Desserts

An unconventional approach to apple pie that happily involves booze and lotsa butter. Even more memorable than the classic.

• (10)
• 45 M
• 4 H, 25 M
• 34

Because some things don’t change. Including the lure of old-fashioned, uncomplicated, chewy chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges and soft centers.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

Slightly sweet, fudgy, and full of bittersweet chocolatey goodness. Certain to satisfy both the kid and the grown-up in your house—and in you.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 3 H, 20 M
• 4

We’re hearing that this red velvet cake recipe with its mascarpone and cream cheese frosting surpasses all other renditions. Judge for yourself.

• (3)
• 1 H
• 2 H
• 32

We dubbed these lovelies “stealthy healthy” cuz they’re creamy, satiating, unadulterated loveliness would never lead you to believe they’re actually healthy.

• (2)
• 10 M
• 2 H
• 16

A simple trick that accentuates the sweetness inherent in late-summer stone fruit. And then amplifies it even more with honey and pepper.

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• 10 M
• 15 M
• 0

Finally, a streusel-sprinkled coffee cake that lives up to its namesake ingredient thanks to an espresso-laced ribbon through its sour cream base.

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• 45 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 0

Not too dark. Not too sweet. Simply bittersweet. Luxuriantly so. So long, chocolate ice creams of your childhood.

• (5)
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 16

Nothing helps a vegetable go down without a struggle like a little sweetness. Come summer, we’re particularly fond of this old-fashioned—yet still fashionable—zucchini delivery system.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 17

Dark chocolate-y, appropriately (and not too) rich, just sweet enough, and the entire surface blanketed with that coveted crackly surface. Let the love affair commence.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 6