Be sure to use in-season apples that are firm, sweet and somewhat tart. The cake alone is dairy-free. If you're making this for a kosher meal or for someone with a dairy intolerance, drizzle the cake with warmed honey rather than the honey caramel sauce.
Fig-stuffed cookies are essential Sicilian holiday sweets. Sometimes dressed with icing and sprinkled with nonpareils, these egg wash–glazed X-shaped ones offer a fantastic little twist.
This fruity dessert takes only minutes to prepare, making it a lovely finish to a weeknight meal. Cornmeal adds a bit of crunch to the classic biscuit topping.
Tart lemon curd gives these zesty cheesecake squares a stunning mirror-like finish. Scrape down the sides of the bowl often for a perfectly smooth filling.
These blondies have all the flavour of fruitcake, but they take just a fraction of the time to make. Soaking the fruit and nuts in rum gives them a subtle boozy flavour without the need to soak the finished product in spirits for a month.
A crunchy chocolate topping adds a whole new level of deliciousness to the winning combo of chocolate and peanut butter.
If the cookie dough becomes too soft to roll out, just pop it back in the fridge for a couple of minutes.
