Desserts
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Best Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies With Macadamia Nuts
Who doesn’t love fresh cookies? Simple and delicious, especially with dark chocolate and nuts! Just like many happy accidents that turned into beloved favorites—think superglue or sticky notes—the chocolate chip cookie was also born by accident. In 1938, at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, chef Ruth Wakefield added chunks of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate to her plain cookie dough, expecting them to melt. Instead, the chunks kept their shape, but she and her guests were pleasantly…
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Out of This World Upside-Down Plum Cake
This English Upside-Down Plum Cake is a sweet summer delight. English upside-down plum cake is a delicious dessert that showcases a caramelized plum topping baked beneath a moist cake layer. When the cake is inverted, the plums create a beautiful, jammy topping that is both sweet and tangy. The term “plum” in English plum cake refers to dried fruits like raisins and currants, not fresh plums. This cake originated in medieval England as part of a…
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Simple Irresistibly Rich Flourless Chocolate Torte
If you’re a chocolate lover, this easy-to-make recipe will impress guests at any occasion! Top with powdered sugar, raspberries, cocoa powder, or whipped cream. Tortes, baked with rich ingredients like chocolate, butter, eggs, and sometimes nuts or breadcrumbs, have dense flavor and texture. Unlike cakes, torres typically include fewer ingredients. The barely two-inch-tall flourless torte was created in 1900 to celebrate the ascension of Elena of Montenegro to the Italian throne.
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New Basics Apple Pie With a Heavenly Cheddar Crust
This recipe makes a delicious apple pie. It’s fun to make and can easily be turned into a Dutch apple pie – I’ll explain how. It’s excellent à la mode. I discovered it years ago in a cookbook by Rosso & Sheila Lukins. Their cookbook is lovely because it provides detailed instructions and is easy to follow, although it does not include any photos. The ingredients for this recipe are theirs; the instructions and preparation are…
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Grandma Arta’s Famous New York Cheesecake
I tweaked my 86-year-old grandma’s NY Cheesecake recipe. My aunt and her neighbors loved it so much that they wanted to see how it compared to New York City’s most famous cheesecake, from Ferrara Bakery in Little Italy. (Most people know the cheesecake from Peter Luger’s Restaurant in Brooklyn.) She had it FedExed overnight, and I was excited to hear that, in their taste test, my version of the famous New York cheesecake was the favorite.…
