Vanilla Bean Flan

Make this versatile caramel at home with our slow-simmered method using milk and sugar—or take one of two sweetened condensed milk shortcuts.

Palets bretons are oversize cookies that feature butter, and because they’re from Brittany, they’re traditionally made with beurre salé, salted butter.

Native American people made these with cornmeal dumplings, simmering them with wild grapes, which were harvested at their peak sweetness.

Tangy and sunny, this curd can be made with either fresh or frozen pulp.

There are many things that appeal about a Basque cheesecake—it's crustless (one less job) and is meant to look “rustic” with its wrinkled and jagged sides.

Fluffier, fresher, and fancier than anything from a tub or can.

Tangy cream cheese custard drenched in bittersweet caramel. Cue the oohs and aahs.

This cake was created from thrift and was supposedly named after its appearance, which reminded people of the muddy Mississippi River bottom.