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15+ Summer Baked Goods To Bring Comfort To Your Kitchen

These sweets are perfect for backyard lounging (social distancing style)!

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Apricot Tarte Tatin

Try this Apricot Tarte Tatin recipe from the new cookbook, Dinner in French. Using apricots instead of apples in a tarte Tatin transforms an inherently autumnal dessert into the very essence of summer. To keep things on the simpler side (relative to Tatin), I use purchased…

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Kick-Start Your Fall Baking With The New Cookbook, Tartine, A Classic Revised

From one of the world’s most acclaimed bakery restaurants, this revised edition — by Tartine founders Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson — includes 68 fresh recipes, like melt-in-your-mouth Savory Scones stuffed with bacon, chives and Gruyère cheese and gooey Pecan Diamonds that are equally sweet and salty. It’s a…

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Pecan Diamonds

Try this Pecan Diamonds recipe from the cookbook Tartine: A Classic Revised. With a slightly salty caramel filling on a pastry base, these nutty bites are completely addictive. Cooking the filling in a pot first and then finishing it in the oven creates a foolproof confection, yielding many for…

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Savory Scones

Try this Savory Scones recipe from the cookbook Tartine: A Classic Revised. Scone dough works really well as a vehicle for savory ingredients, especially highly flavored, lower moisture ones such as Gruyère and other firm cheeses, chopped chives, sautéed mushrooms, bacon, and ham. Spanish pimentón or fresh herbs make…

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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake

Try this Cranberry Upside-Down Cake recipe from the cookbook Tartine: A Classic Revised. Our baker Carolyn has transformed what is usually a sweet summertime cake made with peaches or pineapple into a beautiful winter version using caramel-coated cranberries, which turn out of their baking mold perfectly juicy and glazed,…

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Chef Anna Olson Shares Her Baking Essentials & Signature Lemon Squares Recipe

Known as Canada’s baking sweetheart, Anna Olson is every bit as sweet in person as she is on screen. In addition to being an Iron Chef, hosting several TV shows and authoring countless cookbooks, Anna is rounding out her empire with…

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Triple Ginger Cookies

“This cookie recipe — one of my favorites — comes from Canadian opera singer Wendy Nielsen. Now head of voice at the University of Toronto, Wendy is a member of our Sunday Roast Club. Whenever she and her husband are hosting, these gingery cookies are the signature dessert.” – Laura Calder…

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Chrissy Teigen’s Banana Bread

Try this recipe for Twitter’s (and Uncle Mike’s) Banana Bread from Chrissy Teigen’s new cookbook, Cravings: Hungry For More. Yes. This is THE banana bread. Perfecting this single recipe took me nearly a year. I tried a million different things. But! It turned out that putting the coconut inside left it…

Recipes

Shortbread Crisps

Whether savory or sweet, crispy shortbreads are the perfect side for chilled soup. Pair with our recipe for Strawberry Soup.

Entertaining

A Brilliant Way To Carry Cookies

Most methods of carrying cookies result in a few crumbled treats by the time you reach your destination. Cookie Box, the latest invention from the Chicago-based company PieBox, aims to change that. They’ve created a sturdy wooden carrier that’s divided into sections so your cookies won’t topple over onto one…

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Ask A Chef: Anna Olson’s Holiday Baking Tips

Discover the celebrity chef's best make-ahead dessert recipe!

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Apple Crisp & Bourbon Cream Trifle

  Not a typical trifle, this holiday dessert by Anna Olson is made by layering chilled apple crisp with a bourbon spiked pastry cream and toasted pecans.

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Homemade Hostess Gift Ideas: 5 Holiday Recipes To Bake & Take This Year

Want to be a great guest? Show up with a delicious hostess gift, made by you.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Crescents

Chocolate hazelnut crescents have the cachet of European baked goods, but are simple to make at home.