Annie Leslie, Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Annie Leslie has tested.

Glazed nutmeg pound cake in a loaf pan on a circular cooling rack

Nutmeg Cake

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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
  • 15
Basic Pan Gravy

Basic Pan Gravy

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Great gravy doesn’t just happen by chance. Here’s how it does happen.

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  • 15 M
  • 15 M
  • 11
A cake pan of golden brown cornbread with a slice removed

Cornbread

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An easy, foolproof, ever so slightly sweet corn bread that comes together as quickly as it disappears. Just watch it.

  • 20 M
  • 45 M
  • 28
Three glass cups with scoops of strawberry cheesecake ice cream on a plate and dish towel

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

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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
A 3-layer coconut angel food cake covered in white frosting on a white cake stand

Coconut Angel Food Cake

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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
A broken slice of banana bread stacked on a white plate

Banana Bread

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A superlative version of the classic American quick bread that everyone loves.

  • 30 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 74
Chicken roasted red with paprika in a casserole dish and plate of lime wedges on a wooden table

Peruvian Roast Chicken

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This bird borrows its Peruvian accent from its amazing technicolor dreamcoat of paprika, cumin, and garlic.

  • 30 M
  • 1 H, 45 M
  • 26
Sweet Potato Casserole

Gingersnap and Sweet Potato Casserole

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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.

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  • 15 M
  • 2 H
  • 0
Cranberry and Orange Relish

Cranberry and Orange Relish

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It doesn’t get much simpler than this make-ahead relish. Just simmer cranberries, sugar, and orange until you hear a “Pop!” and then plop it in the fridge.

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  • 5 M
  • 15 M
  • 20

Stone Fruit Slump

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Equal parts bohemian and tradition, this stone fruit slump marries the best aspects of cobbler and cake to sweet, sweet effect.

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  • 30 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
  • 10
Yum Yum Squares

Yum Yum Squares

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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
  • 14
White Russian

White Russian

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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.

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  • 5 M
  • 5 M
  • 7
Ultra-Thin Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ultra-Thin Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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A theatrical departure from the norm, these diaphanous beauties shatter dramatically as they deliver untold caramelized, bittersweet chocolate goodness.

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  • 20 M
  • 45 M
  • 18
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