Dessert

For this cream puffs recipe, if you don’t have any pastry bags handy, cut off the tops with a serrated knife and carefully spoon in the pastry cream.

When properly baked, the puffs should have a firm but not crusty exterior, and a moist but airy center.

Quiche is an amazing thing and we won't hear otherwise.

Making a perfect apple pie is one of the most important life skills you can master. Become a pie ninja with the tips in this video.

Cold butter is critical for flaky doughs, as the super tender crust of this pie proves. 

The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.

The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.

The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.

Want to bake a better birthday cake? Milk Bar's Christina Tosi and Bon Appétit's Alison Roman show you the ways to towering, sweet, frosted success.

Is this birthday cake a project? Yes, it certainly is. But you can tackle it one component at a time and work well in advance of party day. Watch the video here.

Perfectly balanced cookies every time.

Any combo of nuts will taste delicious in this simple filling for your next batch of buttery hamantaschen.

This recipe for the triangular filled sweets eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim yields tender, buttery cookies.

Honey and sugar mellow the natural bitterness of poppy seeds. For the hamantaschen recipe, see here.

This date-orange filling is one of three filling varieties you can use in our hamantaschen recipe.

Ginger adds unexpected heat and zing to this coconut rice pudding; the crunchy topping lends a welcome texture contrast.

There’s nothing like a moist, fluffy, berry-streaked cake to make any weeknight (or, um, weekday morning) feel special.

Beets for dessert—we were skeptical too, but their sugar content and gorgeous color make for a stunning dish.

This buttery, saucy delight of caramelized apples, flaky puff pastry, acidic apple cider vinegar, and floral vanilla beans is a true revelation.

The best beignets come from New Orleans, but the high protein content in bread flour gives this classic-style beignets recipe an authentic texture.

Three ingredients: Make sure they count. Great chocolate makes great truffles. These will soften quickly at room temperature, so chill them well before rolling, and don’t let them sit out before serving. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

Want even more truffles? Right this way, please.

Want even more truffles? Right this way, please.

Want even more truffles? Right this way, please.