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Chocolate chip cookies loaded with a generous 2½ cups of chips per batch, balanced with both brown and white sugar for crisp edges and chewy centers. Pull them out underdone for that signature soft texture.

A great summer time dessert, lots of ripe and sweet plum give the souffles delicious flavor!

Double Chocolate Fudgey Brownies with Walnuts recipe

Rich double-chocolate buttermilk and walnuts are sure to satisfy your chocoholic cravings.

Paskha, the traditional Russian Easter cheese dessert with cottage cheese, farmer's cheese, raspberry jam, candied orange peel, and almonds. Molded, drained, and served cold.

Maple pecan sticky buns bake an oat-enriched dough over a gooey maple-pecan syrup that turns into a glossy topping when inverted. Filled with cinnamon, raisins and pecans, they're a weekend brunch treat.

Sour cream coffee cake with streusel topping bakes tender and moist with a buttery brown-sugar crumble on top. Classic brunch cake ready in about 45 minutes.

Ginger molasses skillet cake baked in cast iron with brown sugar, five warm spices, pine nuts on top, and a sour cream whipped cream. Served warm from the pan.

Orange angel food cake with cardamom caramel sauce and tropical fruit compote of mango, passion fruit, kiwi, and blood orange. A three-part make-ahead showstopper for dinner parties.

Chocolate coconut crunch cookies loaded with chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and chopped roasted almonds. Slow-baked at low heat for a crispy, chewy cookie with toasted edges.

Bolognese sponge cake layered with vanilla custard and rum, frosted in coffee zabaglione buttercream, then crowned with chocolate-dipped almonds and walnut sides. From Il Cantoncino restaurant in Bologna.

Whisky fudge cake with melted chocolate, 16 eggs, and a generous pour of whisky baked into a dense, rich sponge. Served with clotted cream for a showstopping British-style dessert.

Rich chocolate Bundt cake made with Dutch process cocoa, espresso, buttermilk, and five eggs, topped with a glossy bittersweet chocolate glaze. A deeply chocolatey, bakery-quality cake.

Great recipe. Make it exactly as is. This is my new standby!

Use this recipe with peaches, sour cherries or pineapple with equally good results.

Cream cheese dough rolled with apricot preserves and walnuts, sliced into crescent-shaped cookies and baked until golden.