How did I know you were JUST looking for a festive but simple, delicately spiced, and just-sweet-enough cake topped with the stickiest date caramel, studded with toasted walnuts to set on your counter and warm up the kitchen??
It goes perfectly with coffee, tea, mulled wine, or just about any beverage, so store this cake under a dome, and let people help themselves to a morning slice, afternoon snack, or midnight nibble as they like…
Squash season is upon us, and although I suppose you could call this a crustless tart, layer cake just sounded so much more tempting!
This gorgeous flower of lacy, buttery roasted squash, richly savory caramelized onion, fresh sage, and a smattering of fresno chile and garlic makes for a gorgeous holiday side or vegetarian main worthy of double take title lol. Enjoy!
What’s ultra chocolatey and filled with hidden veggies? This loaf!
An entire roasted butternut squash blended into the mix adds sweetness and ensures superior fudgy moistness. It’s the delightfully carby chocolate loaf you crave, now with benefits!
This Fresh Berries & Prosecco Cake makes for a wonderfully loose but sophisticated, sweet and summery treat to celebrate any occasion.
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Marry your morning oatmeal, shake, and jam toast into one deliciously filling, protein- and fiber-packed muffin — and it’s gluten-free, too!
These wonderfully satisfying and naturally sweet (thanks to dates and apple sauce) muffins are amazing make-ahead breakfasts or snacks and come out of the oven bursting with molten blueberries.
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Here are three ways to make the most unforgettable cinnamon buns to round out your 2022 and kick 2023 off with a sweet bang:
1) Make a shockingly easy, yeasty, fluffy, cloud-like dough, scented simply with cinnamon and vanilla.
2) Do the warm cream trick!! You’ll see what I mean and fans of a certain cinnamon bun mall chain will want to pay extra close attention.
3) Dollop with homemade vanilla bean cream cheese frosting, dust it with sugar, and scorch it to crackling, candied top perfection!!!
I am truly speechless. Behold, Creme Brûlée Cinnamon Buns!!!
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These cookies are the crisp, sweet, gently spiced, maddeningly addictive cookie friend of air travelers everywhere — honestly, when they hand you hot coffee and your private package of cookies to dunk, who cares that it’s 7am — WE’RE LIVING.
But I digress. Given my abiding love for the pure pleasure that is combining brown sugar (or Belgian Kandi Sugar if you can get your hands on it!), butter, flour, and a modest supply of spices into the delicately crisp wafer that sits happily at the nexus of gingersnap and sugar cookie, I had to make my copycat version — and it is delicious.
Tune in for the recipe and also reflections on relative cookie popularity, trivia on the origin of the word “speculoos,” and a happily sugar-fueled time in the kitchen with me!
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Imagine never having to choose between pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and shortbread cookies ever again…
Behold! A trifecta of dessert favorites, combined into one lusciously sweet, tender and nutty cookie bar that’s perfect for a holiday table, hostess gifting, or just an afternoon nibble all to yourself!
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The reviews are in:
“There is no judgment on your banana artistry.”
”I’m not really sure anything could have gone wrong here given what we are working with, but every single thing went very right.”
“The bananas warm and form a sort of custard layer on top of this incredibly buttery, rich, moist cake… And then you get the glossing of the caramel soaking into the top layer. It is so tender and light but still rich. WOW!!!”
Haha, need I say more?? Brown. Butter. Banana. Cake. It’s the snacking cake you didn’t realize you absolutely, 100% need in your life immediately. Enjoy!
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Skip apple pie and make this!
Not joking, quite possibly my favorite dessert bite of the last year!! Just sweet enough and perfect for using up the bounty of freshly picked apples that make September so delicious, this freeform apple tart — aka a galette — is a great beginner dessert that is creative and elegant enough for any occasion.
Get crafty as you artfully shingle a cascade of sweet and tart apples over the tender, buttery crust, and I love the unexpectedly rich nuttiness of sesame seeds and sparkle of sugar sprinkled over the crust.
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