Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
Everyone needs a delicious coffee cake recipe in their repertoire, and this cinnamon streusel coffee cake recipe is the perfect option. Meaning "something strewn" in Old German, streusel is easy to throw together -- and then to throw on top of this sour-cream coffee cake. The sweet glaze in the recipe is the perfect coffee cake topping.
Vanilla Glaze for Cinnamon-Bun Bites
Everyone needs a cinammon roll glaze recipe like this one, made with just five pantry ingredients. Sure, it's perfect over Cinnamon-Bun Bites, but it's also worth drizzling over Bundt cakes, loaf cakes, and donuts. It's your homemade vanilla glaze for a myriad of baking adventures.
Ganache
This ganache recipe (which can easily be multiplied) is the base for Apricot and Ganache Tartlets, Chocolate Cakes with Ganache Glaze, Mini Chocolate Whoopie Pies, Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Ganache, and Peanut Butter Truffles. For step-by-step photos, see our handy 101.
Spinach and Gruyere Quiches
An outstanding quiche relies on a few simple elements: a creamy egg custard, buttery homemade crust, and flavorful cheese and vegetables. This family-friendly brunch recipe delivers all three.
Coddled Eggs
Coddling is a gentle steaming method that yields a tender egg. The eggs are cooked individually in coddling cups-ceramic cups with screw-on lids available at kitchen-supply stores. Four-ounce baby-food jars can be used as well. Garnish with chopped herbs, onion, or cooked bacon.
Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cakes
With three shades of chocolate, these cakes are as pleasing to the eye as they are to the sweet tooth.
Test Kitchen's Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes
Lemon juice adds a subtle tang to our light-as-air flapjacks that are perfect for Mother's Day or just an ordinary Saturday morning.
Raspberry Mousse Pie
Creamy, airy mousse is pretty in pink and perfect for Mother's Day, but you can rely on it all season long. The dessert takes just 30 minutes to put together (and 2 hours to chill), and is absolutely foolproof.
Embellished Wreath Cookies
Buttery classic, sugar cookies make a delicious treat anytime. Here, Martha heightens them to special-occasion status with a simple glaze and a fanciful combination of candied flowers, crystallized ginger, and chopped pistachios.
Roasted Salmon with Herbed Yogurt
Celebrate any occasion with this family-style salmon dinner that you can prep fast (just 5 minutes) and then roast in the oven, leaving you time to round out the meal.
Rich Cream Scones
These scones get their light, flaky texture from the butter that is layered into the dough.
Lillet Rose Spring Cocktail
Lillet Rose, a fortified-wine blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Muscatel, has the aroma of flowers and ripe berries -- perfect for a springtime aperitif. Garnishing the drinks with edible flowers is a lovely touch.