Pear-Cardamom Caramel

This caramel, folded with cooked down pears, has a lush, fudgy texture. Ginger and cardamom lend their herbaceous, spicy flavors which, alongside a generous pinch of salt, make for a sophisticated sweet.

Parsnip Muffins

These muffins get a little whole wheat flour and brown butter for nuttiness, plus a handful of dried cranberries to balance the sweetness. The parsnips are grated very roughly so they are only just cooked through and slightly crunchy, quite the opposite of hiding the vegetable.

Pear Cardamom Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

Sweet and fragrant with a maple-cream cheese icing, this Pear Cardamom Cake is a beautiful and comforting dessert. Great for holiday entertaining!

Apple Buttermilk Muffins

These tender apple muffins are spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Peach Bran Muffins

These bran muffins use buttermilk and applesauce to achieve a moist crumb. Bran and whole wheat flours make a nutty flavor base for diced peaches.

Buttery Peach Crumb Muffins

Peach Crumb Muffins with a tender, coffee cake-like crumb, sweet peach chunks, a swirl of homemade peach preserves, and a buttery streusel topping.

Pineapple Coconut Muffins

Juicy pineapple and sweet coconut add tropical flair to these tender muffins.

Cardamom Caramel Palmiers Recipe | Bake the Book

Palmiers are some of my favorite cookies. I'd always thought of them as the perfect combination of flaky pastry dough and crisp cookies mixed with just the right amount of caramelized sugar. But this recipe for Cardamom Caramel Palmiers from Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies by Alice Medrich took these cookies to the next level by mixing in aromatic cardamom and a pinch of salt.

Date Pecan Caps

In these unique cookies, a sweet cream cheese dough is topped by a chewy, light pecan-date meringue.

Rye Raisin Muffins

With a little tinkering, these muffins can go from a healthy, lightly sweet way to start your morning to a savory accompaniment for dinner.