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    Brown Sugar Cookies with Sea Salt

    Brown Sugar Cookies with Sea Salt

    MAKES: 3 to 4 dozen TIME: About 11/2 hours, largely unattended With their slightly salty finish and subtle sweetness, these cookies offer the best of both worlds. Semolina makes the texture tender and crumbly, almost shortbreadlike with buttery richness. It’s...
    Boozy Apple Cake

    Boozy Apple Cake

    MAKES: 1 rectangular cake (12 to 16 servings) TIME: About 1 hour This toffee-style soaked cake is gooey, fruity, and relatively familiar, whether you finish it with the bourbon or vanilla cake soak. (If you’d prefer a more traditional approach, simply substitute...
    Blondies

    Blondies

    MAKES: About a dozen squares TIME: 40 minutes These are essentially brownies sans chocolate. If you don’t want to use whole wheat flour, that’s okay: all all-purpose flour is fine too. If you like, toss in chocolate chunks, bits of butterscotch candy or...
    Baked Crumb Crust

    Baked Crumb Crust

    MAKES: Enough for an 8- to 10-inch tart or pie TIME: 20 minutes A simple crust that is great when you want to whip something together without having to chill, rest, or roll a more traditional crust. It has a slightly crumbly texture that is lovely with more structured...
    Apricot Jam Glaze

    Apricot Jam Glaze

    MAKES: Enough for any cake TIME: 15 minutes There is no glaze easier than this one, which is jam thinned with water; add the cardamom and it instantly becomes exotic. This glaze can be whipped up in minutes and kept in the fridge for a couple of weeks. Since...