Three rugelach spilling out from a glass jar.

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Mocha walnut torte on a white plate with 2 pieces sliced and 1 piece missing.
Mark Weinberg
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Dorie Greenspan’s Mocha Walnut Torte

This cake is an excellent keeper and, because it’s sturdy, a good traveler—make it for a friend or take it to a potluck. It’s good plain and good with whipped cream or crème fraîche. And if you want to dress it up, it takes nicely to a drizzle of chocolate ganache.
Dorie Greenspan's quick corn bread with bacon, corn, and green onions in a cast-iron skillet, and cut into squares.
Mark Weinberg
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Dorie Greenspan’s Quick Cornbread

Whether you serve the cornbread straight from the oven or at room temperature, slathered with butter (and maybe a drizzle of honey) or plain as can be, you’ll find yourself marveling at how little effort it takes to make something so good.
Several of Dorie Greenspan's rugelach tumbling our of a jar
Alan Richardson
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Dorie Greenspan’s Rugelach

I've made rugelach countless times, but nowadays my dough is even more foolproof because I make it in a food processor. I've also made a few other changes to the recipe. While my mother-in-law's rugelach were filled with cinnamon-sugared nuts, mine also include a slick of jam, some currants, and a handful of chopped chocolate.
Almond flounder meunière in a wooden serving dish topped with sliced almonds and lemon wedges on the side.
Alan Richardson
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Almond Flounder

Almond flounder meunière is an inventive mashup of two classic dishes–sole amandine and sole meunière. My version uses baby flounder that is lightly breaded, cooked in brown butter, and sprinkled with toasted almonds.
One French sable cookies on a white background
Claudia Ficca
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French Sablé Cookies

These French sablé cookies, made with butter, sugar, flour, vanilla, and salt, is from Dorie Greenspan and is like shortbread. A perfect Christmas cookie.
World Peace Cookies 2.0 spread out on white background.
Mark Weinberg
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World Peace Cookies 2.0

I added rye flour for groundedness; cocoa nibs to represent strength; pepper for a touch of unpredictability; and raspberries for sharpness and verve. The raspberries are freeze-dried and their flavor takes a little time to reveal itself. While you taste them soon after the cookies cool, they really come into their own a day later.
This spaghetti and meatballs from Dorie Greenspan is, as you'd expect, easy and delicious. #spaghetti #meatballs #spaghettiandmeatballs #doriegreenspan
Ellen Silverman
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Dorie Greenspan’s Spaghetti and Meatballs

This spaghetti and meatballs recipe is everything you’d expect from Dorie Greenspan. It’s easy, utterly delicious, and a crowd pleaser. The meatballs take on a unique taste and texture thanks to a couple healthy stealth ingredients.
A yellow bowl filled with cowboy caviar salad with a bowl of tortilla chips on the side.
Ellen Silverman
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Cowboy Caviar Salad

Cowboy caviar salad–a no-ccok mix of beans, scallions, onion, bell peppers, jalapeños, corn, tomato, and avocado tossed in a lime-honey dressing. Perfect for picnics and tailgating.
Chocolate Bread Pudding
Alan Richardson
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Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Bread Pudding

This chocolate bread pudding by the doyenne of baking, Dorie Greenspan, come together easily. Just brioche, raisins, milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and, of course, chocolate. A stunner.
A black platter with golden brown herb butter chicken, roasted onion, a lemon wedge, and sprigs of thyme and oregano by Dorie Greenspan
Ellen Silverman
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Roast Chicken with Herb Butter

A roast chicken is one of the easiest, and most rewarding, dinners you can make. This version, with its mix of parsley, rosemary, thyme, basil, cilantro, sage, tarragon, chives, and/or oregano comes together quickly and is truly satisfying.
Cauliflower bacon gratin in a large green rectangular baking dish with melted cheese.
Alan Richardson
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Cauliflower-Bacon Gratin

If the French celebrated Thanksgiving, I’m sure they’d find a place at the table for this cauliflower gratin recipe. Simply made, appealingly rustic, and very tasty, it can sit alongside the main course or, with a little salad (and maybe even some cranberry sauce), take the stage alone for brunch, lunch, or supper.
A sliced kugelhopf in a round metal platter
Alan Richardson
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Kugelhopf

A modern take on kugelhopf, Dorie Greenspan’s version is part cake, part bread. It’s like brioche except it’s soaked in butter and then sprinkled with sugar. Both sophisticated and satisfying.
A world peace cookies, or korova cookie by Dorie Greenspan, on a pink background.
David Leite
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World Peace Cookies | Korova Cookies

These World Peace cookies by Dorie Greenspan, or known as Korova Cookies, have a double whammy of chocolate: chocolate dough studded with chocolate chunks and sprinkled with sea salt.

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About David Leite

I’ve received three James Beard Awards for my writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. I’m the author of The New Portuguese Table and Notes on a Banana. For more than 25 years, I’ve been developing and testing recipes for my site, my books, and publications. My work has also appeared in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and more. I’m also a cooking teacher, memoirist, and inveterate cat lady.

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2 Comments

  1. Love Dorie’s recipes! I used her World Peace Cookies 1.0 recipe to make these turkeys a few years ago to donate to a battered women’s shelter. They’re delicious. Haven’t tried 2.0 recipe yet.

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    1. Those are so cute, Martha! Do let us know what you think of the 2.0 version when you try it.

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