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Crème Anglaise

An easy Crème Anglaise recipe.

Classic Crème Brûlée

We prefer turbinado sugar, a slightly refined sugar, for the topping, because it melts easily and forms a crisp, easily shattered cover.

Author: Gourmet Test Kitchen

Panna Cotta

Panna cotta, a molded chilled dessert popular throughout Italy, is easy to make and can be prepared in advance. It looks and tastes wonderful with ripe...

Hot Fudge Sauce

This thick, glossy sauce makes chocolate syrup taste ho-hum. It's wonderful on the Frozen Chocolate Caramel Parfaits or poured over any flavor of ice cream...

Triple Chocolate Cookies

A quick and east recipe for Triple-Chocolate Cookies

Author: Tom Douglas

Classic Date Bars

Author: Susan Richardson

Sticky Date Pudding with Toffee Sauce

An easy Sticky Date Pudding recipe

Halva 5 Ways

The best thing about this classic sesame-based confection (aside from the fact that it's so delicious) is how easy it is to make at home. The base recipe...

Author: Mindy Fox

Cranberry Chess Pie

A popular Southern dessert said to originate in England, chess pie consists of staple ingredients: eggs, butter, and sugar, bound with cornmeal, flour,...

Author: Sarah Jampel

Vanilla Custard

This custard isn't meant to be eaten on its own. Food editor Melissa Roberts-Matar wanted the cake layers in the Pistachio Rhubarb Trifle Mushrooms to...

Best Cocoa Brownies

Cocoa brownies have the softest center and chewiest candylike top "crust" of all because all of the fat in the recipe (except for a small amount of cocoa...

Author: Alice Medrich

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sheet Pan Ice Cream Sandwiches

An easy way to stock your freezer with homemade ice cream sandwiches: use baking sheets to make a giant ice cream-filled cookie that's easy to slice.

Author: Kendra Vaculin

Creamy Vanilla Frosting

This recipe originally accompanied Red Velvet Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting .

Author: Allysa Torey

Café Au Lait Puddings

Author: Ruth Cousineau

Whoopie Pies

We prefer Droste brand Dutch-process cocoa for this recipe because it gives the cakes a richer chocolate flavor. Though whoopie pies can be served on the...

Swirl Spice Cake

This might look like a relative of coffee cake but don't be fooled. The layer of streusel in this marbled loaf cake gets a complex punch of flavor from...

Author: Tara O'Brady

Fresh Fruit Tart With Almond Press In Crust

Eating fruit tarts is great. Rolling out dough on a brutally hot day isn't. Good thing this stunner has a no-fuss press-in crust.

Author: Chris Morocco

Black Bottom Hazelnut Pie

Here's a sophisticated riff on classic pecan pie for chocolate lovers. This pie features a coating of bittersweet chocolate underneath the gooey, espresso-infused...

Author: Rhoda Boone

Coffee Granita (Caffé Greco)

How to make a quick and easy summer dessert.

Marbled Pumpkin Maple Cheesecake Bars

The creamy flavors of cheesecake meet the fall flavors of pumpkin pie in these indulgent bars.

Author: Rick Martinez

Meringues

This easy Meringues recipe is an accompaniment for Vanilla Mousse Meringues and Fresh Berries.

Author: Colin Cowie

Southern "One Cup" Peach Cobbler

In this cobbler recipe, the batter puffs up around the fruit, creating a cakey top and a gooey base.

Author: Joe Sevier

Italian Meringue (Magnificent Pie Meringue)

This very stable meringue is incredibly versatile - it makes magnificent billowy white peaks to brown as you wish. It is a large recipe - 6 egg whites...

Author: Shirley O. Corriher

Pistachio Shortbread

Author: Melissa Clark

Coconut Cream Pie

An old classic that relies on a few new tricks-toasted-coconut milk, the use of gelatin, and the incorporation of whipped cream-to make the most ethereal...

Author: Sam Worley

Blueberry Lemon Cream Tarts

We make the shells for these tarts with packaged graham cracker crumbs to save time. If your brown sugar contains hard lumps, force it through a sieve...

Mini Doughnut Muffins

Fresh doughnuts are one of the things I crave most, but making yeasted doughnuts is a lengthy, involved process that I often don't have time to undertake....

Author: Martha Collison

Salted Caramel Ice Cream

It might seem odd to describe something cold-ice cream-as sultry, but there is no denying genuine come-hither appeal. Based on a traditional candy from...

Author: Andrea Albin

Classic Whipped Cream

It's never a bad idea to serve pie with plenty of whipped cream. Think your pie is sweet enough? You can leave the sugar out-ain't nothin' wrong with plain...

Author: Erin Jeanne McDowell

Blackberry and Chocolate Ice Cream Icebox Cake

This easy dessert for summer is simply assembled with whipped cream, blackberry jam, chocolate graham crackers, & storebought chocolate ice cream.

Author: Kendra Vaculin

Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bars

These luscious cheesecake bars combine the best of several beloved desserts. This easy cheesecake recipe is even better after a night in the fridge.

Author: Tara O'Brady

Chocolate and Zucchini Cake

Author: Clotilde Dusoulier

White Chocolate Fruitcake Bars

These cookie bars are studded with the best parts of traditional fruitcake (orange zest and dried fruit) and spiced up with lots of fresh ginger. The white...

Author: Tara O'Brady

Cranberry Vanilla Coffeecake

Author: Melissa Roberts

Scandinavian Rhubarb Pudding

Author: Nika Standen Hazelton