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Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins with Pecans
Reader Peggy asked for a healthy-ish pumpkin muffin, and her wish was my command. These cranberry pumpkin muffins with pecans are substantial, moist, warmly spiced, and packed with tart cranberries and crunchy toasted pecans. A little whole wheat flour and wheat germ add nutty…
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Bakery-Style Cheese and Fruit Danish
This bakery-style cheese and fruit Danish, also called a cheese and fruit strip or simply a “fruit strip,” is my homemade take on the big, sliceable pastries I remember from Entenmann’s—only with buttery homemade laminated Danish dough, a rich cream cheese filling, and plenty of…
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Homemade Bear Claws
Bear claws are buttery, flaky Danish pastries wrapped around a generous ribbon of almond filling, shaped into their distinctive curved “claws,” and baked until deeply golden. A shiny coat of simple syrup and a drizzle of powdered sugar glaze finish them off with just enough…
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Caramelized Orange Cinnamon Morning Buns
Morning buns are what happens when buttery, flaky Danish dough gets treated like a cinnamon roll and then rolled in spiced sugar after baking. With an orange-scented, spiced brown sugar filling, they’re baked in a sugar-and-butter coated jumbo muffin tin, allowing for maximum…
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How to Make Laminated Danish Pastry
Laminated Danish dough has a reputation for being fussy, exacting, and best left to professional bakers. But while there are certainly ideal ways to laminate dough, there’s a ton of wiggle room between textbook-perfect layers and abject failure. In this tutorial, I’ll show you…
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Peanut Butter Butterscotch Magic Bars
Magic Bars, aka Hello Dolly Bars or 7-Layer Bars, are nostalgic bar cookies with a candy bar feel. My peanut butter butterscotch version takes them in a slightly more upscale direction. Thanks to reader Zahra’s request, we all get to enjoy the fruits of my labor! A peanut…
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Fudgy Peanut Butter Coconut Bars
Reader René asked me for a recipe for peanut butter coconut cookies, and these Fudgy Peanut Butter Coconut Bars are my answer: two distinct layers with plenty of peanut butter and coconut in every bite. The bottom is rich, dense, and fudgy like a peanut butter blondie. On top is…
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Old-Fashioned Cherry Pie Preserves
These Cherry Pie Preserves taste remarkably like the filling of a really good, old-fashioned cherry pie. Whole sweet and tart cherries are suspended in a glossy syrup flavored with vanilla, a tiny bit of mace, and just enough lemon to brighten everything up. I use a simplified…
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Classic Bakery-Style Cheesecake
This classic bakery-style cheesecake is quintessential cheesecake: rich, decadent, impossibly smooth, and creamy without being soft or fluffy. It has the substantial, dense-but-silky texture of a proper bakery cheesecake, with enough heft that one unadorned slice feels like an…
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Homemade Cinnamon Raisin English Muffins
If you’ve only ever had cinnamon raisin English muffins from a plastic bag, you’re about to discover what you’ve been missing. These bakery-style beauties are taller, softer, and packed with juicy raisins and warm cinnamon in every bite. A quick trip across the griddle gives…
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Lemon Cloud Pavlova
This Lemon Cloud Pavlova is what happens when lemon meringue pie steals a few pages from the pavlova playbook. A crisp, shattering meringue shell holds creamy, light lemon mousse, finished with a glossy layer of bright lemon curd and swirls of lemon whipped cream. It’s cool,…
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Streusel-Topped Ginger Peach Cream Scones
Ripe summer peaches don’t need much help to steal the spotlight, and these scones give them a worthy stage. Tender cream scones studded with juicy peaches and bites of crystallized ginger are crowned with a crunchy oat streusel that bakes up deeply golden and crisp. The contrast…
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Flaky Layered Skillet Flatbread
These flaky layered skillet flatbreads are the sort of thing that might not even make it to the table they’re so good. Crisp and golden on the outside, and tender and flaky inside, they’re delicious on their own and even better alongside whatever you’re having for dinner. Or…
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Steakhouse-Style Soft Honey Wheat Dinner Rolls
If you love those pillowy soft, fluffy steakhouse rolls that practically melt the second you tear into them, these honey wheat rolls are for you. They bake up tall and pull apart beautifully, with shiny honey-butter tops and a tender, lightly chewy crumb. A little whole wheat…
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Golden Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Lemon Cream Chicken
Looking for a comforting chicken dinner that bridges the gap between spring and summer? This one-pan skillet of golden pan-fried gnocchi with lemon cream chicken is ready in about 30 minutes and is bright enough for warmer weather while still delivering plenty of cozy comfort.…
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Peanut Butter Mousse Pie (No Cream Cheese)
This lighter-than-air peanut butter mousse pie is so silky and light, I’ve been calling it Peanut Butter Cloud Pie. Reader CJ requested a peanut butter pie made without cream cheese, and this one delivers. Sweetened with brown sugar and honey, it tastes homemade because it is…
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Lemony Pesto Swirl for Sandwich Bread (That Slices Cleanly)
I’ve been working on a savory swirl for sandwich bread so my sweet cinnamon raisin swirl bread would have a savory friend. And after a lot of testing (and a few lessons learned), I nailed it with this lemony pesto swirl. And that means you can nail it too. This swirl laminates…
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Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Sandwich Bread
Let me introduce you to your next favorite savory sandwich bread recipe. Sun-dried tomato pesto sandwich bread is packed with flavor from minced oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, prepared pesto, and Microplaned Parmesan cheese. Fear not, though—despite all that flavor, it bakes up…
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Houska: Czech Easter Bread
Today, I’m sharing a recipe requested by a reader: houska, a Czech bread served at Easter or Christmas, depending on family tradition. While there is some debate about houska versus vánočka—houska being an everyday savory bread and vánočka a sweeter celebration bread—my reader…
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Fluffy Roasted Banana Pudding
Banana pudding lovers, your ship has officially come in. After 17 years of blogging, I finally put a more-or-less traditional banana pudding recipe on the site, and friends, the wait was worth it. Most banana pudding tastes mostly like vanilla pudding with slices of banana…