Category: Desserts

Holiday Baking, the Norwegian Way

I’m an avid baker, and the holidays are a time when I get to shine the spotlight on recipes that celebrate my Norwegian ancestry. Norwegians love their sweets, especially during the holidays, when they celebrate with syv slags kaker, or “seven types of cookies,” a Christmas tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. I…


No-bake Pumpkin Pie for Your Thanksgiving Table

Most pumpkin pies—like the ones on your Thanksgiving table every year—have fillings that contain pumpkin puree, cream, sugar, spices, and eggs. Because of the eggs, which make the filling nice and thick, these pies need to be baked, often for a long time. In our pumpkin pie, however, we don’t use eggs. Instead, we use…


Coffee Cake Cookies Are the Coziest Fall Treat

It’s no surprise that I’m a big fan of cookies, but what you might not know is that I also really love coffee cake (so much so, in fact, that I created a 10-minute version). But instead of enjoying the two treats separately, I thought it would be far more exciting to combine them, creating…


Forget Pumpkin, Make Your Pies With Kabocha—and Chocolate

Kabocha, also known as Japanese pumpkin, is a versatile and delicious winter squash. The flavor is starchy and sweet, with a firm body that can handle being cooked many ways, from tempura-fried to roasted to steamed to sweet purees. The seeds are plump. The hard skin is edible. The squash experience is complete. Once upon…


Easier Than Pumpkin Pie: Better Pumpkin Desserts for Your Thanksgiving Table

Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. It’s a time to be thankful for our friends and family, our good fortune, and for some, the end of pumpkin spice season. The pumpkin, first cultivated by humans in the Americas as many as 9,000 years ago, was one of the first foods taken back to Europe. Cookbooks in…


Treat Your Family to a Batch of Cozy Apple Muffins

These warm apple muffins, kissed with cinnamon-sugar, are the coziest breakfast to wake up to in the morning. Unlike dense, super-sweet muffins that taste more like dessert, these muffins are fluffy and just lightly sweetened, with chunks of tart apples that help balance everything out. Sit down to one with your morning coffee, or pack…


A Lighter Pumpkin Dessert for Thanksgiving

You’ve enjoyed your Thanksgiving feast and still have room for something sweet. That’s where this dessert comes in. No heavy pie crusts here, just a pumpkin custard. An American favorite, pumpkin pie filling, pairs up with a Mexican-style flan to solve the dessert dilemma on holiday tables and throughout the cooler months. This flan has…


A Sweet Solution for Leftover Candy

If your children hit the jackpot while trick-or-treating, you could be swimming in candy for weeks! Put the abundance of M&M’s to good use by making homemade cookies with the kids. You can also teach them about the candy while you bake. Did you know? The M’s printed on M&M’s stand for the last names…


Mini Pear Galettes

This easy, impressive dessert from chef Ben Stenn showcases pears in a flaky puff pastry crust: “The pastry puffs up around the fruit and the juices cook down and concentrate the flavors.” Choose firm pears that will soften as they bake but still hold their shape. Serves 6 2 Starkrimson, Comice, Taylor’s Gold, or Bosc…


Chocolate Meets Pumpkin in a Festive Cake

Looking for a Halloween dessert? This tender, moist chocolate cake uses pureed pumpkin to replace much of the fat and is delicately seasoned with classic fall flavors. Glazed Chocolate-Pumpkin Bundt Cake Active Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 3 1/2 hours (including cooling time) Serves 16 For the Cake 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup whole-wheat…