in creamy Hatch green chile sauce and finished with Cotija

Homemade pasta 4 servings

Hatch Green Chile Chicken Ravioli

Green chile chicken enchiladas meet homemade ravioli—with silky chile crema, charred corn, Cotija, and crisp tortilla ribbons.

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From Brandon’s recipe box

The classics.

Favorite baking bases, with room to make them your own.

Chocolate chip cookies piled on a white pedestal stand, with a vase of red roses in the background.

Brandon’s Chip Cookie Base

Brandon’s classic milk chocolate chip cookie base, with cold eggs, a short bake, and time to set on the baking sheet. Make it your own with different mix-ins.

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A growing collection of things worth making twice. More good things to come.