Claire Saffitz
Contributing Editor
A former senior food editor at Bon Appétit, Claire Saffitz was the host of the popular series Gourmet Makes before leaving the company in 2020. She is the bestselling author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert and currently hosts a companion series to her books on YouTube, also called Dessert Person. After graduating from Harvard University, she received a master’s degree in culinary history from McGill in Montreal and then studied pastry in Paris at École Grégoire Ferrandi. She lives in New York City with her husband and two cats. dessertperson.com
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Hazelnut Lace Sandwich Cookies
These delicate, cracker-thin cookies will make you crave hundreds of them.
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Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies
Make these festive green holiday cookies with creamy pistachio paste (you can find it online!).
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Blood Orange Shortbread Cookies
If you can’t find blood oranges, you can totally use naval oranges.
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Honey-Vanilla Linzer Cookies
You can roll out the dough and punch these into any shape, or you can do the quick and easy slice-and-bake method.
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Frosted Malt-Chocolate Cookies
Look for the Nestlé Carnation brand of malted milk powder in the baking aisle of the grocery store.
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No-Cook Peach Mousse
This silky dessert is clutch when the peaches are perfect but it's too hot to bake.
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One-Skillet Steak and Spring Veg with Spicy Mustard
The ultimate fancy-but-not-too-fancy date night dinner.
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Sriracha-Braised Brisket Sandwiches
Spicy, falling-apart beef sandwiches are a game day no-brainer.
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Pasta With No-Cook Tomato Sauce
When tomato season rolls around, this no-cook tomato pasta is our ace in the hole.
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Strawberry–Graham Galette
"Galette" is just a fancy word for "a pie that's practically impossible to mess up."
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Magic Crispy Chicken
What’s magic about this ultra-crunchy weeknight baked chicken? Well, kind of everything...
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Falafel Fritters Bowl with Cucumbers and Yogurt Sauce
The easiest—and most delicious—homemade falafel recipe that ever was.
test-kitchen
Go Ahead, Fill Up On These Buttery, Pull-Apart Thanksgiving Rolls
When they're this good, it's worth it.
Cooking
You Can't Overbake This Deep Dish Apple Pie
If you think it's done, wait... and then wait some more
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Sausage, Squash, and Cornbread Gratin
Sausage, squash, greens, and cornbread bread crumbs. Need we say more?
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Apple Pandowdy
This puff pastry apple dessert will be your new favorite fruit dessert. Cobbler, you’ve been warned.