Dessert

Everyone has foods that take them on mental journeys. The best thing of all is that there is room at the table for them all.

Give it up for the spritz.

You can create a variety of shapes and colors with a cookie press. We love OXO’s cookie press for this recipe since it has sturdy metal plates and all the parts unscrew easily for cleaning.

Feel free to sub in an equal amount of another liquor, such as bourbon, for this cookies recipe, or omit completely if you’re serving these to kiddos.

There is just no getting around the fact that almond paste is indispensable for these meringue-like cookies; it transforms their flavor and helps them brown evenly. Some brands sell in a tube; others will be in a can in the baking aisle. Using the tube is ideal since the canned might be looser, but either works for this recipe.

We found that a couple cracks across the tops of these cookies were worth it in this recipe to ensure they are as light and moist as possible, but resting the portioned dough for the full hour helps minimize getting too many.

The short bake time in this recipe isn’t a typo—these cookies should be moist and fudgy in the center, almost like a brownie.

To ensure these don’t break, use a couple of layers of parchment paper or foil in the baking dish and make sure they’re completely cooled before removing them.

What could be better than a superfood in candy form?

He's not really driving after all, right?

Making your homemade candies turn all kinds of cool colors is as easy as following a formula.

Our readers can't stop making this festive cranberry pie.

Rum cures all.

Yes, there is such a thing as delicious delivery cake.

Don’t want to use corn syrup in the glaze for this schnecken recipe? Maple syrup works as a good substitute.

No, your cookies won't start going to yoga if you decorate them with all-natural food dyes.

This tangy and slightly tropical curd recipe makes a good layer cake or meringue pie filling. Or, you know, dip shortbread cookies into it. If gifting this, transfer it to a glass jar and make sure the lucky recipient knows to keep it chilled.

We love the look of the homemade extra-long sprinkles on these whoopie-pie-type cookies, but they take a steady hand and a wealth of patience to shape. Use any store-bought sprinkle in their place.

Flouring the fruit in this Bundt cake recipe helps keep it suspended throughout the batter, and using a serrated knife guarantees you won’t squash or shred the slices.

The best way to describe the results of this tea cakes recipe? The most tender cinnamon cake doughnut you ever had, in muffin form.

For a smaller batch and an easier time mixing the cereal, divide the recipe in half (but use an 8x8" pan).

Known as mendiants in France, these adorned chocolate bites are a holiday tradition.

People who love black licorice will flip for these assertively flavored candies. They’ll be not-quite-black without the food coloring but still very cool looking.

A super-easy, no-mixer-needed cookie dough recipe that doesn’t dirty any bowls and leaves plenty of time for the fun stuff—baking, decorating, and eating dough scraps, of course.