Desserts recipes
Bakes, bars and no-bake treats for fall. Listed in this edition's editorial order.
Classic Lattice Apple Pie
A tall, juicy apple filling with cinnamon and a little lemon, baked under a buttery lattice crust until the juices bubble thick through the gaps.
1 hr 50 min · Serves 8 · No. 1 overall
Pan de Muerto
The soft, orange-scented sweet bread baked for Día de Muertos, shaped into a round loaf with dough 'bones' on top and rolled in sugar while it's still warm.
1 hr 15 min · Serves 8 · No. 3 overall
Cinnamon Monkey Bread
Pull-apart balls of soft dough rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked in a Bundt pan with a brown sugar caramel. Turn it out warm and let everyone tear off pieces.
1 hr 5 min · Serves 10 · No. 7 overall
Apple Tarte Tatin
Apples cooked in buttery caramel in a skillet, baked under a round of puff pastry, then flipped out so the glossy, amber apples sit on top.
1 hr 20 min · Serves 8 · No. 9 overall
Sticky Toffee Pudding
A soft, moist date sponge soaked in warm toffee sauce. A British pub classic that's very hard to stop eating.
1 hr · Serves 9 · No. 19 overall
Gulab Jamun
Soft milk-powder dumplings fried golden and soaked in a warm syrup scented with cardamom and rose water. A must-have sweet for Diwali.
55 min · Serves 20 · No. 32 overall
Red Wine Poached Pears
Whole pears simmered in spiced red wine until tender and ruby-red, with the poaching liquid reduced into a glossy syrup to spoon over.
55 min · Serves 6 · No. 36 overall
Walnut Baklava
Dozens of crisp, buttery phyllo layers filled with cinnamon-spiced walnuts and soaked in a honey-lemon syrup. Make it a day ahead so the syrup soaks in.
1 hr 30 min · Serves 30 · No. 50 overall