Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Use your fingers to rub cold, cubed butter into dry ingredients until powdery with some pea-size ...

Persimmons were never my favorite growing up (I would much rather go for a sweet, juicy clementine), but they were a mainstay in our house during the colder months. I remember nabbing only the end ...

Nancy Silverton’s twice-baked almond croissants recall the pastries found in pastry shops in Paris, where she studied pastry and baking. Purchased croissants (because there are so many great bakeries ...

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch springform pan. Sprinkle the pan with flour and tap out the excess. 2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt to blend them. 3. In an ...

Crisp on the outside with chewy interiors, these almond macaroons are perfect for the Passover table. They're a specialty of baker/novelist Louise Miller, who is the pastry chef at The Union Club of ...

Easy. Delicious. Able to visually entertain young children. These are just a few of my requirements when baking a cake, and luckily, this almond cake adapted from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic ...

Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir almonds, almond paste, brown sugar and cinnamon to combine. Set aside. On a sheet of parchment, unroll 1 package of ...

Peppermint bark got the party started years ago, but now barks of all kinds are having a moment in the spotlight. Luckily, these fun sweet treats couldn't be any easier to make. If you haven't tried ...

Late spring is an exciting time at the farmers’ market. After nothing but hearty greens and root vegetables for months, the first berries of the year finally make their debut. If you went overboard ...

This cake recipe is a real gem. I absolutely love it. It has only five ingredients, comes together in a snap and doesn’t include chemical leavening, so it doesn’t require major adjustments for high ...