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Claire Saffitz
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Claire Saffitz is a freelance recipe developer and video host. Previously, she was Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit magazine, where she worked for five years in the test kitchen. She hosted the series Gourmet Makes on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, where she used her classical pastry knowledge to reverse engineer popular snack foods and candy.
Pull-Apart Sour Cream and Chive Rolls
These melt-in-your-mouth dinner rolls from Claire Saffitz are even more tender and pillowy than the classic Parker House rolls.
Bûche de Noël
A little oil in this bûche de noel helps keep it pliable even when cool—perfect for rolling the Yule log shape.
Anytime Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
This dough is optimized for freezing so that you are never more than 25 minutes away from a warm, gooey cookie.
Classic English Muffins
This recipe for homemade English muffins employs a few smart tricks, offering a faster path to warm rolls with those coveted chewy nooks and crannies.
Pad Thai
Unless there’s a Thai restaurant right next door, there’s a good chance you can make this easy pad Thai recipe faster than having it delivered.
Chicken Paprikash With Buttered Egg Noodles
What’s more comforting than saucy chicken over buttered egg noodles?? Nothing.
Simple Pasta Carbonara
Humble ingredients—eggs, pasta, cheese, and pork—combine to create glossy, glorious spaghetti carbonara that’s just as good at dinner as at 2 a.m.
Phyllo Cardamom Pinwheels
The phyllo dough cookies are so shatteringly tender that they give palmiers a run for their money.
Bananas Flambé
Caramelized bananas in a boozy, butterscotch-y sauce served over creamy mascarpone makes for a delicious dessert paying homage to a classic.
Lime Squiggles
Make these irresistible melt-in-your mouth shortbread-style cookies, which are topped with lime glaze and zest for a tangy and citrusy punch.
Raspberry-Almond Thumbprint Cookies
Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, these raspberry jam-filled almond thumbprint cookies are the perfect teatime snack.
Flourless Chocolate Meringue Cake
This flourless chocolate cake features meringue both in the batter and on top, which bakes into a light and crispy shell with beautiful swirls.
Mango-Yogurt Mousse
Inspired by the refreshing sweet-tart flavors of mango lassi, this cold and silky mousse hits all the spots for a perfect after-dinner treat.
Cranberry Orange Sauce With Cinnamon
This recipe makes a bright condiment for your Thanksgiving or Christmas table, but it's also a delicious, zesty topping for a breakfast of steel-cut oats.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Let us clear something up: Classic cream cheese frosting recipes like this one aren’t just for topping carrot cakes, cinnamon rolls, or red velvet cakes. Too often the frosting is pigeon-holed and we aim to change that here and now. In fact, homemade cream cheese frosting can be used to add a pleasantly sweet and tangy note to almost any cupcake or layer cake recipe that calls for buttercream frosting, including this Double Banana Cake. It’s so easy and versatile, it’ll soon become your new favo.…
BA’s Best Buttermilk Biscuits
Stacking and flattening the dough creates lots and lots of flaky layers that beg to be pulled apart and slathered with softened butter.
Gâteau Basque
Simple in concept (if not in execution) and not too sweet, this sturdy gâteau Basque is suitable for any occasion or time of the day.
BA’s Best Coconut Cream Pie
Think of this coconut cream pie recipe like a Samoa cookie in pie form, complete with a coconut graham cracker crust and caramel layer.
BA’s Best Apple Pie
Reducing the liquid in this mile-high apple pie recipe to a syrupy consistency concentrates the flavor and yields the ideal juicy sauciness.
No-Fail Roast Chicken With Lemon and Garlic
Only 6 ingredients, and you'll always know when it's done.