Apple butter is essentially caramelized apple sauce — a fruit purée that slow-cooks with water or cider until the apple’s natural sugars turn a dark, toasty brown. The mixture is augmented with baking ...

This chocolate babka features a soft, buttery dough rolled with a rich chocolate, cinnamon, and coffee filling that will delight any holiday gathering. The braided bread bakes to a golden finish with ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every Christmas season when I was young, my family would make a trip to a small Norwegian goods store in south Sarasota to load up on our favorite holiday treat: Swedish braid bread, which is also ...