Allison Parker, Recipe Tester

This spicy tomato soup gets its heat from Thai Sriracha sauce and depth from blue cheese. San Marzano tomatoes are used, so the soup can be made anytime.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 25

This bread pudding is filled with bacon, peppers, spinach, and cheese making it a one-dish meal. It’s ideal for Christmas and Thanksgiving, but it works for the remaining 363 days, too.

• 25 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 4

Cinnamon is the solo act in this sophisticated but simple gelato. Creamy, indulgent, and complex tasting, this gelato is sure to become a new favorite.

• Quick Glance
• 40 M
• 7 H
• 3

Classic chocolate crinkle cookies get a hit of ginger. These chocolate-ginger crinkle cookies will be the first cookies to disappear from the cookie jar.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 9

This roasted butternut squash pie is the ideal dish to whip up when you have hearty eaters, vegetarians, and vegans coming for dinner. They’ll all love it.

• Quick Glance
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2 H, 45 M
• 0

These bread pudding muffins are just bread pudding baked in muffin tins for creamy, custardy, crisp-topped results.

• 15 M
• 5 H
• 4

Soft, creamy, easy-peasy, foolproof caramels wrapped in wax paper for gift-giving are certain to earn you heaps of loot from grateful giftees.

• 45 M
• 1 H
• 17