Desserts Recipes

Cannoli are my favorite dessert at an Italian bakery, but making the shells at home means deep frying, special tubes, and a lot of patience. These cream puffs give you the same flavor with a much easier method. Light, crisp choux shells are baked in the oven and filled with a creamy ricotta and mascarpone…

Turtle candy is one of those treats I can’t walk past at a holiday party. It’s crunchy toasted pecans, soft buttery caramel, and a layer of smooth chocolate on top. For years I assumed it was tricky, but the homemade version needs only four ingredients and no candy thermometer. Everything gets melted in the microwave…

Pie is wonderful, but sharing it isn’t always. When you slice a big pie, one person gets the soggy middle piece and someone else gets the corner with all the crumb. These mini pies fix that. Each one is a little crust cup filled with juicy diced peaches and a swirl of caramel, then buried…

I can’t open a jar of Nutella without grabbing a spoon, and that’s exactly why I bake with it. Eating it straight from the jar ends badly, but putting it into cupcakes gives me the same flavor in a much more civilized form. Here it goes into the batter, into a surprise center, and into…

The first time I made a magic cake, I didn’t believe it would work. You pour in a thin, almost soupy chocolate batter, slide the pan into the oven, and hope. An hour later, the pan holds a cake with three distinct layers: a dense, fudgy base, a soft custard center, and a light sponge…

Sweet potato casserole has a permanent spot on my Thanksgiving table, but it took me a few tries to get it right. My early versions were either watery or so sweet they tasted like dessert. This is the one I settled on: roasted sweet potatoes for deeper flavor, just enough brown sugar to sweeten without…

Texas sheet cake is one of my favorite desserts: a thin, tender chocolate cake with a warm, fudgy frosting poured over it while it’s still hot. I wanted that experience in a cookie I could pick up and eat with one hand, so I spent a few rounds in the kitchen getting it right. These…