recipes

Use a perfect slice to garnish our Blood Orange Cheesecake.

A fluffy spread for sandwiches and ice cream.

Smooth, rich, scratch-made hot fudge sauce.

Thick, rich, homemade caramel sauce, perfect for topping ice cream and/or cake.

These buñuelos, which are made by deep-frying dough shaped like a disk, are typically eaten year-round as a street food in Mexico But buñuelos are most popular around the Christmas season when many people make them on Nochebuena, or Christmas Eve The ingredients in buñuelos vary depending on the region, but this version is adapted from Mely Martínez, a food blogger and the author of “The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico.” The dough is rolled out flat, and though it’s not called for here, can be laid on an inverted bowl covered with a pastry cloth or parchment to stretch it even thinner (similar to when women flattened the dough on their knees) to make a crispy, paper-thin buñuelo

A calzone has many of the perks of pizza Easy and crowd pleasing, it’s a good vehicle for using up odds and ends in the fridge Taking a cue from Lucali’s Nutella-drizzled calzone, I attempted my own dessert version

These salted apple fritters use honeycrisp apples and flaked sea salt for a fall flavor explosion. These are the best treat ever!

Churro Ice Cream Bowls! Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, and exactly how a Churro should be...but without deep frying!

This dish is sort of a summery tiramisù The creamy mascarpone and ladyfinger layers in tiramisù are a natural with strawberries But the espresso is too overbearing to match well with the sweet fruit

If the flavors of winter could be rolled into one, then this meringue roulade would be the result: Warming cinnamon, burnt honey, sweet apples and tangy orange come together to make a dessert fit for the festive season Make sure all your individual components have completely cooled before assembling, as you don’t want to create any excess moisture in the roulade Get ahead by making the apples and cream the day before, then keeping them refrigerated until needed

Sometimes after a big meal, there's just no room for dessert. Thankfully, this No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Shot recipe is just a little taste of something sweet!

This is a great way to use up all the bits: a bag of frozen berries, those oats in the back of your pantry, some bread that may be past its prime Feel free to reach for whatever frozen berries you might have on hand, and cinnamon, cardamom or any other sweet spice in place of the star anise You could serve this with Greek yogurt instead of the cream or, if you’d like, some homemade or store-bought custard

[Note: This recipe got fresh photos in 2018. It’s still as ugly as it is delicious.] This is the ugliest, best thing I have ever made with three ingredients and the happy ending to three week…

This incredible-tasting strawberry cobbler is a classic Southern dessert made with fresh strawberries and a sweet topping.

Slowly poaching fresh, firm seedless oranges in a light sugar syrup is a simple yet magical kind of alchemy You still end up with oranges, yes, but now they are glistening jewels — cooked but juicy, candied but fresh, bitter but sweet — that make an uncommonly elegant and refreshing dessert after a heavy winter meal These cold candied oranges keep up to a month in the refrigerator, and any that are left over can be delicious with thick yogurt in the morning, or beside a cup of mint tea in the afternoon

This beautiful, aromatic autumn dessert can be prepared several hours in advance, then re-warmed to serve Feel free to use any variety of pear, and serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

A simple and easy tiramisu recipe that's the perfect make ahead dessert and everyone will love. This recipe comes out perfect every time.

When your sweet tooth calls, but it's too hot to turn on the oven, whip up one of these easy no-bake desserts and keep your cool. Enjoy!

You don't have to wait until the state fair rolls into your town to enjoy homemade funnel cakes piled high with powdered sugar.

This homemade funnel cake recipe tastes just like the classic fair favorite. Top these with some powdered sugar for a simple treat that everyone will love!

Homemade Nutella - Super simple to make and the flavor of the hazelnuts really shines through! Better than any jarred version!

This classic Tiramisu is made authentically in the Italian way, with espresso soaked ladyfingers layered with a light and airy mascarpone cream, and dusted with cocoa powder to finish. This is a great make ahead dessert and perfect for entertaining!

For some people, Nutella -- a smooth chocolate-hazelnut spread found in the peanut butter aisle in most supermarkets -- is a nostalgic childhood treat. But I didn’t taste it until college, when a friend who’d been living in Europe introduced me to it, so I may always think of it as a more sophisticated sweet. The stuff from the jar is pretty darn good, although the fabulous pastry chef Gale Gand taught me how to make it from scratch, and that’s now my favorite version. You can really taste the hazelnuts and feel some of their texture. I’ve been known to eat it with a spoon, as anyone else who’s honest will admit to doing. -Christie Matheson

Cocoa Hot Fudge Sauce-just simple ingredients make this family favorite topping. I don’t always have chocolate in the house. Did I really just say that? It’s like butter, sugar, and flour, I try to stay stocked up. I buy Butter 10 pounds at a time. Just today I ran out of powdered sugar. I buy…

I have another themed week for you. It is gifts from the kitchen week! We are going to start off with a simple recipe for sugared pecans.

funnel cake!

You can whip up these delicious apple fritters or fritelle di mele in less than 30 minutes, and actually make them two ways! Delicious apple rings coated with cinnamon or vanilla flavored batter of bite-size