Dessert
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One-Bowl Jam Doughnut Cake
Filled with fruity jam and dusted with cinnamon sugar, this easy Bundt cake resembles a giant jelly doughnut. Easily mixed in one bowl, it has a tender, cakey crumb that’s scented with nutmeg and vanilla, and its jammy core helps it stay moist for several days. Serve slices plain, with coffee or tea, or dolloped with whipped cream for a festive, simple-to-make dessert.
Chocolate Sesame Dumplings
Can you wrap just about any filling in dough and consider it a dumpling? These bite-size desserts prove you can. Lightly salted melted chocolate, creamy like a truffle, is stuffed into chewy homemade wrappers, naturally sweet from glutinous rice flour. Taking cues from black sesame treats often made for Lunar New Year, these sticky steamed dumplings include toasted sesame oil in both the filling and wrapper. Making dumplings from scratch is a fun group project and these are especially great for kids. The dough is the easiest possible kind to shape — it doesn’t require a rolling pin; it’s simply rolled into balls then pressed into flat rounds by hand.
Dubai Chocolate
This crunchy, creamy stuffed chocolate bar, created by Sarah Hamouda, has charmed sweet tooths worldwide. Inspired by her favorite childhood dessert, Mrs. Hamouda called her creation “Can’t Get Knafeh of It” and began selling it through her online store FIX Dessert in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As it went viral globally, it became known as “Dubai Chocolate” and inspired many to create their own versions at home. And it’s easy to understand why — the confection is a dreamy combination of pistachio cream and delicate shredded phyllo encased in a snappy shell of silky chocolate. This rendition joins the many homespun recipes from near and far, and includes an exceptionally rich homemade pistachio filling with the ideal balance of salty-sweetness, and an approachable technique to tempering chocolate that anyone can accomplish. (You’ll need silicone chocolate molds and a pastry brush to make this recipe; see the Tips for more details.) And while you understandably may want to keep all four bars to yourself, they do wrap up beautifully for an elegant and impressive gift.
Applesauce Coffee Cake
This warmly spiced, moist apple cake is the cozy breakfast, afternoon snack or dessert that dreams are made of. The top is covered with a generous layer of crumble that’s spiced with cinnamon or your favorite pumpkin spice blend and caramelized on the edges, which adds delicious toasty flavor and wonderful crunchy texture. The topping is at its most crisp the day that it is baked, but the cake stays soft and delicious for a few days when stored in an airtight container at room temperature. Brew a cup of tea or coffee, slice a piece of cake and enjoy these cozy flavors in any season.
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Tanghulu (Sugar-Glazed Skewered Fruit)
Long before tanghulu—skewered fruit glazed in sugar—became a TikTok darling, it was a snack eaten by Chinese royalty. Today, it’s a popular street food in China and Taiwan. Here’s how to make your own jeweled lollipops at home.
Easy Apple Tart
For an easy, satisfying fruit dessert, phyllo dough is just the thing. You don’t have to make the pastry for a very flaky result. Here, it’s topped with spiced sliced apples and painted with extra-virgin olive oil instead of the usual melted butter. Still, use butter if you prefer, and feel free to experiment with cigar shapes or phyllo turnovers.
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Making a Classic French Galette des Rois Is Easier Than You Think
Every January, French families gather to eat galette des rois—kings' cake—a crisp, flaky pastry filled with fragrant almond cream.
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Fried Oreos
With a puffy-yet-crunchy exterior and a nostalgic sweetness throughout, this homemade fried Oreo recipe will transport you to your favorite fair, tailgate, and/or childhood memory.
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This Is the Pearfect Dessert I'm Bringing to All My Holiday Parties This Year
This French pear and almond tart is easy enough to whip up on a weeknight—and elegant enough for a festive holiday party.
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Perfect Crispy and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies for 1 in 20 Minutes
This recipe is for just two thick, gooey, chocolate chip cookies. No special equipment is needed, and they take just 20 minutes from start to finish to make.
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These Mini Southern Pies Will Be the Talk of Your Holiday Party
These little pecan pies triple-down on the pecan flavor in the crust, the filling, and as a topping. They're buttery, gooey, nutty, and ready for your holiday party.
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Earl Grey and Vanilla Poached Pears
My recipe for poached pears takes inspiration from the London fog, a beverage that consists of Earl Grey tea, vanilla syrup, and steamed milk. There’s no milk here, but there’s plenty of fragrant Earl Grey tea and a whole vanilla bean, which gives the poaching liquid a delicate floral flavor and subtle sweetness.
One-Bowl Lemon and Olive Oil Cake
This standalone lemon cake needs no adornment; no glaze or drizzle, no syrupy soak (just a light dusting of powdered sugar if you want it to be beauty contest-ready) – yet it practically oozes with glowing citrus flavor, thanks to the fruity olive oil, tangy yogurt and a dash of piney nutmeg that highlight the various facets of lemon’s character. White chocolate and almond flour add hints of the nutty richness and velvety crumb of an almond torte to what looks like a simple yellow cake. Always seek out organic lemons for zesting, as conventional lemons can be coated with a wax you shouldn’t eat.
Holiday Gingerbread Cake With Molasses Whipped Cream
This recipe for hot-water gingerbread — using an old but reliable technique for a moist, tender cake that starts with a base of molasses and boiled water — comes from the cookbook author and culinary historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris, who included it in “A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook” (Scribner), updated in 2024 after its first 1995 edition. Here, the dessert is part of a six-course menu celebrating Nia, or purpose, the fifth principle of the holiday, though Dr. Harris bakes the simple cake throughout the season. The gingerbread, as well as the barely sweetened cream you should dollop generously on top, are both simple to make, and rich with the smoky, complex flavor of molasses.
Cheese Danish Bread Pudding
A whimsical hybrid of two beloved breakfast pastries – the flaky, sweet cheese Danish and buttery croissants, this recipe is the perfect, elegant but also warming centerpiece for any brunch or dessert table. Butter croissants are chopped and soaked in a flavorful brown-sugar custard and topped with a lemon cream-cheese filling, then baked in a loaf pan for easy slicing, and finished with a drizzle of icing. To freeze ahead of time, slice the loaf and place in a freezer-safe bag, separating each slice with wax or parchment paper, and tuck into the freezer. When ready to serve, reheat in the microwave.
Gingerbread Icebox Cake
Gingerbread housing is challenging work, with the cookie baking, precise cutting and delicate building — and that’s before you even get to the most important part, the decorating. Icebox cakes are much easier to assemble and much tastier than a gingerbread house could ever be. This icebox cake is disguised as gingerbread with its spiced whipped cream and gingersnap cookie base. Simply dressed with crumbled cookies, this cake is a blast of a blank canvas for decorating (see Tip), especially with little ones. But don’t deny yourself this holiday treat if you aren’t into decorating; it’s also a showstopper of a dessert.
Tiramisu Baked Alaska
Tiramisu baked Alaska with a layer of brownie, followed by coffee ice cream, coffee-soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone vanilla ice cream, and meringue.
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This Weeknight-Friendly French Dessert Requires Just a Bottle of Wine and a Few Pears
Red wine poached pears—poire à la Beaujolaise—are a classic French dessert that's easy to prepare but elegant enough for a dinner party.
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This French Ingredient Will Unlock a Lifetime of Pastry Possibilities
Made with butter, sugar, eggs, and ground almonds, French pastry chefs use almond cream to fill tart shells, cookies, and croissants for a sweet, nutty bite.
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French Sablé Cookies
These French slice-and-bake cookies are rich, sweet, buttery, and perfect for the holidays or any time of year.
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Italian Rainbow Cookies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
With their green, white, and red stripes, rainbow cookies are meant to look like little Italian flags. The multicolored layers are flavored with almond paste and stacked together between thin layers of jam, then topped with rich dark chocolate.
Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Torta caprese is a dark, rich almond and chocolate cake lifted only with whipped eggs. Originally from the Italian island of Capri, they’re usually made with raw almonds or almond flour. This version uses toasted, salted almonds to add a bit more savory, roasted almond flavor. The almonds must be ground in a food processor before folding into the batter, but if you don’t have one, feel free to substitute 6 ounces almond flour plus 1/2 teaspoon more salt. Adding some of the sugar to the egg whites while beating makes it much easier to achieve medium-stiff peaks without over-beating them. It also makes them smoother and easier to incorporate into the chocolate mixture and helps create a light flaky top.
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Make Baltimore's Iconic Fudge-Topped Cookies With This Real-Deal Recipe From a Food Historian
Baltimore’s Beloved cake-like cookies are piled with thick, fudgy chocolate icing—the thicker the better.
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Pâte Sablée (Sandy Tart Dough)
“Sablé,” which means “sand” or “sandy” in French, refers to the dough’s crumbly texture when baked. Here's how to make the dough and turn it into a tart shell for an elegant dessert.