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Easter

Easter is one of my favorite holidays because it means we get to make Philadelphia Fish House punch, my favorite holiday punch, and dunk glazed ham in my grandmother’s mustard sauce, affectionately known as “the ham sauce.” Also: lamb. This is my favorite lamb recipe: easiest rack of lamb, which we serve with Nigella Lawson’s mint sauce.

The BEST Overnight Brioche Cinnamon Buns

Just-baked hasselback potato gratin.

Hasselback Potato Gratin (No-Peel, Make Ahead)

A platter of oven-roasted fingerling potatoes.

Crispy Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Frosted hot cross buns.

Spiced Hot Cross Buns (Overnight or Not)

A carved brown sugar glazed ham on a platter.

Favorite Easter Recipes

The best and easiest recipe for rack of lamb. It takes five minutes to prepare. It's foolproof. And if you enjoy gnawing on bones as if they were lollipops, this recipe is for you. Make it. // alexandracooks.com

Easiest Rack of Lamb

freshly baked currant scones

Lemony Buttermilk Currant Scones

A brown sugar glazed ham emerging from the oven.

Simple Baked Ham Recipe with Brown Sugar Glaze

Overhead close-up of buttermilk breakfast cake fresh from the oven.

Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake

just-baked orange-ricotta pound cake — this is a one-bowl cake, flavored with orange zest and orange liqueur, made with butter (as opposed to oil). It stays moist for days and makes a wonderful gift.

One-Bowl, Orange-Ricotta Pound Cake

A carved brown sugar glazed ham on a platter.

Easter Menu: Ham, Mustard Sauce, Best Carrot Cake and More

This rich chocolate Easter egg nest cake is festive and fun, puffing way up when it bakes and sinking when it cools, a crackly meringue-like layer forming a perfect base to house dozens of colorful candy eggs. // alexandracooks.com

Flourless Chocolate Cake

A slice of orange and olive oil cake.

Orange and Olive Oil Cake

Gramma's mustard sauce in a Weck jar.

My Grandmother’s Mustard Sauce (AKA: “The Ham Sauce”)

Just-baked Torta Caprese.

Flourless Chocolate-Almond Cake (Torta Caprese)

Philadelphia Fish House Punch

Philadelphia Fish House Punch

A stack of one-bowl buttermilk pancakes.

The BEST One-Bowl Buttermilk Pancakes

A bowl of herby buttermilk mashed potatoes.

Creamy (No-Cream) Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

A bowl of split pea and ham soup topped with olive oil croutons.

Split Pea and Ham (or not!) Soup

A plate of deviled eggs.

Classic Deviled Eggs

A platter of roast chicken with dates and artichoke hearts.

Spatchcocked Roast Chicken with Dates & Artichoke Hearts

A slice of almond torte on a plate.

Chez Panisse Almond Torte

A sliced loaf of lemon semolina cake.

Lemon-Semolina Almond Cake

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