Dessert

Adding cream thins lemon curd and makes it extra spoonable—delicious in more than just this dish.

Otherwise known as the triple-threat chocolate cookie: melted, chopped, and drizzled. You’re welcome.

Not a big baker? This dessert is for you. The simple topping can be made in one bowl and results in an airy, tender biscuit no matter your skill level.

When making the candied almonds, stir them until the caramel transforms into a dry, crystallized coating.

These savory popovers are made with cheddar cheese, which keeps the dessert from veering into overly sweet territory.

When it comes to making brittle, our readers bristle—but actually, this crunchy candy isn't that hard to get right. Here are five tips for nailing it

A two-part process transforms grapefruit’s characteristically bitter skin and pith into meltingly tender, sweet strips. Here’s how it’s done

Orange-flower water can give even a simple fruit salad a faraway lilt, but adding too much of it leaves a dish tasting like old-fashioned soap. Use this ingredient with serious discretion—start with ⅛ tsp.

This bark combines unprocessed cocoa nibs, toasted coconut, and chopped pistachios for a crackly texture and bittersweet chocolate for its antioxidant virtues. Storing it in the fridge will give it extra snap, though the chocolate may acquire a dull bloom in there.

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 25: Chocolate-Pistachio Sablés

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 24: Rainbow Cookies

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 23: Speculoos Buttons

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 22: Fudgy Meringue Cookies

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 21: Tea Cake Sandwich Cookies

The striking gold-designed cookies from our December cover brought out the inner artists in our readers. The results are gorgeous

The striking gold-designed cookies from our December cover brought out the inner artists in our readers. The results are gorgeous

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 20: White Chocolate and Peppermint Cookie Brittle

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 19: Almond-Cranberry Quinoa Cookies

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 18: Almond-Cranberry Quinoa Cookies

We're celebrating the holidays with 25 Days of Cookies! Today, Day 17: Old-Fashioned Fruitcake Cookies

“This is a great bitter-sweet combo. Dip peel in melted chocolate for an after-dinner treat.” —Claire Saffitz, assistant food editor

Had kasha or soba? You’ve tasted buckwheat. The flour has an earthy, mineral flavor that pairs especially well with tart fruits, like these cherries.

For a moist cake, be sure to use finely ground polenta labeled “quick-cooking” or “instant”; cooking times listed on the package will be five minutes or less.