Baking

Two warnings about these cookies: Don’t give them to young children before bedtime and don’t leave them lying around, if you want any left for yourself. These cookies are crisp on the edges and have a chewy middle strewn with pockets of soft chocolate. The espresso powder, as Kelsey (The Naptime Chef) noted, amplifies the chocolate, but not the sweetness, making it a grown-up cookie. When making any cookies, make sure to cream the butter really well—this aerates the cookies and integrates the sugar—but be conservative with your mixing once the dry ingredients are added.

This Chocolate Peppermint Cream Pie is sure to be a big crowd pleaser during the holidays

Spell out holiday cheer on your favorite platter or cookie plate with these wintery snow-capped cookies.

Making these glittering treats is easy enough for elves of all ages and skill levels.

This recipe starts with our favorite sugar cookie dough. Using a simple watercolor painting technique, it’s easy to brush and splatter them with festive patterns.

Spoon warm gravy, crumbled chorizo, and assorted toppings (avocado not optional) over a skillet of piping hot biscuits for a South–meets–Southwest dinner experience.

One simple master recipe, based on a classic French pain de mie, proves endlessly changeable—feel free to think of the five suggestions that accompany it here as merely a start, and let your imagination take it from there.

Store-bought caramel sauce and frozen puff pastry are the secrets to a showstopping Thanksgiving dessert that you can make in under an hour.

We tested this pie recipe with canned sweet potatoes, but it just wasn’t as good. Go fresh or go home.

There’s no maple syrup in this pie recipe (not a mistake), but the finished product will remind you of maple-sugar candies thanks to the caramel notes in the brown sugar.

The spirit of a Key lime pie in the guise of a luscious cranberry curd. The contrast between the snappy press-in crust and the tart filling in this recipe is pure genius.

Earthy, nutrient-rich whole grain flours add personality to this breakfast- or dessert-ready banana loaf.

This apple pandowdy recipe is so delicious that we're just going to have to say: Cobbler, you’ve been warned.

This comforting savory pie is packed with kale and pan-roasted butternut squash.

A true Southerner wouldn’t dare add sugar to this cornbread recipe, but a Yankee might miss it. Do what you will; we don’t judge.

This crackers recipe features a variety of seeds, and the combination of colors and textures is impressive, but you can use fewer types—just make sure total volume stays the same.