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Individual Baked Pears with Dulce De Leche

These individual baked pears with homemade dulce de leche are a simple, elegant way to end a festive meal.  The Bosc pears are poached until tender in a sweet syrup that's fragrant with cinnamon, ginger,...

Best Fudge Brownies

Any brownie recipe that starts with over a pound of butter and chocolate has my vote.  Hands down, these are the best brownies I think I've ever made.  For this recipe, I very slightly adapted Ina...

Four Italian Cheeses You Need to Try

The Angry Chef teases me that if our house were on fire, I'd grab three things: My iPhone, my Totoro, and the cheese bin from the fridge. He's wrong. I'd also grab the dogs. Silly Angry...

9 Easy Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes

We've been getting more and more requests for gluten-free recipes lately. I haven't started to mess around with gluten-free baking mixes yet (YET!), but here are nine of our favorite dessert recipes that don't include...

How to Make Chocolate Babka (Step-by-Step Photo Recipe)

You guys. YOU GUYS! I'm super excited about this post. This recipe has a fair amount of steps. That means it's the perfect, holiday luxury bake in my book. These chocolate babkas take about 6 hours from start...

Best Ever Pumpkin Bread (One Bowl Recipe!)

Hands down, this our favorite pumpkin bread recipe ever. It's a staple at our house year round. Because, you know, we love pumpkin everything. (Check out our other pumpkin recipes here!) As Halloween approaches, I always start baking...

Rustic Strawberry and Blackberry Galette (a.k.a. Open-Faced Pie)

You guys. I know. Summer is over. Berry season has come and gone. (And our kitchen is finally back in working order. Looooonnnnng story involving a great deal of unpleasantness that kept us from our regular...

Quick Blueberry and Raspberry Breakfast Pastries

Fresh berries are in season, and I couldn't be happier! This is one of my favorite berry recipes. These pastries are sweet. They're buttery. They're bursting with summer flavor. And they couldn't be simpler to make. Throw...

Our Best Easter Recipes

Need some Easter recipe inspiration? Here are some of our favorite appetizer, entree, side dish, and dessert recipes to ring in Spring! Easter Appetizers Goat Cheese & Black Pepper Truffles Crispy Fried Goat Cheese Baked Brie with Walnuts and...

Our Best Chocolate Dessert Recipes

2017 was a doozy of a year. (Are you guys with me on that!?) SO! Let's kick 2018 off right, with something sweet. Here are our favorite chocolate recipes of all time, guaranteed to knock your socks off. 1. Mocha...