Pies

I decided to wrap up my (official) tribute to mom with this recipe for Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake – an indulgent treat that graced my mother’s holiday dessert table for many years and one that has always been a particular favorite of dad’s. I know I disrupted the flow a...

Goat cheese, honey and cajeta bring a new level of flavor sophistication and complexity to a classic cheesecake. The goat cheese has a more tangy and assertive flavor than traditional cream cheese lending an almost savory note to balance out the sweetness of the cheesecake. The honey introduces hint...

Despite the moniker of “French” Silk Pie, this incredibly indulgent, richly chocolate dessert is about as American as they come. The recipe was originally developed in the early 1950’s by a contestant, Betty Cooper, in the third annual Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest – it was, in fact, a $1,000 winning...

If you are looking for an indulgent, over-the-top, rich and gooey dessert, this is definitely the recipe for you. The composition of this recipe is very similar to a classic caramel and chocolate tart, featuring a chewy, gooey caramel and nut filling and a chocolate ganache topping. But replacing...

I cannot remember a Thanksgiving (or Christmas) dessert table that was not graced with pumpkin pie in one form or another. When I was very young, I remember mom making her classic pumpkin pie and, of course, my maternal grandmother had her own version she served for holiday meals...

If there is one pie that is synonymous with modern Thanksgiving celebrations, it is pumpkin pie. Apple pie may edge out pumpkin pie as America’s favorite pie most of the year, but when Thanksgiving rolls around, it is pumpkin pie that most Americans crave. While pumpkin pie has had...

Apple pie bars, apple bars, apple slab pie, French apple squares, or simply apple squares, this large, rectangular format adaptation of the classic apple pie is literally a crowd pleaser serving anywhere from two to three times the number of people as a standard 9″ inch pie. Just like...

There are endless variations of chocolate cream pie recipes across the internet each featuring slight tweaks to the crust, filling or topping and ranging from semi-homemade to fully from scratch options. But they all share three key features: a buttery crust, a creamy chocolate filling and a light, whipped...

This is the cheesecake of my childhood. It is the first cheesecake I ever remember tasting – I cannot remember a year that mom did not make this particular cheesecake. As introductions to cheesecake go, you can’t go wrong with this one. It is essentially a New York style...

I am an absolute sucker for a good cheesecake. By “good cheesecake” I mean a tall, dense, insanely creamy, lightly tangy, rich custard atop a buttery, crispy, crunchy, sweet graham cracker crust. I cannot even begin to tell you how many cheesecake recipes I’ve have made over the years...