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My Sister’s Brownies

For years I’ve set a goal to find the perfect homemade brownie recipe. And...I kept coming back to the same conclusion: no recipe is quite as good as the Ghiradelli bro...

Pumpkin Muffins

These pumpkin muffins make a cameo in Tolerable.

I lift open the tissue paper with a pretty fall leaf pattern and find a nest of mini pumpkin muffins. They smell like pu...

Any Fruit Coffee Cake

Fruit Filling

4-5 cups fruit chopped fruit or berries

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup corn starch

In sauce pan combine fruit and water simmer on medium. Whisk together su...

Strawberry Shortcake

2 1/2 cups flour

1/3 cup About 2/3 of a stick or 5 tablespoons cold butter , cut into small pieces’

1/3 cup sugar pluss 1 tablespoon for dusting

1 tablespoon baking powde...

ONE-SLICE-MORE ALMOND CAKE

In honor of the publication of Tolerable in which Mr. Darcy is the CEO of an almond empire, I’m sharing the recipe for this easy almond cake. After baking the cake fo...

Crepes

2 cups flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

4 eggs

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

Mix dry ingredients. Add milk, stir until smooth. Add eggs, thoroughly beat with whisk. (I find it eas...

The Story Behind The Story

My sister Michelle Lehnardt and my daughter, Lizzy in 2012 about a year after we wrote the screenplay. (You’ve got to love the old Instagram filters.)

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Easy Fruit Scones

This scone recipe has been a standard in our home for years. It might not be authentic but it’s delicious and rather easy. It’s a fancy homemade breakfast that can be r...

EASY FRUIT SCONES

This scone recipe has been a standard in our home for years. It might not be authentic but it’s delicious and rather easy. It’s a fancy homemade breakfast that can be ready in a half an hour.

Easy Fruit Scones

2 cups all purpose flour

5 tablespoons sugar plus more for topping

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces*

2/3 cup half-and-half plus 1 tablespoon (If I’m out of half and half I use 1/3 cup cream and 1/3 cup milk)

1/2 cup halved cranberri...

Taco Soup

Taco soup is one of my family’s favorite meals. This meal is fast (you can seriously make it in 30 minutes or less.) It’s relatively healthy (depending on how many Frit...