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55 recipes in the collection.
Tremendous Angel Food Cake
Tall, snow-white angel food cake with a tender cloud-like crumb. Twelve egg whites, no butter, no oil. Pure technique.
Tremendous Apple Crisp
Tender cinnamon-spiced apples under a crackling buttery oat-pecan topping. Bakes in 45 minutes. Best eaten warm with vanilla ice cream.
Bigly Apple Pie
All-butter double-crust apple pie with a mix of tart and sweet apples, warm spices, and a lacquered golden top. The pie every other pie answers to.
The Best Banana Bread
Tender, moist banana bread with deeply ripe bananas, brown butter, sour cream, and toasted walnuts. Stays soft for days. Better than the coffee shop.
The Best Banana Cream Pie
Stovetop vanilla custard layered over ripe bananas in a buttery graham crust, finished with fresh whipped cream and a shower of toasted crumbs.
Tremendous Banana Pudding
Homemade banana pudding with from-scratch vanilla custard, ripe bananas, Nilla wafers, and pillowy whipped cream. Chills overnight, disappears in minutes.
Bigly Beignets
Pillowy New Orleans-style yeasted beignets, fried golden and buried in powdered sugar. Overnight dough, three-minute fry, total knockout.
Huge Berry Crumble
Mixed summer berries thickened to a glossy filling under a buttery almond crumble topping. Forty minutes to bake. Perfect with whipped cream.
The Best Birthday Cake
Two tender yellow butter cake layers with rich chocolate buttercream and rainbow sprinkles. The actual birthday cake you remember wanting.
Tremendous Blondies
Brown-butter blondies with deep butterscotch flavor, crisp edges, and a chewy fudgy center. One bowl, one pan, forty minutes start to finish.
The Greatest Blueberry Pie
Jammy blueberry pie with a flaky all-butter crust and a lattice top. Slices clean, no runny puddle. The pie everyone wishes they could make.
Bigly Boston Cream Pie
Two layers of tender vanilla sponge cake filled with thick pastry cream and finished with a glossy chocolate ganache. The Parker House classic, done right.
Tremendous Bread Pudding
Custardy brioche bread pudding with vanilla bean, raisins, and a warm bourbon caramel sauce. Crisp top, soft middle. Better than the diner.
Tremendous Brownies
Ultra-fudgy brownies with a shiny crackly top and dense, glossy interior. One bowl, real chocolate, no cake mix involved. Believe me.
Bigly Bundt Cake
A tender vanilla buttermilk bundt cake with sculpted ridges and a brown butter glaze that drips down every curve. Greatest shape in baking.
The Best Cake Pops
Moist cake crumbled with cream cheese frosting, rolled into balls, dipped in chocolate, and finished with sprinkles. Better than any coffee shop's.
Huge Carrot Cake
Three-layer carrot cake with crushed pineapple, warm spices, toasted walnuts, and a thick blanket of real cream cheese frosting. Tall and tender.
The Greatest Cheesecake
Tall, silky New York-style cheesecake baked in a water bath on a buttery graham crust. No cracks, no lumps, no shortcuts. Pure dairy.
The Best Cherry Pie
Sour cherry pie with a glossy ruby filling under a buttery lattice crust. Bright, tart, and clean-slicing. The cherry pie everyone hopes for.
The Best Chocolate Cake
Deep, dark chocolate layer cake with hot coffee in the batter and silky chocolate buttercream. Moist for days. Better than the bakery.
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Brown butter chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges, chewy centers, and puddles of melted dark chocolate. The cookie other cookies are afraid of.
Tremendous Chocolate Fudge
Silky, deeply chocolate fudge made with real chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. No thermometer, no fuss. Twenty minutes to set.
The Best Chocolate Mousse
Light, rich chocolate mousse with intense bittersweet flavor and a cloud-like whipped texture. Five ingredients, twenty minutes of active work.
Tremendous Churros
Crisp ridged churros with a tender choux interior, rolled hot in cinnamon sugar. Simple choux dough, star tip, ten-minute fry. Hot chocolate dip optional but smart.
Tremendous Cinnamon Roll Cake
All the cinnamon-roll flavor with none of the yeast or waiting. Soft buttery cake swirled with cinnamon-sugar and topped with vanilla glaze.
Huge Coconut Cream Pie
Toasted-coconut custard pie with a flaky crust and clouds of fresh whipped cream. Two kinds of coconut, one perfect slice, zero hamster bedding.
The Best Crème Brûlée
Silky vanilla bean custard under a shattering layer of caramelized sugar. Five ingredients, restaurant-grade results at home.
Tremendous Crème Caramel
Classic French crème caramel — silky vanilla-bean cream custard inverted onto a pool of dark amber caramel. Elegant, simple, six ingredients.
The Best Eclairs
Classic French eclairs with crisp choux shells, silky vanilla pastry cream, and a glossy chocolate glaze. Bakery quality, made at home.
The Best Flan
Silky vanilla flan with a deep amber caramel that pools across the plate. One pan, six ingredients, and a water bath does the rest.
The Best Fudgy Brownies
Ultra-fudgy chocolate brownies with crackly shiny tops, chewy edges, and a gooey center. One bowl, 30 minutes, zero cake-like behavior.
The Best Funnel Cake
Crispy, lacy carnival funnel cake fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Pantry batter, ten minutes, no funnel cake stand required.
The Best German Chocolate Cake
Three layers of tender chocolate cake stacked with classic coconut-pecan frosting between each layer. Sam German would weep. Believe me.
Bigly Key Lime Pie
Authentic key lime pie with a real key lime custard filling, buttery graham crust, and fresh whipped cream. Pale yellow, not green. Cold, tart, perfect.
Tremendous Lemon Bars
Bright, puckery lemon bars on a buttery shortbread crust, with zest in both layers. Real lemon juice only. The bottle is banned here.
Tremendous Lemon Meringue Pie
Glossy lemon curd in a shatter-crisp pie crust, crowned with toasted Swiss meringue that holds its peaks. No weeping, no soggy bottom, no apologies.
The Greatest Macarons
Classic French macarons with smooth shells, ruffled feet, and a chewy almond interior, sandwiched with silky vanilla buttercream. Patience pays off.
The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Plump, chewy oatmeal raisin cookies with toasted oats, soaked raisins, warm cinnamon, and crisp golden edges. The redemption arc the cookie deserves.
Huge Peach Cobbler
Juicy fresh peaches under a golden buttermilk biscuit topping with crisp sugared edges. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Summer in a dish.
Bigly Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft, chewy peanut butter cookies with the classic crisscross fork pattern and a deep roasted peanut flavor. Six ingredients to peanut butter perfection.
Tremendous Pecan Pie
Brown butter pecan pie with deep toasted notes, a real bourbon kick, and a flaky all-butter crust. Less cloying than the classic, more depth.
Huge Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Cast-iron pineapple upside down cake with caramelized brown sugar, golden pineapple rings, and red cherries on a buttery vanilla cake.
The Greatest Pound Cake
A classic sour cream pound cake with a tight golden crust and a tender, buttery crumb. One loaf, eight ingredients, zero shortcuts.
Huge Profiteroles
Crispy choux puffs split open and filled with vanilla ice cream, smothered in warm dark chocolate sauce. The easiest impressive dessert ever.
Bigly Pumpkin Pie
Silky pumpkin pie with toasted bloomed spices, heavy cream custard, and a buttery crust. Smoother and more aromatic than the canned-back recipe.
Tremendous Red Velvet Cake
Classic red velvet cake with tender buttermilk crumb, a whisper of cocoa, deep red color, and a thick layer of real cream cheese frosting.
Bigly Rice Krispie Treats
Brown butter Rice Krispie treats with extra marshmallows and flaky salt. Soft, chewy, never dry. Eight minutes on the stove.
Huge Snickerdoodles
Soft, chewy snickerdoodles with crackly cinnamon-sugar tops and a tangy cream of tartar bite. Twelve minutes in the oven, gone in five.
Huge Sticky Toffee Pudding
British-style date sponge cake soaked in warm brown-sugar toffee sauce. Soft, rich, deeply caramel — the dessert that ends every dinner with applause.
Tremendous Strawberry Shortcake
Flaky cream biscuits split and filled with macerated strawberries and fresh whipped cream. Three ingredients in the cream, no shortcuts, no yellow sponge cups.
The Best Streusel Coffee Cake
Tender sour cream coffee cake with a ribbon of cinnamon streusel running through the middle and a thick buttery streusel crown on top.
The Greatest Sugar Cookies
Buttery cut-out sugar cookies with crisp edges and tender centers that hold their shape perfectly for icing. The decorator's dream cookie.
Bigly Trifle
Layered trifle of pound cake, homemade vanilla custard, macerated berries, and whipped cream. Make ahead — it gets better overnight.
Huge Vanilla Cake
A tall, tender butter-vanilla layer cake with silky vanilla buttercream. Real vanilla, real butter, real cake. Bakes up in under an hour.
Bigly Whoopie Pies
Tender, cake-soft chocolate sandwich cookies filled with fluffy marshmallow buttercream. The New England classic, done right.