Category Desserts

Brown Butter Chunkies

I’ve always been a little skeptical of brown butter recipes. Not because browning butter is particularly difficult, but because I couldn’t help wondering if it really made enough of a difference to bother. If I’m adding another step to a…

Caramel Apple Crumble Bars

There’s something about apples, cinnamon, butter, and caramel that makes the whole kitchen smell like fall. These Caramel Apple Crumble Bars start with a buttery brown sugar crust, followed by tender cinnamon-spiced apples, a little caramel, and plenty of golden…

Drizella’s Cherry Swirl Cheesecake

This cherry swirl cheesecake started with my go-to cheesecake recipe, the same one a friend once declared “the best cheesecake she’s ever had.” This time, I wanted cherry in every slice without piling a slippery topping over the finished cheesecake.…

Drizella’s Red Velvet Cake

This is my take on classic red velvet cake, with a soft, moist crumb, just enough cocoa to give it that unmistakable red velvet flavor, and plenty of cream cheese frosting. Blooming the cocoa in melted butter gives the cake…

Drizella’s Carrot Cake

This is the kind of carrot cake that ruins ordinary carrot cake for you. It’s incredibly moist, packed with carrots, crushed pineapple and pecans, then poked while it’s still warm so a buttery pineapple glaze can soak right into the…

Drizella’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are the chocolate chip cookies I come back to again and again. They’re thick, soft and chewy in the middle, golden around the edges, and absolutely loaded with chocolate. I chill the dough, scoop it into big round balls,…

Drizella’s Banana Bread

Seriously, this may be the last banana bread recipe you’ll ever need. This is my go-to, and I’ve made it more times than I can count. It’s soft, incredibly moist, full of banana flavor, and made with simple ingredients you…