Recipes
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Chicken Bolognese
You won’t miss the red meat in this rich and complex chicken Bolognese.
Foolproof All-Butter Dough for Double-Crust Pie
Our ultimate pie dough. It uses all butter, it’s dead easy to roll, and it bakes up tender, crisp, and shatteringly flaky.
Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake with Toasted Marshmallow Buttercream
Toasty Swiss meringue brings this cake to another level—and gives it a dramatic presentation.
Spicy Cheese Bread
How much cheese could we pack into this Wisconsin favorite without producing a greasy brick of dough?
Cheesy Green Chile, Chicken, and Bean Skillet
This scoopable skillet meal gives you all the melty cheese and savory flavors of green chicken enchiladas, but without all the filling and rolling.
Best Ground Beef Chili
Ground beef chili is convenient, but its texture is often dry and grainy. With this recipe, you don't have to sacrifice flavor for convenience.
Bacon and Gruyère Egg Bites
To make this popular portable breakfast, we smoothed out protein-rich cottage cheese in the blender, then whisked in eggs to create a creamy custard and added shredded Gruyère cheese and cooked chopped bacon for texture and flavor.
Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy with Semolina “Polenta”
A cozy, richly flavored meal that’s surprisingly simple to prepare.
Scotcheroos
These old-fashioned cereal-based cookie bars are ready for a comeback.
Pepperoni Sheet-Pan Pizza
You’re just a few hours away from a crowd-pleasing pie with lacy edges and a crispy, airy, focaccia-like crust.
Unstuffed Shells with Butternut Squash and Leeks
Cheesy jumbo stuffed shells have undeniable appeal, but preboiling and stuffing individual shells can be an ordeal. We set out to make an unstuffed version in which the pasta cooked directly in the sauce.
Salsa Verde Chicken and Squash Soup
A knockout salsa verde made with kale, capers, and pepita seeds gives this hearty chicken soup pizzazz.
Butternut Squash Soup
Forget cream and spices. The secret to squashier squash soup is concentration.
Pasta alla Vodka
As we pondered the secret to this sauce's unrelenting popularity, we settled on three defining traits: its rich, creamy texture; its satisfying smoothness; and its complex, savory depth.
Pumpkin, Sausage, and Escarole Soup with Sage Browned Butter
Canned pumpkin is the star of this fall-inspired soup that’s elevated by a drizzle of sage-infused brown butter and chopped walnuts.
Dollywood-Style Cinnamon Bread
There are lots of reasons to love the queen of country music —and this cinnamon bread is one of them.
Fall Panzanella
A hearty dinner-friendly salad for chilly fall nights.
Lasagna Soup
This soup delivers all the bold flavors of traditional—and labor-intenstive—lasagna in a weeknight-friendly, one-pot meal.
Meatball Subs
An efficient approach captures the saucy, cheesy comforts of this sandwich-shop favorite in no time.
Cheese Ravioli with Pumpkin Cream Sauce
Save time with store-bought ravioli and canned pumpkin, and spend it on browned butter, toasted hazelnuts, and crispy sage leaves instead.
Pumpkin Turkey Chili
We wanted a nutrient-filled turkey chili that wouldn't leave us missing the beef.
Light and Airy Focaccia
With its bronzed crust, pillowy crumb, and licks of fruity olive oil and crunchy salt, focaccia is easy to love. It’s also easy to make.
Ultranutty Pecan Bars
By banishing the custard filling in favor of a topping that emphasizes the pecan’s nutty richness, we made this bar cookie simpler, too.
Gâteau Invisible with Brown Sugar–Cinnamon Whipped Cream
In gâteau invisible, the batter that lightly binds slim apple slices all but disappears during baking, leaving the focus on tender, concentrated fruit.
Seared Chicken and Butternut Squash with Maple Vinaigrette
A sweet-and-tangy maple vinaigrette gussies up this quick, simple meal of seared chicken breasts, crispy bacon bits, and butternut squash.
Cacio e Pepe
This Roman classic’s ingredient list may be simple—but it takes strategy to spin water and cheese into a creamy, silky sauce.
Our Zuppa Toscana
Our version of Olive Garden’s popular soup is lighter but just as satisfying.
Beef Short Rib Ragu
A typical Sunday gravy is an all-day affair and calls for multiple meats. We wanted a rich sauce using one cut of beef—in about 2 hours.
Black Bean Soup with Chipotle Chiles
We wanted a soup that had a smoky flavor, deeply colored broth, and perfectly cooked beans.
Levain-Style Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
The Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie from Levain Bakery is hugely popular. Here’s how to make this style of recipe at home.
Creamy Broccoli Pasta with Crispy Panko
The most dependable vegetable goes luxe in this lush, herbaceous, bread crumb–topped dish.
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
We set out to achieve a cookie that was crisp at the edges, chewy in the middle, and full of rich toffee flavor. The result? One of our most popular recipes of all time.
Slow-Cooker Pork Ragu
Sunday sauce on a weekday? We found a way.
Best Beef Stew
Despite hours of simmering, most beef stews fall flat. With its rich gravy and tender meat, this one packs in more flavor in less time.
Creamy Pumpkin Pasta with Fried Walnuts
In this autumnal dish, walnuts provide a crunchy, savory counterpoint to a velvety sauce rich in earthy pumpkin flavor.
