Dessert
Scotcheroos
A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Anytime Lemon Cake
This easy, elegant lemon cake takes 10 minutes to pull together and can be made a day in advance.
By Andrea Albin
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39 Valentine’s Day Cookies to Spread the Love Far and Wide
Skip the Conversation Hearts and bake a batch of Valentine’s cookies.
By Zoe Denenberg
Tres Leches Cake
This tres leches cake recipe gets its tenderness from the addition of a fourth type of milk and a kick from a shot of rum.
By Erik Zeda
Hamantaschen
These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.
By Zoe Denenberg
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The 27 Most Popular Dessert Recipes of 2023
Our readers were all about the Philly fluff cake and French silk pie this year.
By Anikah Shaokat
Caffeinate Your Cookies With Any Coffee or Tea
Coffee grounds, tea leaves, matcha powder? The choice is yours.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Stack Your Way to Christmas Glory With This No-Roll Bûche de Noël
Half the effort of a classic bûche, but all the festive vibes.
By Alexis deBoschnek
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23 Pear Desserts to Make You Swoon Like a Partridge
Apples get lots of attention, but don’t underestimate the humble pear.
By Zoe Denenberg
Any Tea or Coffee Shortbread Cookies
Pick any sort of coffee or tea to turn this moreish cookie into a caffeinated treat fit for breakfast or dessert.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Loaf de Noël
This decorated loaf cake delivers all of the drama and trappings of a traditional bûche de Noël with only a fraction of the work.
By Alexis deBoschnek
Blondies
Everyone needs an irresistibly buttery back-pocket blondie recipe in their toolbox. This is ours.
By The Epicurious Test Kitchen
Tiramisu
You don’t need to speak Italian or even turn on the oven to make this dreamy espresso-scented dessert.
By Melissa Roberts and Maggie Ruggiero
Choose Your Own Holiday Adventure With Mix-and-Match Biscotti
One recipe, endless possibilities.
By Jesse Szewczyk
For the Shiniest Cookie Icing, Meringue Powder Is a Must
Thanks to this shelf-stable ingredient, you’ll have the prettiest cookies at the swap.
By Zoe Denenberg
Brandied Almond Biscotti
This almond biscotti recipe gets oomph from a splash of brandy.
By Tony Oltranti
Anything Goes Biscotti
Think of this flexible biscotti recipe as a formula for whatever flavor of crunchy cookie you’re craving.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Peppermint Bark Brownies
Deep, rich dark chocolate, milky white chocolate, and sharp peppermint come together in a gift-worthy brownie.
By Zoe Denenberg
Fiori di Sicilia Pound Cake
A gâteau quatre-quarts, or four-fourths, traditionally called for a pound each of butter, flour, sugar and eggs. This version of the cake adds vanilla and fragrant citrus extract.
By Aleksandra Crapanzano