Good morning. This is it, for those celebrating Christmas tomorrow: the final push. Maybe there’s a turkey dry-brining in the fridge, or a ham waiting for its holiday glaze. Some will prepare prime rib, or a mushroom Wellington, or crack open oysters by an open fire.
Perhaps you’ll make cookies today, so that the children may leave a few out for Santa in the evening. You could make pastelitos, or a big lasagna, for the coming hordes of family, or to eat slowly over the coming days.
I am partial, myself, to these easy, no-yeast cinnamon rolls, a recipe our Margaux Laskey adapted from the one Allysa Torey uses at Magnolia Bakery. (A mixture of baking soda and baking powder offers the lift.) They’re a perfect introduction to a few days of gifts and carols, cups of coffee and naps on the couch. “Stop what you are doing and MAKE THIS,” one of our readers noted on the recipe. “They are outstanding!”
