You can substitute whiskey, rum, or rye for the bourbon. If you cannot find all-butter puff pastry, you can use other types of puff pastry and bake at...
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We consider this Guinness Pie to be a cooking project because it takes some time to put together, but it is well worth the effort. To break up the work,...
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Celebrate the holidays with a touch of something sweet, made with minimum of fuss.
Author: Martha Stewart
Fancy this: An elegant, easy recipe from Cher Lewis in New York City. For a crisp outcome, do your baking on a dry day -- humidity makes for a soft-textured...
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Add a twist to your shortcake and use a sweet-tart rhubarb compote instead of the standard strawberries.
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These crunchy cookies are wonderful on their own or when paired with your favorite ice cream.
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This delicious coconut cake frosting recipe is courtesy of Robert Carter from the Peninsula Grill, in Charleston, South Carolina.
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These jumbo-sized treats are a brownie lover's dream with bittersweet chocolate and milk- and white-chocolate chips. Plus they're convenient; ready to...
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This is the kind of classic, all-American layer cake that birthday memories are made of. It's guaranteed to please a crowd. To make an 8-inch layer cake,...
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We chose rocket-style molds to make these multicolored treats. But you can use any you like.
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Lime zest, shredded coconut, and macadamia nuts give these bar cookies a decidedly tropical bent. Wrapped and tied with a bow, they make excellent holiday...
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No child (or adult) can resist these goodies made with semisweet chocolate and peanut-butter chips.
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This recipe from reader Carol J. Rhodes of Houston, Texas, is lighter in texture and more delicate than traditional fruitcake, yet keeps all its appeal...
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Creme Patissiere, or pastry cream, serves as the filling for a number of our favorite desserts.
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Adapt the traditional celebratory Scandinavian "princess cake" of marzipan, raspberry jam, whipped cream, and vanilla pastry cream for winter by pressing...
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Store-bought puff pastry is an effortless base for this pretty tart. The brightness of berries is wonderful with mellow pears.
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Use day-old bread in this decadent dessert recipe from Cheryl and Griffith Day, owners of Savannah's Back in the Day Bakery, for best results. If you don't...
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Use this rich ganache with our Dark-Chocolate Cake for a devilish indulgence. Be sure to have a glass of milk handy!
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Try these chocolate-filled bite-size wonders, which make clever use of shredded coconut to form the crust, for a delicious, unique Passover dessert. This...
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Disguise your favorite fruit as a sweet, relatively healthy treat.
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The basis of this candy is a mixture of simple syrup and egg whites known as mazetta.
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The bold, tart taste of red currants is an intriguing addition to more familiar raspberries in this pie bursting with the flavors of summer.
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A light vanilla layer cake filled with bright, lemon mousse is "frosted" with toasted marshmallow-like meringue for a truly magnificent dessert.
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This easy chocolate ganache tastes wonderful on our Glazed Chocolate Cake.
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Use this recipe to make Flourless Chocolate Espresso Cake.
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Chocolate molded into the shape of mint leaves makes a heavenly garnish for our Chocolate-Mint Cupcakes and Chocolate-Mint Torte.
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When the temperature soars, these chilly sweets will provide cool relief (and lots of smiles).
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Our variation on German chocolate cake conceals a coconut-pecan filling between brownielike cake layers, with an out glaze of chocolate ganache.
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This famous chocolate sponge cake is filled with apricot jam and coated with silky-smooth ganache. It was created in 1832 by Franz Sacher of the Hotel...
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Enjoy these classic Madeleines cookies with some tea or coffee for a delicious treat.
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These cookies are studded with dried currants, which are tiny raisins made from Zante grapes. The currants must be soaked overnight, so you'll need to...
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Trade light-brown sugar for white and a standard angel food cake is transformed into an ethereal dessert that's anything but common.
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Tender, lemony butter cake lies beneath a crisp, crunchy, crackling shell for a delicious contrast in every bite of this cake.
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Using 1 1/4-inch ice-cream scoops (or melon ballers) gives this sundae it's whimsical, delicate appearance.
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Scoops of vanilla ice cream are immersed in minty hot fudge.
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If you don't have a tart pan, use a 9-inch pie plate. You'll need about half the dough for the crust. Bake the tart for about 40 minutes in step 5.
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Serve this moist, molasses-rich gingerbread with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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This crowd-pleasing Passover recipe is courtesy of Arthur Schwartz and can be found in his book, "Jewish Home Cooking." You can customize the dessert and...
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Striking stripes of vanilla and chocolate hide beneath a thick coating of glossy chocolate frosting in this dramatic cake. Best of all, it's surprisingly...
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Think of these sweets as deconstructed biscotti. The cookies have a similar flavor, but here the dough is pressed into a single flat sheet for faster baking...
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This crustless potato-and-cheese pie is packed with Gruyere, a potent Swiss cheese.
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Inspired by the cardamom-date cakes found in the Arabian Gulf, this dessert derives its intoxicating flavor from Medjool dates, Arabic coffee, and semisweet...
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Classic madeleines -- those perfectly delicate shell-shaped cookies -- are flavored with lemon or orange zest, but variations include chocolate, cocoa,...
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Martha adapted this applesauce spice cake recipe from one in her first book, Entertaining.
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This rich chocolate wine cake recipe, provided by Margot Murdock Murphy, uses a Nordic Ware Fleur De Lis Bundt Pan.
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The stripes of jam make these treats look especially festive -- perfect for serving to guests or to give as a gift.
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