Lydia Brimage, Recipe Tester

Everything you would imagine in a pound cake. Buttery. Indulgent. Moist. Rich. And with a perfectly balanced and ever so slightly puckery lemon glaze.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 10

Essentially fancy-sounding blobs of pastry with grated cheese, these chichi French lovelies impress everyone yet barely take any effort.

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• 30 M
• 1 H
• 2

Elegant and extravagant and easy. That’s these thin, delicate, curiously satisfying crêpes with caramelized apples and a rich caramel sauce.

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• 1 H
• 2 H
• 0

Made with potatoes, broccoli, and vegetable stock, this is rich, velvety, and comforting as heck. And nary a drop of cream although you’d never guess that by tasting it. A light drizzle of tangy feta yogurt sauce makes it something sorta special.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 2

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. It may even make us think corned beef on March 17th.

• 45 M
• 3 H
• 36

Perfectly browned on the outside and soft, moist, and buttery on the inside and perfect through and through for soaking up those savory pan juices from a roast. Effortless and timeless Christmas elegance.

• 10 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 13

Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.

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• 30 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 0

Baker extraordinaire Rose Levy Beranbaum shared her fudge brownie recipe. Let the love affair commence.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

Behold, an exquisitely simple, sophisticated soup with a subtle celery root flavor that’s certain to make you swoon.

• 25 M
• 50 M
• 2

When you have more white meat lovers at Thanksgiving than you have white meat, this recipe is your answer. Guaranteed to be succulent, memorable, and done in 1 1/2 hours.

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

Just three ingredients–parsnips, maple syrup, and olive oil. And it’s so easy. Just slice, toss, roast, and be reminded just how nice simple tastes.

• 20 M
• 50 M
• 2

“The finest peach cobbler that I have ever, or will ever, eat.” “WOW!” “An 11 out of 10.” “Magical.” That’s what folks are saying about this crazy easy peach cobbler.

• 30 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 46

Apricot tart with frangipane. Because stone fruit season is short. So is life.

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• 1 H
• 4 H
• 6

A marvelous, if unconventional, Middle Eastern concoction that’s as refreshing as a dip in the Mediterranean.

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• 40 M
• 40 M
• 0