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Resident Recipes

World Peace Cookies: A Dilworth Baker's Holiday Recipe

Kanku Michelsen tried Dorie Greenspan's chocolate sable cookies for the name alone. Sandy, crumbly, deeply chocolatey and salty-sweet, they have become her go-to holiday treat. Here is her recipe.

Nell Thomas·Oct 1, 2026

Full-page close-up of chocolate sable cookies on a dark surface, beside the words World Peace Cookies: A Dilworth Baker's Holiday Recipe.

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Homemade Brownies, Perfected Over a Few Years

Dutch cocoa, a tablespoon of instant coffee and 35 minutes in an 8 by 8 pan. Emily Brietz shares a friend's much-tested brownie recipe.

Nell Thomas·Sep 1, 2026

Stacked brownies studded with chocolate chunks on a painted plate beside a row of cookbooks, beside the words Homemade Brownies, Perfected Over a Few Years.

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Vegan Lemon Cake With Lemon Buttercream Frosting

A two-layer lemon cake made with soy or oat milk, oil and vinegar instead of eggs and butter, finished with a plant-butter lemon frosting. Contributing writer Pamela May shared it in the August issue.

Nell Thomas·Aug 1, 2026

A frosted two-layer lemon cake topped with blueberries and lemon zest on a floral-rimmed china plate, a white orchid behind it on a wooden table. No people in it, beside the words Vegan Lemon Cake With Lemon Buttercream Frosting.

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4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe

A soft sugar cookie base, vanilla buttercream and a top of strawberries and blueberries. The July Resident Recipe makes 24 bars and comes courtesy of Your Cup of Cake.

Nell Thomas·Jul 1, 2026

Frosted sugar cookie bars topped with strawberries and blueberries, one lifted on a wooden-handled spatula, on a gray surface, beside the words 4th of July Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe.

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Simply Granola: a Nut-Free Recipe From Kanku Michelsen

Six ingredients, one bowl, two sheet pans and a low oven. Dilworth resident Kanku Michelsen's nut-free granola is the batch she makes for her own kitchen and gives as gifts.

Nell Thomas·Jun 1, 2026

Finished granola in a metal pan with a wooden spoon, on a plaid cloth. No people, beside the words Simply Granola: a Nut-Free Recipe From Kanku Michelsen.