Dessert

Simmer butter until its milk solids brown to unleash its nutty alter ego. Use it to bring deep flavor to baked goods, like these financiers, or as a sauce for fish or pasta.

The cream puff is the Eiffel Tower of Parisian pastries: iconic, beloved, and displayed everywhere. The recipe is so irrefutably timeless that even Pierre Hermé, France's most famous (and endlessly innovative) pastry chef, still uses the formula he learned as a 14-year-old apprentice.

If you can’t make it to Paris to taste Fabrice Le Bourdat’s glazed madeleines (the best in town) you might as well learn to make them at home.

You'll need a special mold for this canelé recipe.

Try this artful Italian brittle for Passover.

Serve this icing spooned over cake or ice cream.

Bake this festive spice cake in your favorite Bundt pan or pudding bowl, or feel free to use an 8" springform pan. You can top the cake with Luscious Chocolate Icing (see recipe) or simply dust it with powdered sugar.

This citrus cake is decorated with thin slices of candied orange peel. If you have any left over, roll them in sugar and dip in melted icing for a sweet treat.

Chef Raymond Vandergaag dresses up this pistachio cake recipe with whipped cream and truffled honey, an unnecessary but welcome gilding of the lily.

Here's a soufflé recipe by Michel Richard of Citronelle in Washington, D.C. that can stand up for itself. Whip the whites until firm, but stop before they get too stiff.

We mix finely ground oats and almonds into the biscuit dough for extra texture, flavor, and nutritional value.

In this recipe by chef José Andrés, he skips the nostalgia. He cooks the custard longer at relatively low heat so the eggs gently coagulate, producing a silky mouth-feel.

These tasty tarts are easy to bring to a picnic or potluck dinner. Serve one for dessert--and one for breakfast the next day. Dried California apricots are dark orange and have a tangier, more intense flavor than Turkish ones.

Remember how awesome your 7th birthday party was at Pizza Hut? Yes, this is even better than that

Looking for a go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies? Try this one on for size.

Whether your guests are die-hard fans or just in it for the commercials, they'll want to dig into this Super Bowl spread. Extra napkins strongly advised.

If time is short, skip baking the homemade meringues and use store-bought.

This whimsical Easter bread recipe is traditionally made for Italian and Greek Easter celebrations, though many Eastern European countries also claim it as their own. Dye the eggs for a more festive look. Hunting for more Easter recipes? Hop over here.