Soft and chewy, chocolate crinkle cookies coated in powdered sugar are perfect for the holidays. These rich and fudgy crinkle cookies require minimal ingredients and can be whipped up fairly quickly. After...
Every winter, the kumquat tree in my backyard sprouts hundreds of little orange fruits, more than my family could ever finish in a couple months. So a few years ago, my mom decided to start making kumquat...
Each year, I look forward to making molasses cookies with my mom. The warm, chewy blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar—and of course, molasses—in each bite tastes like a comforting affirmation...
From crispy potato latkes to dark chocolate gelt, Hanukkah has plenty of delicious foods to offer, but sufganiyot tops them all. Sufganiyot are jelly doughnuts topped with a generous amount of powdered...
“When winter break starts and you have some time,” my mom informed me, “you’re making granola.”
Ever since I invented it during quarantine, this sweet-and-savory granola recipe has been...
The older I get, the more I realize I should be spending December gyrating to Michael Buble. Instead, I spend most of my December wishing my brain cells didn’t ascend to the astral plane at a time when...
Last August, as the newly minted Managing Editor of Spyglass, I met my Editor-in-Chief, Katie S., and our faculty adviser, Masami Hansen, at a South Pasadena Starbucks to brainstorm some big goals for...
It’s Valentine’s Day—I know when you think of Valentine’s Day, you automatically think of Spyglass’s Valentine’s Day Etc. collection. What started last year as an informal class activity in...
When I think of Ramadan, I always think of my dad’s katayif. He’s been making them all his life for himself, me, and my brother every Ramadan. His mom used to make them for him back in Cairo, and he’s...
My great-grandpa created this recipe, and my grandpa continued it, making it during the holiday times when my dad was young. My grandpa was an avid baker, and he often experimented with new recipes. However,...
My family has never been the type to have traditions; Thanksgiving is just another Thursday, and Christmas another Monday. We’re the type to eat something again and again until we’re absolutely tired...
After a long, successful cookie season in my 3rd grade Brownie troop, we ended up with some leftover cookies that we didn’t end up selling. To make sure the thin mints didn’t go to waste, my mom came...