This recipe came to The Times in 2000 during the Bush-Gore presidential campaign when Family Circle magazine ran cookie recipes from each of the candidates' wives and asked readers to vote. Laura Bush's...
Author: Marian Burros
Here is an easy way to use up the bananas on the countertop, or brown ones thrown in the back of the freezer. Don't overmix the ingredients, and make sure the bananas are very ripe.
Author: Julia Moskin
This gingerbread, from the chefs Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock, is just wonderful: a little spicy, a little sweet, very simple to make, and absolutely delicious. Whipped cream is an easy topping, although...
Author: Kim Severson
Rhubarb is often paired with strawberries, but in this cobbler it courts a new dance partner, the raspberry. If rhubarb is young and fresh, you can trim it in seconds. If it has fibrous outer strings,...
Author: Melissa Clark
I came across the idea of making a caramel citrus syrup in Deborah Madison's "Seasonal Fruit Desserts." I suggest serving this with biscotti so you can dip the biscotti into the syrup. I like this as a...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Contests pitting the baking ability of potential first ladies against each other began in 1992 when Hillary Rodham Clinton got everyone shaking and baking with her infamous cookie comment, discussing working...
Author: Marian Burros
A buttery chocolate crust and a rum-scented, banana-imbued butterscotch blondie form two distinct layers that harmonize with every bite. The contrast between crunchy bottom and chewy topping is the whole...
Author: Melissa Clark
A good lemon dessert is a foolproof crowd-pleaser, and this delightfully easy sour cream poundcake is no exception. The inside of the cake is sweet and tender, laced with a subtle lemon flavor throughout,...
Author: Molly O'Neill
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Author: Florence Fabricant
I make a peach-butterscotch sauce that I dreamed up to impress my children, whose love for me, though unwavering, I am nonetheless constantly trying to cement with food. The result was delectable. We ate...
Author: Celia Barbour
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This pancake is similar to a recipe that ran in The Times in 1966 called David Eyre's pancake, named for a man whose fame seems to rest mainly on this tasty invention. Here, in addition to the corn kernels...
Author: Melissa Clark
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I made this crumble because I had some less-than-delicious raspberries on hand - when you bake them in a crumble, the flavors deepen. Most of the sweetness is in the topping; the filling is somewhat tart....
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
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Author: Nigella Lawson
This recipe is adapted from Cranberry Island Kitchen in Portland, Me., which specializes in buttermilk-batter cakes. The bakers there make cakes in the shape of clams, but this recipe calls for loaf pans...
Author: Julia Moskin
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Author: Molly O'Neill
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