If you are making a recipe that calls for vanilla pudding powder, but you don’t use it, here’s a handy swap. Last year, we published this Meltaway Babka from Rivky Kleiman here on Between Carpools. It was a super popular recipe that both our readers (and us personally!) really enjoyed. The recipe calls for a…
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Pesach Cookies
Make these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies from Pesach Secrets from Batya’s Kitchen and download Batya’s Pesach Shopping Checklist. Editor’s Note: We’ve personally known Batya as the Pesach cooking expert well before Between Carpools even existed (Victoria originally interviewed her in 2012!) and we shared some of her freezing tips in this post on How to…
Marble Cake For Pesach
You’ll want to bake this light and delicious Marble Cake for Passover every single year. Over the years, Devoiry Kalish has always reached out to share different popular recipes she thought BCP readers would enjoy. You might remember some of the most popular, like Incredible Apple Cobbler Cinnamon Bun Pie or these No Mixer Cinnamon…
Pesach Lemon Wafer Bars
They’re refreshing and light, and these Lemon Wafer Bars just might become an annual staple in your home too. Sometimes, it’s ironic how we come to begin making the recipes that have become our staples. These Lemon Bars were originally featured in Passover Made Easy by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek, and for some reason,…
You Can’t Stop With One of These Loaded Thin Biscotti
The crunch and flavor are so satisfying that you’ll keep reaching for just one more! This recipe is brought to you thanks to my father. I was over at my parents’ house shmoozing one evening when my father asked if I had ever tried my sister’s biscotti. She had recently made them a batch and…
Farina Gives This Kid-Friendly Muffin the Perfect Texture
These easy-to-prep breakfast muffins give off the corn muffin vibes. With the added nutrition of farina, they’re the perfect breakfast item to bake right now. The secret ingredient is farina! It is loaded with vitamins, including high in iron and vitamin B. It contains other minerals like calcium, magnesium, and selenium, which support various bodily…
Soft Maple Pecan Cookies
These Maple Pecan Cookies, with their chewy texture and delicate flavor, are elegant enough for entertaining, while also being a kid-favorite (they don’t even mind the pecans!). When Reader Bryndee Neumann first shared this cookie recipe with us, it seemed like she was describing the impossible. “These are different, delicious, and of course super easy…
Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies
With extra added texture and crunch, these Rice Krispie Chocolate Chip Cookies with oats and Rice Krispies are the perfect item to bake this Sunday. During the same conversation in which Leah Reichman told me about this Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner, she also mentioned that these cookies are a favorite in her home. There have…
The Apple Cider Spice Cake
Bake this Apple Cider Cake for Rosh Hashanah today and the aromas of apple and cinnamon will fill your home. It’s just as easy as your favorite 9×13 cakes, with spectacular results. Suri Brody has been making a version of our 9×13 Amaretto Cake (or, as we call it, Orange Juice Cake) for years. One…
Muffin Top Honey Cookies
You can try to make and freeze these Muffin Top Honey Cookies for Yom Tov, but we believe they may be finished way before then. Can honey cookies get better? Well, yes, actually. And if you were never the type to be inspired to make the traditional cookie, now you definitely will be. Because even…







