More savory than sweet, these shortbread go magnificently with booze of any sorts, from the most genteel of cocktails to your go-to wine from the corner store.
- 30 M
- 1 H, 20 M
- 5
Annie Leslie, Recipe Tester
A list of all the recipes Annie Leslie has tested.
Cranberry and Orange Relish
Doesn’t get much simpler than this make-ahead cranberry sauce. Simply simmer cranberries, sugar, and orange until you hear a “Pop!” Then slide it in the fridge. Your work is done.
- 5 M
- 15 M
- 20
Coconut Blondies
Sweet! Gooey! Easy! Yum! Those are just a few of the lovely things we’re hearing about these coconutty beauties. Taste for yourself.
- 15 M
- 35 M
- 17
Nutmeg Cake
This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.
- 15 M
- 1 H
- 21
Basic Pan Gravy
Great gravy doesn’t just happen by chance. Here’s how it does happen. And with no fuss. No mess. No lumps. Just easy, foolproof, soul-satisfying gravy.
- Quick Glance
- 15 M
- 15 M
- 11
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
This little taste of heaven is easy as can be. Smooth, rich, creamy ice cream that tastes just like cheesecake. No ice cream maker required.
- 20 M
- 12 H
- 11
Coconut Angel Food Cake
Not just the stuff of sweet memories, angel food cake is still in fashion—and still fashionably simple to whip up. Truly heaven sent.
- 45 M
- 1 H, 35 M
- 19
Banana Bread
A superlative version of the classic American quick bread that everyone loves.
- 30 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 80
Peruvian Roast Chicken
This anything-but-boring bird borrows its Peruvian accent from a technicolor dreamcoat of paprika, lemon, garlic, and cumin.
- 30 M
- 1 H, 45 M
- 36
Sweet Potato Casserole with Gingersnaps
A Thanksgiving classic revisited with an added emphasis on sugar and spice and, yes, everything nice. A sweet potato mash topped with marshmallow and—believe it or not—crushed gingersnaps. Heresy? Or high-five-worthy? You tell us.
- Quick Glance
- 15 M
- 2 H
- 0
Stone Fruit Slump
Equal parts bohemian and tradition, this stone fruit slump marries the best aspects of cobbler and cake to sweet, sweet effect.
- 30 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 10
White Russian
The White Russian flirted with cult status after the release of The Big Lebowski, a Coen brothers production in which a fashionably unkempt Jeff Bridges…well, we won’t give it away.
- 5 M
- 5 M
- 7
Ultra-Thin Chocolate Chunk Cookies
A theatrical departure from the norm, these diaphanous beauties shatter dramatically as they deliver untold caramelized, bittersweet chocolate goodness.
- 20 M
- 45 M
- 18