17 Best September Recipes

A glass jar filled with apple cider vinaigrette with a spoon resting in it.

Apple Cider Vinaigrette1/17

This slightly sweet, subtly tangy, entirely apple-y vinaigrette recipe is going to come in far more handy than you can ever imagine.

Pieces of batter-fried chicken piled on a white platter.

Batter-Fried Chicken2/17

Proof that it doesn't take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

Four fillets of baked fish with almonds, lemon, and bread crumbs on a rimmed baking sheet.

Baked Fish with Lemon Bread Crumbs3/17

Quick, easy, healthful, spectacular in terms of taste, and exactly what you need these last couple of Fridays before Easter.

Chops from a spice-glazed grilled pork loin on a cutting board with a glass of stout.

Grilled Pork Loin4/17

No more helplessly watching as the chops you toss on the grill toughen into leathery dryness. This flawless technique cooks the pork loin whole and slices it AFTER grilling.

No-Knead 5-Minute Artisan Bread5/17

Um, 5 minutes hands-on time for a loaf of bread? Please. That's nothing. Nothing short of a miracle.

Halved soft-boiled eggs and toast on a plate with egg shells.

Soft-Boiled Eggs and Toast6/17

Ideal for lazy weekends as well as harried weekdays, these soft-boiled eggs are cooked to perfection in less than five minutes. You're welcome.

A roast pork loin with apples and onions scattered around it on a baking sheet.

Roast Pork Loin with Apples and Onions7/17

This pork loin, with its fennel and garlic rub and apples and onions roasted on the same sheet pan, is about to become your new favorite supper salvation.

Pieces of chicken fingers, a smear of ketchup and two toddler sized forks on a white sheet.

Chicken Fingers8/17

No funnily named fillers. No mystery meat. Just chicken and cornflakes and little tykes clamoring for more.

Homemade pasta dough in 4 colors, plain, squid ink, beet, and saffron on a white background.

Pasta made fresh according to Italian tradition is unspeakably more supple, satisfying, and gratifying than the dried-out store-bought stuff and will make your mouth water. Here's how to make it at home.

Three resealable plastic bags filled with freezer tomato sauce.

Freezer Tomato Sauce10/17

1. Turn your glut of garden tomatoes into this sauce. 2. Stash it in the freezer. 3. Thank yourself come winter.

A broken slice of banana bread stacked on a white plate

Banana Bread by Cook’s Illustrated11/17

A superlative version of the classic American quick bread that everyone loves. And that everyone pretty much always has the ingredients for on hand.

A loaf of ciabatta, sliced, and filled with large air holes

Ciabatta12/17

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.

A parchment covered counter with lines of raw peanut butter cookies and a meat-tenderizing mallet.

Crisp Peanut Butter Cookies13/17

These uncannily crisp, seemingly shortbreadish cookies from San Francisco's Miette are--and we mean this--unlike any you've ever encountered.

A glass mixing bowl filled with homemade nutella and a spatula rests inside the bowl

Homemade Nutella14/17

No longer are you safe from temptation just because you summoned enough fortitude to skip the Nutella aisle at the store. Not safe at all.

A loaf of carrot zucchini bread with candied ginger on a white platter with three slices cut from it and buttered.

Carrot-Zucchini Bread with Candied Ginger15/17

Flecks of brilliant orange and green bejewel this not-so-common quick bread, but what adds a royal je ne sais quoi are the robust bursts of candied ginger.

A stack of Neiman Marcus cookies on wooden board with a bottle of milk and a jar of chocolate chips.

Neiman Marcus Cookies16/17

The story of the Neiman Marcus $250 cookie may be an urban legend but the recipe behind the story is quite real. And real good.