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    Desserts

    In the mood for a sweet homemade dessert? From cookies to cakes to homemade ice cream, this collection features my best dessert recipes, like my bakery style chocolate m&m cookies, this showstopper mocha hazelnut layer cake, these crispy Swiss meringue oven s'mores, and this orange cardamom chocolate chip ice cream!

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    • closeup of icing covered cinnamon rolls.
      Gooey, Soft Brioche Cinnamon Rolls
    • pumpkin gingerbread cake in a loaf pan with cream cheese frosting
      Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaf Cake
    • an overhead shot of a round babka on a wooden board drizzled with honey icing
      Apples and Honey Babka
    • a loaf of glazed vanilla pound cake with a slice cut off the front showing the crumb inside.
      Old Fashioned Vanilla Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
    • close up of peanut butter cookies with a small bowl of peanut butter chips in the bottom right corner.
      Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with Peanut Butter Chips
    • a cross section of chocolate pound cake dusted with powdered sugar.
      Moist Chocolate Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
    • a cross section of butter pecan pound cake.
      Butter Pecan Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
    • a cross section of orange pound cake.
      Fresh Orange Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
    • homemade jelly filled donuts lined up in a parchment paper lined metal loaf pan.
      Fresh Homemade Jelly-Filled Donuts
    • a cross section of a loaf of strawberry pound cake with pink icing on top and two strawberry halves in front of it.
      Strawberry Pound Cake made with Fresh Strawberries
    • close up of revel bars on a white serving board. one is leaning off the board showing the diamond shape.
      Chewy Chocolate Revel Bars
    • small batch oatmeal chocolate revel bars in an eighth sheet pan cut into diamond shapes.
      Small Batch Chocolate Revel Bars
    • close up of powder sugar dusted brioche donut holes
      How to Make Foolproof Fried Donut Holes
    • an overhead shot of the decorated thin mint chocolate tart.
      Andes Mint Chocolate Ganache Tart with Thin Mint Cookie Crust
    • Peppermint patty brownie cookies.
      One-Bowl Peppermint Patty Stuffed Brownie Cookies
    • a cross section of a loaf of rosemary chocolate chip cake with a sprig of fresh rosemary in front of it.
      Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake with Rosemary
    • a cross section of apple cider cake.
      Brown Butter Apple Cider Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
    • a dark chocolate bundt cake with white icing drips and crushed oreos around the top of it.
      Chocolate Oreo Bundt Cake with Vanilla Cream Icing
    • a cross section of lemon blueberry pound cake with one slice lying in front of it showing the crackly sugar muffin top.
      Moist Lemon-Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake
    • a small bottle of strawberry syrup lies next to a strawberry soda with lemon and strawberry garnish\
      30-Minute Simple Strawberry Syrup for Drinks
    • a slice of double chocolate banana bread.
      Loaded Double Chocolate Banana Bread
    • small batch cinnamon roll
      Soft and Gooey Single Serve Cinnamon Roll
    • a close up of a muffin on two small dessert plates
      Toasted Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Muffins
    • spiced chocolate chunk cookies
      Cinnamon-Nutmeg Spiced Chocolate Chunk Cookies
    • a row of 6 tahini ice pops on a rectangular tray
      Chocolate Covered Tahini Ice Cream Pops
    • Rosemary chocolate halva hamentashen in a small metal fluted edged dish. A sprig of fresh rosemary is tucked on top.
      Chocolate and Rosemary Halva Hamantaschen
    • a slice of tahini carrot cake
      Mini Tahini Carrot Cake
    • close up of black cocoa crinkle cookies
      Black Cocoa Crinkle Cookies
    • chocolate m&m cookies in a three by three grid
      Chewy Chocolate M&M Cookies
    • a jar of carrot cake ice cream topped with crumbled carrot cake. a spoon is on the white tray in front of the jar. a sliced carrot cake is behind it to the right.
      Homemade No-Churn Carrot Cake Ice Cream
    • a scoop of orange cardamom ice cream in a small white bowl surrounded by orange slices, cardamom pods, and chocolate squares
      Orange Cardamom Ice Cream with Chocolate Chunks
    • blueberry chocolate chip cookies
      Easy Blueberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • A stack of 3 funnel cakes on a small cooling rack. two halves of a strawberry sit in front of them.
      Fried Sourdough Discard Funnel Cakes
    • An overhead shot of a lemon tart in a removable-bottom tart pan on a sheet pan. The tart crust has shrunk just slightly and the edges have pulled cleanly away from the edges of the pan.
      Do I Need to Grease and Flour My Pie Pan?
    • an overhead shot of 9 blondies arranged in a 3 by 3 grid. to the left is a small bowl of blueberries. lemon slices and strawberry pieces decorate the blondies.
      Lemon Berry Blondies
    • cookies on a cooling rack
      How Many Cookies Are in a Batch?
    • a stack of buttercrunch cookies with one cookie leaning on the stack
      Chewy Buttercrunch Cookies
    • closeup of popcorn drizzled with chocolate and topped with mini m&ms
      Chocolate M&M Popcorn
    • snickerdoodle chocolate chip cookies
      Snickerdoodle Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • a hand using a fork to dock a pie crust
      How do I Stop My Pie Crust Bubbling?
    • a mocha hazelnut layer cake on an overturned metal fluted plate
      Mocha Hazelnut Layer Cake (Milk Bar Style)
    • How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag

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    Hi, I'm Rebecca! I'm a pastry chef with a home cook mentality. I'm on a mission to make spending time in the kitchen fun and accessible — that's why so many people love my beginner-friendly bread recipes. I'm always looking for new and creative ways to get the most out of my favorite ingredients and flavors!

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    • a blueberry bagel sliced open slathered in cream cheese
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      Fresh Orange Pound Cake in a Loaf Pan
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      Soothing Broth for a Sore Throat
    • a straight on shot of the end of a loaf of brioche bread.
      How to Make Just One Loaf of Brioche Bread

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    Journalist turned pastry chef, on a mission to make cooking and baking fun and accessible. I'm always looking for new and creative ways to get the most out of my favorite ingredients and flavors! A Pittsburgh native currently calling Boston home.

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