Recipes | Our State

Brown Sugar Breakfast Tarts

Forget the store-bought treat: Spread icing over these warm, homemade tarts and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar to impress children and adults alike.

by Lynn Wells

Bread pudding doesn’t always have to be sweet. This savory version is brimming with Gruyère cheese, eggs, and breakfast sausage.

by Lynn Wells

We recommend adding North Carolina-grown nuts to this maple-pecan coffee cake — a Christmas morning classic.

by Lynn Wells

For a dose of Christmas cheer, make party-perfect punch, a delicious pot roast, and baked apple-cherry dumplings — with a North Carolina twist.

by Sheri Castle

Cocoa-dusted sugar balls, cream wafers, featherweight butter cookies — these sweet recipes are straight from the land of the TV dinner.

by Drew Perry

Let your heart be light: Many of these festive dishes can be made ahead — a bonus gift on Christmas morning.

by Lynn Wells

This beautiful and fragrant cornbread is sure to impress guests.

by Barbara Swell

Serve this near-charred dish alongside roasted carrots, fall greens, and October beans.

by Barbara Swell

This beautiful, rustic pie tastes most delicious when made with old-timey butter piecrust.

by Barbara Swell