Recipes

This dessert (best eaten within 2 days) is ideal with flavorful small local berries. If using big supermarket berries, cut them into halves or quarters and sprinkle with a bit of sugar to bring out their flavor.

Fresh, local strawberries are best in this granita for the best strawberry flavor. It’s also a great use for berries that have sat around just a bit too long, as they don’t have to be pretty.

A St. Louis original, this cake starts out with a yellow cake mix and bakes up moist and delicious.

Star anise, cloves and chopped ginger are cooked into a sweet syrup for poaching plums.

A single crust pie is a perfect way to showcase ripe, juicy plums.

These simple lemon tarts are perfect to make with kids. They’ll love whipping up the filling with a rotary egg beater and spooning it into the tart shells—that is, if they don’t eat all the filling in the process.

Tahini or sesame seed paste, the major ingredient in hummus, takes center stage in these treats that taste a bit like peanut butter cookies.

A not-too-sweet single-layer cake that’s a perfect take-a-long to book club meetings, potlucks and casual gatherings.

A tart, crisp cookie from The Good Neighbor Cookbook—ideal for welcoming a new neighbor or gifting to an old friend.

Sweet Blueberries and tart rhubarb combine in this perfectly sweet spring pie.

A perfect topping for ricotta pie or cheesecake.

Bring the sweet aromas of a French boulangerie to your kitchen with this easy Epiphany classic made with frozen puff pastry and an almond marzipan filling.

Fresh cranberries and tart apples combine with sweet dried apricots in a moist buttermilk cake that’s perfect for fall and winter holidays.

These bite-sized sweets are easy to prepare and bake in only 15 minutes!