Pastry chef Caroline Schiff joins Bon Appétit to make her perfect chocolate cake: an ultra-moist, four-layer showstopper with silky chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream and a glossy chocolate sauce soak. From using oil and sour cream for a soft, tender crumb to balancing dark and milk chocolate with flaky sea salt, Caroline shares her best baking tricks for creating a rich yet surprisingly light chocolate cake from scratch.
For more recipes like this one, preorder Caroline’s cookbook Daily Dessert, out 10/13/26: https://www.pastryschiff.com/cookbook/
Pastry chef Caroline Schiff shares her ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipe using two special ingredients. Discover how brown butter and malted milk powder create irresistibly chewy centers, crisp edges, and deep toffee-like flavor for the perfect cookie.
For more recipes like this one, preorder Caroline’s cookbook Daily Dessert, out 10/13/26: https://www.pastryschiff.com/cookbook/
Move over chocolate chip, there’s a new treat in town. This festive take on shortbread is not your average holiday cookie. It seamlessly straddles sweet and savory with its pistachio cookie base and 60% dark chocolate topping (with a sprinkling of crunchy nuts, of course). Let the dishes do the rest and serve them on Lenox Blue Bay pieces, an easy-to-mix-and-match collection with microwave-safe gold trim, for a fun, festive finish.
Instead of making our own crème anglaise, we use melted vanilla ice cream (it’s the same thing!). Just make sure you choose an all-natural brand free of stabilizers for the best texture.
Join Andy Baraghani in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes salted chocolate halva. Salt and bittersweet chocolate lend a savory, sophisticated edge to this typically saccharine-sweet dessert. Halva can be a little tricky to make at first, and a candy thermometer is key to nailing the right temperature, which creates the desired flaky, crystallized texture.
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Join Carla in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes a salted caramel-chocolate tart!
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In this edition of 'Snack Bracket', Bon Appétit star Chris Morocco is joined by a very special guest, 'Sesame Street’s' Cookie Monster. Together, Cookie Monster and Chris will pit 8 classic cookies against each other in a single elimination bracket to determine—once and for all—the absolute best biscuity treat.
If you’re feeling really decadent and fancy (as you should), add a splash of half-and-half or heavy cream just before serving. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
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Join Rick in the Test Kitchen as he makes toffee cookies! Using chocolate wafers instead of chips is a cookie game-changer. They spread as they melt, creating thin pockets of chocolate in each layer, and stay much softer at room temperature.
Get the recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies With Toffee
We challenged resident Bon Appétit super taster Chris Morocco to recreate Edna Lewis's hot, crusty buttermilk biscuits and tomato gravy using every sense he has other than sight. Was he up to the challenge?
Get our recipe for classic Biscuits With Sausage Gravy
Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Manager Brad Leone is back for episode 36 of “It’s Alive” and this time he’s making chocolate pizzelle cookies with sourdough starter. Perfect with some ice cream, in affogato, or just to snack on, join Brad as he tries to gets his pizzelle rhythm going while facing off against his beloved garage sale cookie iron.
Food Editor Shilpa Uskokovic loved peanut butter cups so much while growing up that she’s created a grown up take on her childhood favorite. This hazelnut butter cup tart looks exactly like a giant Reese’s peanut butter cup and will rival anything you’d find in the candy aisle.
Bon Appétit spends a day on the line with chef Salvatore La Rosa at Salvo’s in NYC. What started as Sal making sandwiches in his home kitchen, delivering them himself, has now evolved into a brick-and-mortar shop making 100+ sandwiches a day. From eggplant parm and fried mortadella to slow-cooked Neapolitan ragù, see how a one-man operation became a neighborhood favorite.
Join Carla Music in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes spiced roasted pork with chili paste. This recipe is from chef Vivek Surti of Tailor in Nashville, No. 7 on our 2019 Hot Ten list.
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We challenged resident Bon Appétit supertaster Chris Morocco to recreate Hong Kong style french toast in the BA Test Kitchen. The catch? He'll have to identify what he's making with a blindfold over his eyes, letting each of his other senses guide the way.
Grated coconut may not be everybody's cup of tea, but there is no denying that this candy is an absolute classic. In this episode, Claire Saffitz attempts to make a gourmet version of Almond Joys, that almond, coconut and chocolate Halloween staple.
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You’re looking at the quintessential June dessert, perfected by the BA Test Kitchen. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.
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Michael Laiskonis, Creative Director of New York City's Institute of Culinary Education, demonstrates the equipment, ingredients, and artistry essential to making 5 different bonbons.
