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Desserts

Desserts

Rustic Pluot-Lavender Tart

Author: Eliza Adam
Serves: Makes one 9" tart

Fresh, juicy pluots tossed with fragrant lavender and honey make this rustic tart a mouth-wateringly easy summer dessert.

Desserts

Mandarin Posset

Author: Eliza Adam
Serves: Serves 4

A posset is a type of dessert similar to pudding that is made with citrus juice, cream, and sugar. Any citrus flavor will work great in posset. Mandarin orange is naturally sweet so the addition of tart lemon juice will balance the sweetness.

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Pear Cherry Crisp

Author: Eliza Adam
Serves: Serves 4 to 6

A wonderfully simple crisp made with pears and dried cherries that delivers fall flavors with every bite.

Side Dishes

Fall Apple Sauce

This apple sauce is really easy to put together and also freezes well. If you do want to freeze it, double the recipe.

rosemary cookies

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Rosemary Cookies

Author: Julie Rylander

It’s such a unique mix: savory herbs in a sweet cookie. But these cookies have such a lovely, delicate flavor and texture bound to make those tasting take a second bite. And then a third, and a fourth...

strawberry italian cake

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Strawberry Anarchy Cake

Author: Sara Perry
Serves: 6-8

Italian food lover and cookbook author Faith Willinger told me she improvised this unusual recipe when she had a rather empty larder and company coming for dinner. You might think the “anarchy” is in putting salad dressing ingredients—olive oil and balsamic vinegar—in the cake, but it goes beyond that. The idea is to act like […]

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Crème Wafers

Author: Julie Rylander

These cookies are surprising in their flaky, delicate feel and their balanced flavor.

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Ellie’s Cookies

Author: Julie Rylander

I wanted a down-home, comfy cookie. No bells and whistles, no nuts, no chocolate chips, no oatmeal. No spicy ginger, nutty peanut butter, or cloying molasses.