Desserts

The Perfect Flaky All-Butter Pie Crust – vegetarian recipe

The Perfect All-Butter Vegetarian Pie Crust

Every great pie begins with a phenomenal crust, and let me tell you, this is *the one*. For years, this has been my secret weapon for creating pies with a crust so flaky, buttery, and flavorful, it could be a dessert all on its own. It’s sturdy enough to hold any...

10-Minute Buttery Streusel Crumble Topping – vegetarian recipe

The Ultimate Crumble Topping Recipe (Easy Streusel)

This 10-minute buttery streusel crumble topping is the make-ahead shortcut every fruit dessert wants: brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, chopped walnuts or pecans, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to cut the sweetness. Keep the butter cold, keep the crumbs irregular,...

Easy 2-Ingredient Simple Syrup – vegetarian recipe

Easy Simple Syrup Recipe & Flavor Variations

Easy 2-ingredient simple syrup is the smallest recipe with the biggest reach: granulated sugar and water, always in a 1:1 ratio, simmered about five minutes until clear. Stir it into drinks, brush it onto cake layers, or steep it with cinnamon. Ten minutes, one jar,...

Golden Saffron & Orange Olive Oil Cookies – vegetarian recipe

Elegant Saffron Olive Oil Cookies

Golden saffron and orange olive oil cookies are the elegant little thing your cookie tray is missing: a small pinch of saffron, plenty of orange zest, and fruity olive oil doing the work butter usually does. Grand Marnier — or orange juice — rounds out the dough. They...

Incredibly Light & Creamy Ricotta Cheesecake – vegetarian recipe

The Best Light & Creamy Ricotta Cheesecake

This incredibly light and creamy ricotta cheesecake is everything dense New York-style is not: fresh ricotta whipped with eggs, turbinado sugar, and lemon zest into something nearly cloudlike, baked in a crumb crust. There is a fuss-free route to a crack-free top...

Rosemary Plum Upside-Down Cake – vegetarian recipe

Stunning Rosemary Plum Upside-Down Cake

This rosemary plum upside-down cake starts the way all good upside-down cakes do: melted butter and dark brown sugar in the pan, ripe plums fanned over, and a buttermilk batter poured on top. The rosemary is unexpected and exactly right — savory against all that...

Slow-Baked Rustic Pineapple Tart – vegetarian recipe

Slow-Baked Pineapple Tart with a Rich Syrup

This slow-baked rustic pineapple tart is a commitment in the best way: a whole pineapple, peeled and cut, with turbinado sugar, baked long and low in a sweet tart crust until everything turns golden and jammy. Three hours start to finish, eight servings, and a dessert...

The Ultimate Olive Oil Cake: Surprisingly Light & Incredibly – vegetarian recipe

Fluffy & Moist Olive Oil Cake with Orange Zest

The ultimate olive oil cake lives up to its title: fruity extra virgin olive oil, fresh orange juice and zest, and gently folded egg whites for a crumb that is surprisingly light. It serves sixteen, stores at room temperature, and moonlights as breakfast, dessert, or...

Ultimate Apple Oatmeal Cookies (with Vegan & Custom Variatio – vegetarian recipe

Chewy Oatmeal Apple Spice Cookies

These ultimate apple oatmeal cookies are chewy in the middle, crisp at the edges, and full of chopped dried apples, which concentrate the fruit flavor better than fresh ever could. The base is classic — butter, two sugars, eggs, rolled oats, cinnamon — with vegan and...

Not-Too-Sweet Vegetarian Buttercream Frosting – vegetarian recipe

Easy Not-Too-Sweet Buttercream Frosting Recipe

This not-too-sweet buttercream frosting exists for people who scrape frosting off: softened butter, confectioners' sugar, a splash of cream, vanilla, and — crucially — a pinch of salt to keep the sugar honest. Ten minutes by hand or mixer. Chocolate, maple, and...

Easy Homemade No-Bake Granola Squares – vegetarian recipe

Easy Homemade Granola Bars (5-Minute Prep!)

These easy homemade no-bake granola squares take minutes: honey, brown sugar, and neutral oil melted together, folded through crunchy homemade granola, pressed into a pan, and chilled until set. No baking required — the oven work was the granola itself. Twelve sturdy...

The Coziest Maple Cookie Youll Ever Bake – vegetarian recipe

Snappy Maple Brown Sugar Cookies

The Coziest Maple Cookie You'll Ever Bake Get ready to fall in love with a cookie that's a delightful departure from the norm. These aren't your grandma's soft, cakey maple cookies; they have a wonderfully tender and snappy texture, thanks to a secret ingredient: rice...