I remember coming home from school to the heavenly smells of my mother’s fresh baked cookies and pies most every day leading up to Christmas. She baked not only for us but also for friends, creating ...

Finding a reason to eat a good pie shouldn't require a national holiday. That said, when Congress declared March 14 as National Pi Day in 2009, I joined the ranks of believers that baking a pie this ...

This Coconut Lime Cream Pie is made with a graham cracker coconut crust, then filled with a lime sour cream custard, and finally topped off with coconut cream infused whipped cream. With cubes of ...

Instructions: Heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in melted butter, eggs and buttermilk. Add coconut and vanilla and almond extracts. Blend well, then pour into ...

Vanilla, plain vanilla--it’s the flavor Americans just can’t object to. We smell it and we think of comfortable home cooking. Rosewater, though, is strange and exotic. Many even find it oddly ...

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut on a baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Combine coconut milk, half-and-half, sugar, ...

Big Jimmy’s Coconut Pie From “Sunday Dinner: a Savor the South Cookbook,” by Bridgette A. Lacy. Juli Leonard jleonard@newsobserver.com Coconut pie was one of my maternal grandfather’s signature ...