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How do you define a true New York-style cheesecake? A sweetly crunchy graham cracker crust cushioning a rich, creamy, moan-inducing filling with a slightly lemony lilt. In other words, this recipe.

• (14)
• 20 M
• 2 H
• 48

“Absolutely the best thing I’ve put in my mouth in a long time!” That’s what we’re hearing about this buttery, citrusy, playfully easy-to-eat coffee cake. We’re not arguing with that sentiment.

• (20)
• 1 H
• 3 H, 45 M
• 88

Behold, Edd Kimber’s go-to sheet cake, complete with an utterly irresistible (and doable) Swiss meringue buttercream that you’re gonna wanna slather all over everything.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 2 H
• 2

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cake—there’s actually coffee in the cake—is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

• (13)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 51

The combination of tart, citrusy orange with not-too-dark chocolate was a smashing success at the Barefoot Contessa. It’s just as much a hit at home.

• (10)
• 35 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 51

A holiday cookie if we ever saw one! So buttery, so nutty, so delicate, so mind-bendingly charming, these traditional Viennese cookies rival the city’s fancier pastries as our fave.

• (3)
• 45 M
• 4 H
• 16

Tender and delicate and buttery and spectacularly simple, just as classic shortbread cookies ought to be.

• (2)
• 25 M
• 1 H
• 10

An impressive (and blissfully last-minute!) nosh with an incredibly satisfying salty sweet thing happening. And spectacularly simple to make. Decorate as much or as little as you like.

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• 1 H
• 2 H
• 0

This life-changer of a recipe isn’t your mom’s banana bread. It’s better. And we’ve got no qualms saying that.

• (15)
• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 44

This warm-from-the-oven nosh is the ideal melding of sweet, spicy, and savory. An ideal pre-Thanksgiving-dinner nosh.

• (1)
• 5 M
• 20 M
• 3