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Shortbread Cookies with Warm Apples and Jam
WHILE chocolate desserts, fresh fruit sorbets and fruit tarts re main the classic, ever-popular French desserts, lighter, cookie- based desserts are appearing more frequently. Several Paris restaurants have recently offered sable, or shortbread cookie, desserts. This recipe comes from Jacqueline Fenix, a fine restaurant in Neuilly, a Paris suburb, where the chef, Michel Rubod, offers warm shortbread with sauteed apples and homemade apricot jam. At Tour d'Argent the menu recently featured a dessert made of three layers of sables interlaced with fresh raspberries, all set in a pool of fresh raspberry sauce, while at Jacques Cagna sables came warm from the oven, accompanied by sauteed apples and cinnamon ice cream.

Middle Eastern Baked Apples

Maple Leaf Rag Sundae
This recipe came to The Times in 2011 from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia’s Old City, where the Maple Leaf Rag sundae pays homage to Scott Joplin’s 1899 composition with maple syrup, walnuts, crushed pineapple and house-made banana ice cream. It’s easy to make it home, because the recipe doesn’t require homemade ice cream (although it wouldn’t hurt.) And most of the pieces can be made ahead of time.

Julia Child's Berry Clafoutis
This recipe is for a delicately sweet dessert whose elegance should not distract from its ease (it can be made while the rest of dinner is in the oven). Make sure you have fresh berries, and serve the result warm. We call for blueberries or blackberries here, but feel free to try it with whatever seasonal fruit catches your eye.

Banana Snacking Cake With Salted Caramel Glaze
This buttery snacking cake is a bit like banana bread, but richer, and topped with a sticky caramel frosting that is dotted with crunchy flakes of sea salt. The frosting, made from brown sugar and heavy cream, is easier than a classic caramel, but just as compelling, with the sea salt contrasting perfectly with its sweetness. It’s important to use ripe bananas here. Soft, spotty ones with dark yellow skins will be the sweetest and most complex. Firm, pale yellow bananas just don’t have enough intensity to flavor the cake.

Banana-Infused Pumpkin Pie
I love taking decadent treats and turning them into healthy nutritional powerhouses that allow you to enjoy your dessert without the guilt. Here is my favorite dessert: pumpkin pie. Over the years, I have experimented with many different recipes, and this maple-sweetened, banana-infused version with a graham cracker coconut crust, which takes minutes to prepare, is always a crowd pleaser. Simply place all the ingredients in a blender to purée, and pour the filling into the prepared pie crust. Since this recipe is full of foods like pumpkin, banana, eggs and cinnamon, you, or your guests, won’t feel guilty about having seconds.

Coconut Dulce de Leche With Caramelized Pineapple

Sautéed Cauliflower with Apples and Sherry

Banana Blondies

Nathalie Dupree’s Liberty Cobbler
This patriotic dessert was created by Ms. Dupree, the prolific author of Southern cookbooks, in celebration of the Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday, in 1986. It's easy to prepare, and it can be adapted for use with almost any sweet and ripe summer fruit.

Banana Cake With Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

Banana Chocolate-Chip Tea Cake

Frozen Banana Daiquiri
Here’s something to do with those rapidly ripening bananas on the kitchen counter. Simple syrup can be made ahead of time and kept in your fridge, and the basic ratio is one part sugar to one part water (you can do two parts sugar for a richer syrup). Bring water to a boil, add the sugar, and cook until completely dissolved. It’s an easy base for a world of cocktails. (The New York Times)

Whiskey-Apple Crumble Pie
This whiskey-apple crumble pie calls for the apple slices to be sautéed before they are put into the crust and baked. The requirement that the apples be tart should be taken seriously, so the filling will stand up to the sweet crumble topping.

Mele e Cottechino (Apples and Pork Sausage)
Going out on New Year’s Eve has always been, according to my parents, for amateurs. Their long-standing alternative: stay home and eat well. The ritual starts with caviar and Champagne. Then Dad might prepare steak tartare and Mom, a chocolate soufflé. Good stuff. Now, all grown up (and then some), I realize they’re on to something. A low-key, intimate gathering starring good food is my preferred way to ring in the new. But in these lean times — and in my significantly smaller kitchen — putting out a succulent spread and entertaining the troops chez moi calls for some creativity.

Parsnips and Apples With Marsala
In 1954, the food writer Elizabeth David introduced her fellow Brits to carote al Marsala via her book “Italian Food.” She warned readers that Marsala and carrots may sound like “an unsuitable combination,” but lists the dish as one of her favorite vegetable recipes. Simmering the carrot in sweet wine until the liquid reduces to the point of becoming a glaze creates a delightful candying effect. The approach works equally well for parsnips and apples, which also have a natural sweetness, and any number of other root vegetables, like sunchokes or salsify.

Mott and Mulberry
Leo Robitschek, bar manager at The NoMad in Manhattan, named this cocktail for two Little Italy streets, in homage to its Italian and American ingredients. He aimed to create a drink that was festive, like a hot spiced cider, while avoiding the rich excesses of some traditional holiday tipples. The cocktail is basically a whiskey sour armed with two secret weapons: the distinctly sweet-tart flavor of Honeycrisp apple juice and Amaro Abano, which the bartender called a “spice bomb, adding cinnamon and clove notes while adding a pleasant bitterness.” It is suited for the cocktail hour, or just before dinner.

Pumpkin-Apple Chiffon Pie

Thin and Crisp Apple Tart
This French-style apple tart is topped with nothing but fruit and a squeeze of lemon juice. Make it with homemade rough puff pastry, or a store-bought sheet of puff pastry, and use a mandolin or a sharp knife to slice the apples finely, so they're almost see-through, then crowd the slices on the tart as closely as you can. Don't skip buttering and sugaring the parchment paper in the beginning, which gives the crust a touch of smoky caramel all along the bottom.

All-in-One Holiday Bundt Cake
This holiday recipe comes from the baking expert Dorie Greenspan. She calls it "all-in-one" because it includes elements from both Thanksgiving and Christmas: pumpkin, nutmeg, cranberries and ginger. It's really the perfect dessert for either feast, or any occasion in between. If you like, half a cup of bittersweet chocolate chips make an unexpected but delicious addition.

Frozen Maple Mousse With Sauteed Maple Apples

Babette Friedman’s Apple Cake
This simple, rustic cake is perfect for a holiday celebration or any other occasion.

Apple Doughnuts
