Usually, I’m not in favor of freezing food prepared ahead of time, but here’s an exception. Toppings for crisps are great to have on hand in the freezer when summer fruits pour into the market. Fruit ...

When you get your hands on good peaches or strawberries, it’s great to be able to make a fruit crisp, one of those comfort desserts everyone enjoys. But you don’t have to start a crisp from scratch if ...

We wanted a pie that had a firm, juicy filling full of fresh blueberry flavor with still plump berries, and we also wanted a crisp, flaky crust. To thicken the pie, we tried cornstarch as well as our ...

Although it’s hard to imagine that apple crisp needs much improvement, we liked the tartness and texture that cranberries added to one of our favorite standard dessert recipes. The challenges were ...

A crisp is a pie without the fuss of a crust. This humble cousin of upper-crust pies and tarts melds tree-ripened fruit and a few pantry staples into a sweet-tart old-fashioned dessert that's hard to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “The texture is delightfully light. And the organic coconut oil gives it a buttery melt-in-your-mouth delicacy I haven’t enjoyed since giving up moo-cow ...

This humble cousin of upper-crust pies and tarts melds tree-ripened fruit and a few pantry staples into a sweet-tart old-fashioned dessert that’s hard to resist. The British call it a crumble.

Although it’s hard to imagine that apple crisp needs much improvement, we liked the tartness and texture that cranberries added to one of our favorite standard dessert recipes. The challenges were ...