Articles filed under Dessert
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How to bake your best batch of cutout cookies yetDec 17, 2025 5:38 am - Cutout cookies are a holiday baking staple. Yet it can be all too easy to watch in dismay as your dough sticks and tears or those cute little snowmen turn into a shapeless blobs. If you’re looking to take your cutout cookies to a new, neater level, here are some top tips.
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No-fail, four-ingredient doughnuts, just in time for HanukkahDec 10, 2025 5:21 am - If you’ve tried and failed to make Hanukkah Sufganiyot, here’s a trick for you: a doughnut pan. These easy doughnuts are not the traditional jelly-filled Hanukkah treat, but they require only four ingredients and five minutes of prep.
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German bakers bring Christmas specialty to life with rich tradition (no margarine allowed)Dec 09, 2025 5:10 am - Bakers in the eastern German city of Dresden have been making stollen for Christmas for hundreds of years. The traditional pastry, made only for the Advent season, combines buttery yeast dough with golden raisins, candied lemon and orange peel and almonds. Strict rules govern its production, including a ban on margarine and artificial additives.
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Pumpkin spice truffles celebrate the season in a better-for-you wayNov 07, 2025 8:50 am - These chocolate-pecan-coated truffles have a soft, pumpkin filling seasoned with cinnamon, ginger and cloves. They’re an easy-to-make, memorable, autumnal treat made from pantry staples.
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How to bake with nut flours for gluten-free treatsNov 07, 2025 8:50 am - Almond flour is only one small star in the nut flour universe. Lesser-known flours made from finely ground walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, pistachios and chestnuts, among others, are nutrient-dense and full of flavor, and they add personality to whatever you are baking or cooking.
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Why do my cake recipes with baking powder never work?Nov 04, 2025 4:56 am - Q: It seems as if every time a recipe calls for baking powder, I never get the rise I expect.
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Impress your guests this fall with caramel-glazed ginger applesauce cakeOct 22, 2025 5:42 am - Spoiler alert: This recipe for Don Mauer’s version of Ruth Reichl’s Gingered Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze is not low-calorie, low-fat, or low-carb. It is just ... well ... sensational.
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Doing Jacques Pépin proud: Legendary chef’s passion for cooking comes out in these recipesOct 15, 2025 6:01 am - How do you celebrate when a legendary French chef turns 90? With a five-course dinner for friends prepared with love, paired with wine and benefiting the good work of the Jacques Pépin Foundation to support culinary education worldwide. Penny Kazmier shares three recipes from or inspired by Pépin.
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The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than barsOct 08, 2025 5:14 am - The sweet flavors and thick texture that have made Dubai chocolate bars a hit are morphing into other kinds of confections too.
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Brownies with no flour, no eggs and no butter? Believe itSep 24, 2025 4:58 am - Oats, peanut butter, and maple syrup take the place of flour, eggs and sugar in these soft and chewy brownies.