Note: Home-baked macaroons made with freshly ground nuts are far more enticing and delicious than packaged ones. To keep them moist, use this trick I learned at La Varenne cooking school in Paris: ...

The Passover tradition that’s been handed down from generation to generation in my family is the luxury of a catered Seder. But we’ve always supplemented the cookie and cake plate with extra desserts.

1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. 2) Whisk the condensed milk, egg white, vanilla, orange extract and salt in a medium bowl until well combined.

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Line 2 unrimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. 2. In a microwave-safe bowl, place the chocolate. Heat for 20 seconds, stir, and heat 20 seconds more, or until ...

A winner of the L.A. Times’ 2011 holiday cookie bake-off, these coconut-based macaroons, spiked with orange zest and drizzled with chocolate, were submitted by reader Tene Harris. From the story: Nice ...