Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is the “Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie” recipe from Cooks Illustrated, and it is hands down the best one I've found. I have tried everything from the Joy of Cooking to the Bouchon Bakery cookbook, and I will keep going back to this one!

Pitta ‘Mpigliata #2

Traditional Calabrian Christmas dessert for our friends at a Casa Mia in Marblehead!

Recipe: http://kitchenchem.kericolabroy.bergbuilds.domains/chm114/how-to-make-pitta-mpigliata/

Baklava

1st baklava attempt for Mediterranean ELEVENsgiving! So fun to work with phyllo dough. Recipe from: https://www.browneyedbaker.com/baklava

Pear Galette

Delicious, aromatic, perfectly November vanilla pear galette!

Recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2017/10/pear-galette-recipe.html

Brownie Sundaes

These deliciously rich and chocolatey brownies were made for a coworker's birthday and topped with ice cream, hot fudge sauce, whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and (of course) a maraschino cherry. Recipe from BraveTart.

Summer Fruit Tart with Pastry Cream

This summer fruit tart has a a buttery, crisp crust filled with rich, lightly sweetened pastry cream topped with beautiful fresh fruit. So much better than a bland crust filled with whipped cream (which isn’t substantial enough for the sturdy crust) and tasteless unripe fruit. I recently had this rendition at a restaurant and had to rectify it! I made this at my brother and sister-in-law's house when visiting for their baby shower. The recipe is from Cook's Illustrated ("Classic Fresh Fruit Tart with Pastry Cream").

Strawberry Tart with Pastry Cream

To accompany a dinner party with friends on a beautiful April Saturday, I made this delicious and visually stunning strawberry tart with pastry cream. Recipe from aseasyasapplepie.