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These Pistachio Christmas Cupcakes With Cherries are tender, nutty, and wonderfully festive. The recipe makes 12 cupcakes with a soft pistachio crumb, jewel-like chopped glacé cherries, and fluffy vanilla buttercream finished with a cherry and chopped pistachios. They take 20–25 minutes to prepare, bake in 18–22 minutes at 180°C/350°F conventional or 160°C/325°F fan, and need … Read more
Sticky Toffee Apple Cake is a warm, tender date sponge packed with diced apples and finished with a glossy butter-toffee sauce. To make it, soak 175 g of chopped dates in boiling water and baking soda, mix them into a brown sugar cake batter with 250–300 g of tart apples, bake at 180°C conventional or … Read more
This Best-Ever Baked Teriyaki Chicken Recipe gives you tender, juicy chicken breasts coated in a sweet-and-savory homemade teriyaki sauce, all prepared in about 40 to 50 minutes. Bake four boneless, skinless chicken breasts at 400°F, then thicken the flavorful baking juices with cornstarch for a glossy sauce that is spooned over the sliced chicken. The … Read more
These decadent mudslide cupcakes are rich chocolate cupcakes made with coffee liqueur, hot brewed coffee, and buttermilk, then finished with smooth Irish cream frosting and optional coffee liqueur chocolate ganache. The recipe makes 12 cupcakes and takes about 1 hour 15 minutes, including preparation, baking, cooling, and decorating. Every bite tastes like a creamy chocolate … Read more
This chewy peanut butter brownies recipe makes about 24 rich, blondie-style brownies in a greased 13 x 9-inch pan. Made with softened butter, two kinds of sugar, creamy peanut butter, and no cocoa or melted chocolate, these brownies take about 15 minutes to prepare and bake in 25–30 minutes at 350°F (175°C). Every bite has … Read more
This easy cream puff recipe makes 12–16 light, crisp, golden pastries filled with sweet vanilla whipped cream. The pâte à choux dough comes together on the stovetop with water, butter, flour, salt, and four eggs, then bakes in two stages for shells that puff dramatically and hold their shape. Each pastry has a delicate crackly … Read more
This pumpkin mousse with maple whipped cream is a light, creamy fall dessert made with pure pumpkin purée, brown sugar, warm spices, gelatin, and softly whipped cream. The mousse takes about 25–30 minutes to prepare, cooks for 5–8 minutes, and chills for at least 2 hours, making it an excellent make-ahead dessert for Thanksgiving, Christmas, … Read more
This easy strawberry rhubarb bread recipe makes one tender, yeast-free quick bread loaf in about 1 1/2 hours, including cooling. The batter takes just 15 minutes to prepare, then bakes at 350°F (175°C) for 65–70 minutes in a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Every slice combines sweet strawberries, pleasantly sharp rhubarb, and a crisp … Read more
Angel food cupcakes are one of the easiest homemade desserts you can make, requiring only a 16-ounce package of angel food cake mix and a 20-ounce can of crushed pineapple in juice. Stir the two ingredients together, portion the foamy batter into ungreased paper liners, and bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes for … Read more
These carrot cake cookie bars are a soft, chewy dessert made with brown sugar, rolled oats, finely grated carrots, and warm cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Baked in a 9 x 13-inch pan and cut into approximately 24 squares, they offer all the cozy flavor of carrot cake in an easy-to-serve cookie bar. Each bar has … Read more