Baking
The Fastest Way to Ripen Bananas Isn’t the Best
We tested multiple hacks, but only one created both tender and sweet bananas.
Glazed and Beautiful Pear Tart
Red-skinned pears and dulce de leche (store-bought or homemade) are the keys to this stunning yet simple dessert.
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31 Puff Pastry Recipes for Effortless Sweets, Appetizers, and More
Like potato-cheddar samosas, Egyptian bread pudding, and a super-fancy (extremely easy) pear tart.
Easy Cherry Turnovers
Legendary pastry chef Claudia Fleming wraps both sweet and sour cherries into these flaky handheld treats.
Simplest Plum Tarts
Transform puff pastry, ripe fruit, and a slick of jam into a patisserie-chic dessert.
Mascarpone Cheesecake
An extra-silky filling (no water bath needed!) and a smooth sour cream topping make this the ultimate cheesecake.
Palets Bretons
Palets bretons are oversize cookies that feature butter, and because they’re from Brittany, they’re traditionally made with beurre salé, salted butter.
Rye, Cranberry, and Dark Chocolate Cookies
This cookie is an unintended “celebrity.” It’s one of very few cookies that customers ask for specifically upon arrival at Mokonuts.
Mississippi Mud Cake
This cake was created from thrift and was supposedly named after its appearance, which reminded people of the muddy Mississippi River bottom.
Black Sesame Tofu “Basque” Cheesecake
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.
Diner-Style Apple Pie With Lattice Crust
Cut this easy-to-handle dough (thanks, cream cheese) into wide strips for a fast-forming lattice that stuns.
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43 Fall Desserts to Bake Right Now
Like an easy-fancy pear tart, a decadent caramel-apple cheesecake, crinkly ginger-molasses cookies, and more.
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37 Fruit Pies to Bake Year-Round, From Summer Peach to Winter Citrus
Crumb-topped strawberry-rhubarb, sheet-pan pineapple curd, cheddar-crusted apple, and more perfect pies for every gathering.
Chocolate Pie
Reminiscent of a classic diner dessert, this chocolate cream pie offers pure comfort in a cookie crust.
Grilled Pound Cake Sundae With Raspberries
This is the perfect summer party dessert, featuring grilled pound cake, Cointreau-spiked raspberries, and classic vanilla ice cream.
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23 Galette Recipes to Make for Easy Desserts (and Dinners)
Like apricot-almond, cheesy mushroom, cannoli-inspired, and more.
Birthday Brookies
This half-brownie, half-bar-cookie hybrid is a fun dessert that gets the ultimate birthday party treatment with colorful sprinkles.
Grasshopper Brownies
These decadent brownies feature a sweet, minty topping complemented by a rich dark chocolate ganache and mini chocolate chips for added texture.
Jammy Grape Galette
We don’t bake with grapes as often as we should. But even the most average supermarket varieties come alive when roasted with a bit of sugar and seasoning.
Sour Cherry and Campari Galette
This Campari-spiked galette features the herbal aperitif, tart cherries, and floral citrus zest and is perfect for those who prefer bitter to sweet.