We prefer turbinado sugar, a slightly refined sugar, for the topping, because it melts easily and forms a crisp, easily shattered cover.
Author: Gourmet Test Kitchen
Use this recipe to make Milk Chocolate Cup-of-Fluffs . Nougat has a light, chewy consistency, a bright white color, and a charming ability to hold on to crunchy things like nuts or caramel pieces.
Author: Susie Norris
A popular Southern dessert said to originate in England, chess pie consists of staple ingredients: eggs, butter, and sugar, bound with cornmeal, flour, or both. While some recipes rely on tangy buttermilk...
Author: Sarah Jampel
The best thing about this classic sesame-based confection (aside from the fact that it's so delicious) is how easy it is to make at home. The base recipe can be varied to your heart's content. Try our...
Author: Mindy Fox
Panna cotta, a molded chilled dessert popular throughout Italy, is easy to make and can be prepared in advance. It looks and tastes wonderful with ripe red fruits such as raspberries, strawberries, or...
An easy way to stock your freezer with homemade ice cream sandwiches: use baking sheets to make a giant ice cream-filled cookie that's easy to slice.
Author: Kendra Vaculin
This easy Meringues recipe is an accompaniment for Vanilla Mousse Meringues and Fresh Berries.
Author: Colin Cowie
This thick, glossy sauce makes chocolate syrup taste ho-hum. It's wonderful on the Frozen Chocolate Caramel Parfaits or poured over any flavor of ice cream to create a luscious hot fudge sundae.
Cocoa brownies have the softest center and chewiest candylike top "crust" of all because all of the fat in the recipe (except for a small amount of cocoa butter in the cocoa) is butter, and all of the...
Author: Alice Medrich
Cooking the apples with their skins on adds a beautiful rosy blush to the finished sauce.
Author: Carla Lalli Music
We make the shells for these tarts with packaged graham cracker crumbs to save time. If your brown sugar contains hard lumps, force it through a sieve before using. Otherwise, it won't dissolve in the...
In this cobbler recipe, the batter puffs up around the fruit, creating a cakey top and a gooey base.
Author: Joe Sevier
A few tweaks to the standard icebox cake formula make this ice cream cake stand out: jam, Ritz crackers, and a layer of butter pecan ice cream.
Author: Kendra Vaculin
Baker's sugar, a favorite of pastry chefs, is also called superfine sugar. It measures the same as regular but dissolves more quickly. It's available at some supermarkets. You can also make your own by...
Author: Diane Rossen Worthington
Nutty pistachio and tangy raspberry jam spread through whipped cream make for a lovely duo in this easy ice cream cake layered with Biscoff cookies.
Author: Kendra Vaculin
This recipe originally accompanied Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting .
Author: Allysa Torey
We prefer Droste brand Dutch-process cocoa for this recipe because it gives the cakes a richer chocolate flavor. Though whoopie pies can be served on the same day they're made, we think the cakes are much...
It's never a bad idea to serve pie with plenty of whipped cream. Think your pie is sweet enough? You can leave the sugar out-ain't nothin' wrong with plain ol' whipped cream. For a luxurious twist, try...
Author: Erin Jeanne McDowell
This very stable meringue is incredibly versatile - it makes magnificent billowy white peaks to brown as you wish. It is a large recipe - 6 egg whites - so that you have an abundance of this great meringue....
Author: Shirley O. Corriher
This classic frosting couldn't be easier to make and is a must for finishing red velvet and carrot cakes (or a batch of cupcakes). Using vanilla bean paste gives it a pretty speckled look, but if you don't...
Author: Katherine Sacks