Bar cookies give you more bang for your buck. You can bake a bunch at a time—no juggling hot baking pans and constantly beeping timers—and there's something pleasing about their grid-like nature. It ...

For potlucks, bake sales, or just because, dessert bars are a cut above the rest. Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez Cakes can be fussy, and cookies take some work to portion and bake. But dessert bars?

Each year as the month transitions from November to December, the thought of holiday-time baking reenergizes me for the rest of the year. Esoteric German cakes and breads that take an inordinate ...

Stay-at-home bakers, I have good news. For those who may be suffering from a dose of baking burn-out, the quarantine culinary revolution can embrace simple-to-make indulgences too. Brioche and ...

Garten shared how to make her lemon bar recipe on the Barefoot Contessa cooking show. “I’m making all kinds of portable food,” she explained. “Including lemon bars for dessert.” On her Barefoot ...

Dessert lovers know that for most baked goods, you can’t beat that fresh out of the oven taste. But making desserts from scratch can be time-consuming and sometimes more trouble than they’re worth.

This article is a part of the L.A. Times 2022 Holiday Bar Cookies. Though making bar cookies is enticing because they require no cutters, spritz guns or other specialized equipment, it still helps to ...