Amy Wilschut, Recipe Tester

Chocolate, cream, sugar, vanilla, and butter. If ever there was a magnificent melding of just a few ingredients, this is it.

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• 50 M
• 50 M
• 14

“This was beyond the best carrot cake I have ever had.” That’s the sorta thing we’re hearing about this cake, which revolutionarily and ingeniously relies on puréed, rather than grated, carrots.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 22

No ordinary chicken pot pie, this one seems to have gone to finishing school but without a lot of fuss. Just a couple of simple yet significant aspects done exceptionally well.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 0

If you’ve been hesitant to make chocolate souffle out of fear, worry not. This easy version is guaranteed to reach lofty heights. A no-stress, high-stakes dessert. We show you how.

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• 30 M
• 1 H
• 2

Pork chops, simple and satisfying, are what you get with this simple, lightly spiced lovelies cook in no time. Burnished on the outside, juicy on the inside, and flavorful through and through.

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• 10 M
• 30 M
• 0

This gingerbread Bundt cake has all the warm spicy goodness of gingerbread cookies. And, as if that wasn’t enough, it’s gilded with a sassy sweet-tart citrus glaze.

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• 45 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 10

A somewhat elevated riff on roast chicken and vegetables, this chef-ified dish with rosemary-infused brown butter means you can dine in style at home.

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• 45 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 2

Think sugar cookie meets margarita. Or something like that. And just as difficult to stop at a single taste.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

“Better than pie.” We’ve been hearing that from more than one person about these apple crumb bars—and we’re pretty big pie people around here. So that’s saying a heck of a lot.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

A handful of ingredients, 15 minutes of your time, and this recipe and you’ll be reminded of just how incomparable properly made homemade garlic bread can actually be.

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• 15 M
• 45 M
• 0