Larry Noak, Recipe Tester

If you’ve been thinking you’re done with pumpkin everything, you’re going to want to hold off on judging until you experience this pumpkin pound cake.

• 45 M
• 2 H
• 8

More nuanced than gingerbread and not at all like fruit cake, this French pain d’épices is unforgettably fragrant with spice and nostalgically rich with tradition.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 6

“One of the best things I’ve EVER made.” “Beautiful.” “Comforting.” “Delicious.” “Easy.” That’s what folks are saying about this simple and satiating casserole.

• 25 M
• 50 M
• 10

Easy, healthy, simple, vegan, and done in an hour. And, most importantly, absolutely scrumptious.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 2

Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it’s no sissy imposter. It’s just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

• 35 M
• 1 H
• 8

Boozy bananas are lavished with a cheater’s caramel sauce made with butter, brandy, and brown sugar in this outrageously simple riff on a Southern classic. No flambé required.

• 15 M
• 25 M
• 4

This lovely melding of cheese course and last course becomes even lovelier with a generous pour of port.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 19

Kalamata olives lend this no-knead bread ample flavor while a long, slow rise brings it a bakery-quality crumb.

• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 27

Whether you have unripe berries, overripe berries, or an abundance of the season’s most fragrant berries, say hello to your sweetly sticky solution.

• 10 M
• 50 M
• 15

Seriously, it’s so easy to make your own sausage. Insanely easy. And holy heck, does it taste phenomenal. No meat grinder required.

• 25 M
• 45 M
• 17

Every once in a while, along comes a loaf of bread that’s so rustic, so memorable, it ruins every other bread experience. Here’s that loaf.

• 30 M
• 4 H, 20 M
• 307

Grilling. Boiling. Microwaving. Roasting. Campfiring. We’ve got the best ways to cook wieners right here, folks.

• 5 M
• 5 M
• 20

Bet you’ve already got everything you need for this frugal pantry pasta. All you need now is 15 minutes to pull it together.

• 10 M
• 20 M
• 12

Words sort of elude us when we attempt to describe just how stunning and scrumptious we consider this dish. Just…wow.

• 10 M
• 25 M
• 6