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Bittersweet Chocolate-Almond Cake With Amaretti Cookie Crumbs
Here’s a cake that comes together with the push of a button — butter, sugar, eggs and cocoa as well as dark chocolate, almonds and amaretti cookies are blended in a food processor. Although it looks like a brownie, the cake tilts toward a nut torte. It’s low and sleek, simple, sophisticated and packed with flavor. The original recipe appeared in my debut cookbook, “Sweet Times,” in 1991, and when I made it for Julia Child that year, I got her thumbs up. Over time, I haven’t fiddled much with the recipe’s basics, but these days I finish the cake with a glaze and a sprinkling of crushed amaretti for style and crunch. I prefer amaretti di Saronno by Lazzaroni for the cake, but other amaretti work well too. And don’t be distressed if the cake develops a mound during baking (it happens now and then). Press it down with a spatula — it doesn’t diminish this cake’s deliciousness.
Croissant Brittle
This scrappy idea hails from Sea Wolf bakery in Seattle. There, they take day-old croissants and turn them into magic. Co-owners Jesse and Kit Schumann kindly told me about their method, which inspired my own development here. You can use any type of croissant—from a bakery or the supermarket, fresh or stale. Best served with coffee.
Mustardy, Mapley Tahini Sauce
Consider this your secret weapon for makeshift fall meals. Drizzle on charred butternut or steamed kale. Toss with cabbage slaw or shaved beets. Serve as a crudités platter dip or use as a salad dressing. Repurpose as a body lotion or—okay, just kidding.
Apple Quesadillas
These are delicious and my four year old daughter loves them! We eat them for breakfast.
Simplest Apple Butter
This recipe is hands-off and easy--plus, with no added sugar, its about as healthy as any whole apple.
Classic Ranch Dressing
The original dressing served in the 1950s at Hidden Valley Ranch, a guest ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., was made mostly from dry herbs and aromatics. To recreate that taste, this recipe, from the “Ranch” cookbook (Dovetail, 2018) by Abby Reisner, with recipes by Eleanore Park, is made with garlic powder instead of garlic, dried parsley instead of fresh, and so on. It makes enough seasoning mix for about 4 cups dressing; you can mix it, store it, then add dairy as needed. If you don’t like the zip of mustard, try hot sauce or Worcestershire sauce instead — or simply omit for a milder taste. To make a thick dip instead of a pourable dressing, reduce the amount of buttermilk to 1/4 cup.
Simplest Sugared Doughnuts
Can You Fry Donuts In Coconut Oil? Homemade doughnuts Recipes don’t have to be hard. These are no-knead and a cinch to come together, thanks to instant yeast.
Berry Superfood Popsicles
Healthy berry popsicles are filled with fresh strawberries, tart raspberries and creamy coconut milk for a treat or pre/post workout snack. We use Purium Power Apple-Berry Shake mix so it's bursting with flavor and superfoods!
3-Ingredient Oreo Meringues
With just three ingredients (egg whites, sugar, and Oreos), the easiest, chewiest pantry dessert is yours at the flick of a whisk. If you wanted, you could pipe out mini cookies from a pastry bag, raindrop-shaped meringues. Just make sure to bake them for a shorter amount of time, as they'll be smaller and more prone to brittleness. More often than not, however, I like to go the ice cream scoop route, not least because I'm lazy (and because their chewy texture is nonpareil).
Fried Eggs With Fried Herbs
Try chives, torn mint, oregano, thyme leaves, or even diced scallions before cracking your egg to be fried. This herb fried egg recipe is delicious!
Apple Turnovers With an All-Cheddar Crust
This rule-breaking pastry ditches butter and uses sharp cheddar instead. Think part flaky pie crust, part cheese straw. Permission to turn it into your new go-to dough: granted. But first, try these apple turnovers that happily live between savory and sweet.
Almond Joy
Lemon Bars With a Salty Olive Oil Crust
An almost-classic lemon bars recipe. The sweet, tart lemon curd is thicker than usual. There’s no butter. Instead, we use fruity, savory olive oil plus salt.
Berry Coconut Soft Serve
A nutritious soft serve with antioxidant-rich berries, coconut milk, banana and avocado for dairy-free creaminess.
Peaches & Cream Pavlovas
Peaches and cream hop onto meringue and have never felt happier. This peach pavlova recipe is a great way to celebrate peaches, whipped cream, and the summer.
Coconut Butter
Fruit Wontons
This recipe makes wonton wrappers filled with fruit and baked for a low calorie delicious dessert. Put a spoonful of preserves in the middle of the wonton wrap.
5-Ingredient Energy Balls
5-ingredient energy balls made with walnuts, dates, pecans, cacao powder, and salt! They are dairy-free, grain-free, and gluten-free! They work perfectly as a snack or a dessert! Enjoy!
Polenta "Pizza" Crust
This recipe is a delicious alternative to pizza crust because the polenta provides the perfect bed for pizza toppings. Here, a knife and fork are mandatory.
Slow-Roasted Salmon with Capers, Dill and Lemon
Slow roasting this salmon recipe with capers and dill is foolproof. The oven temperature is so low, so there is a large gap between undercooked and overcooked.
Chocolate Sunflower Seed Butter Cups
If you love traditional chocolate peanut butter cups, you'll love this homemade healthy makeover recipe for sunflower seed butter cups with dark chocolate.
Chocolate Cream Pie With Oreo Crust
Chocolate wafers may be standard, but a buttery Oreo crumb crust is an even better base for this chocolate cream pie. A store-bought cookie crust filled with from-scratch custard is the perfect combination of simple and sophisticated, with a bit of nostalgia for good measure. Depending on the size of your pie plate, you may have some custard left over after filling the crust: It’s a perfect baker’s treat.
Chocolatey Tahini Cups
What would happen if a Reese's was petite-sized, tahini-filled, and salt-sprinkled? This. Runny, pourable tahini turns spoonable and thick thanks to one magic ingredient—water. I like milk chocolate best, but feel free to swap in dark if that's your thing.
Purple Sweet Potato Overnight Oats
These Purple Sweet Potato Overnight Oats make for the best breakfast: super easy and delicious! Give this recipe a try, you're going to love it!