Baking

If the joy of frolicking in a field of flowers could be captured in a cookie, it would be these crackly, chewy lavender-lemon crinkle cookies.

This tender, gently spiced cake enrobed in dark chocolate ganache requires that you make your own sweet potato purée. And yes, it’s absolutely worth it.

Break out the vanilla ice cream and tuck into a slice of this fun, floral take on the classic apple pie.

These pillowy milk bread buns are filled with an irresistible combo of sweet-and-salty pork floss, mayonnaise, and savory furikake.

When you're not up for deep frying, bake a samosa's spiced potato filling into a buttery, flaky bed of puff pastry instead.

When life gives you lemons, make Mina Stone's irresistibly moist and zesty olive oil cake. 

If a caramel apple and a snickerdoodle got together and created some seriously delicious magic, you'd end up with these soft and chewy cookies that taste like a mug of warm spiced cider on a crisp fall day.

This warm and cozy baked oatmeal studded with carrots, apples, and raisins is the make-ahead breakfast situation your busy mornings need.

If you wait all year for apple-picking season then spend all fall baking every single apple dessert, this earthy, nutty apple and rye cake has your name all over it.

The dough for this decadent pear and chocolate tart uses a clever technique called fraisage, which creates a flaky crust that rolls out with minimal cracking.

The shape of pastry tip you use for this churros recipe is very important. If the tip isn’t closed, or rounded off, the churros may break as you’re frying them (we used size 845 tips).

Imagine if a cinnamon roll and a pound cake had a fluffy little baby, and that baby got drizzled with cream cheese icing. Thanks to Jocelyn Delk Adams and her grandmother, this baby is a reality (and we have the recipe).

Freeze-dried strawberries are our new baking obsession. You’ll understand why once you’ve made these strawberry doughnut muffins.

The Filipino dessert layers shaved ice and condensed milk on top of all sorts of texturally contrasting ingredients for a deliciously chewy, crunchy, creamy, sticky, and refreshing result.

Chewy, flaky sesame halva takes these sensational strawberry shortcakes out of the stratosphere.

Blueberries and saffron may seem like they’re from different worlds, but here they come together like delicious star-crossed lovers.

Graham cracker crust lovers rejoice! This glorious fruit-filled galette is for you.

Crunchy phyllo, juicy raspberries, and creamy custard come together harmoniously in this decadent bread pudding-like dessert.

A craveable, shareable, crowd-pleasing pie for every summer picnic and party.

These doughnuts are oh so pillowy and light—they're the perfect home for this luscious cardamom cream. 

We stopped running after ice cream trucks ever since we started dipping chewy, coconut cookie ice cream sandwiches in chocolate.

Warm ginger and fragrant cardamom kick this classic loaf cake up a notch.

Pillowy soft, light, and fluffy, these mantou knots from chef Brandon Jew are a versatile steamed bread dream.

These light and eggy cheese puffs are channeling your favorite bar snack.