by the Editors of Cook’s Illustrated
from The Best Skillet Recipes: A Best Recipe Classic
(America’s Test Kitchen, 2009)
Makes one 10-inch souffle; serves 6
Don’t open the oven door during the first 7 minutes of baking this lemon …

by Orlando Murrin
from A Table in the Tarn
(Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2009)
Serves 6 to 8

One of the most popular of all our desserts, this raspberry-cinnamon streusel tart is a cross between a crumble and a cake. …

by Sur La Table and Cindy Mushet
from The Art and Soul of Baking
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009)
Makes one (9-inch) pie, serving 8 to 10
Banana cream pie, the old-fashioned favorite, gets a new twist when paired with …

by Sur La Table and Cindy Mushet
from The Art and Soul of Baking
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009)
Makes 12 muffins
Who says muffins have to be sweet? These feta, roasted pepper, and basil muffins are a great savory …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 3 1/2 to 4 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares

Monday night football and weekend golf with the guys are ordinarily stiff competition, but have no fear. Serve …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 2 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares
If “rich,” “chocolate,” and “decadent” sound seductive, then these moist fig bars, studded with chocolate chips and oatmeal streusel, will have …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 2 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares
In this triple-decker brownie, everyone’s favorite aphrodisiac factors into three places: a buttery crumb crust, a dense chocolate-raspberry filling, and a …

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 30 standard or 60 mini
The summery combination of blueberries and whipped cream tops berry-filled cupcakes. The muffin-like cakes, which can also be served for breakfast or …

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 32
Smaller adaptations of favorite desserts, such as raspberry-swirled cheesecake, are always appealing. Everyone gets his or her own, with plenty of buttery graham-cracker crust in each …

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 24
Dramatic peaks of coffee-flavored seven-minute frosting and a single coffee bean crown mocha cupcakes; the coffee variation of Swiss meringue buttercream and chocolate-covered espresso beans would …

by Erin McKenna
from Babycakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 8
Until the bagel made its way across the San Diego County border from the East Coast and nudged its way into our bread box in the early 1980s, my …