Desserts & Baking

When the dough comes together, it feels different from a butter-cookie dough: soft, smooth, and easy to stir rather than...

The top of this loaf looks set before the middle is ready, which makes it easy to pull it from...

The center should still have a slight wobble when the cheesecake comes out of the oven; if it looks completely...

The dough for these little trees is much softer when it first comes together than it will be after a...

A tray of little cookies can look pale in the center even when the edges are ready to come out...

The first pan taught me not to wait for firm centers. At the end of baking, the edges turn lightly...

The first slice through a warm roll tells you whether the filling made it all the way to the edges:...

The first slice of this cake shows why the little wooden-spoon holes matter: cherry and lime gelatin run down through...

The skins start to tighten and turn matte as the potatoes bake, and that’s when I know they’re on their...

The first thing you notice is the soft dough stretching as it rolls up around the cinnamon sugar. A little...