Jenny Latreille, Recipe Tester

Simple. Modest. Perfectly proportioned. And just like you’ll find in Manhattan. Swear. And a family project that’s just time-consuming enough to distract but not so tedious as to deter.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 1 D
• 0

A ginormous, warm, gooey, chocolatey cookie baked in a single skillet so there’s no waiting for batch after batch to come out of the oven.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 50 M
• 0

A simple side that comes together quickly, only messes up a single pan, and will earn you accolades from most (if maybe not all) the folks at your table.

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• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0

Looks like a baguette, tastes like a ciabatta. This northern Italian bread is crusty and chewy and all sorts of incredible.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 5 H
• 4

Looks and tastes like a restaurant-quality meal that requires a staff of sous chefs and dish washers. Yet in reality it comes together in a single skillet in just 30 minutes.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 0

David finally learns to make pain d’epi, the loaf of bread that he’s been lusting after for decades, and finds it to be easy peasy.

• (1)
• 15 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 18

Proof that spectacularly fudgy, messily gooey, intensely chocolatey brownies can be made without butter or eggs.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 3 H, 55 M
• 0

Buttery, rich pound cake is ribboned with a marmalade layer, steeped in blood orange syrup, and finished off with a tartly sweet orange glaze. Sigh.

• (3)
• 1 H
• 2 H
• 8

Taco meets casserole in this clever and crowd-pleasing approach to perfectly seasoned tacos.

• (1)
• 35 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 4

Simple yet spectacular green beans thanks to the perfect technique from Alain Ducasse.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 20 M
• 6