Who doesn’t like an amazing homemade brownie or a luscious carrot cake topped with perfect cream cheese frosting? Seriously, life is just too short to waste time on recipes that take too much time and aren’t really worth it in the end.
AT A GLANCE
Food enthusiast and author Allyson Reedy divides the 50 recipes into five categories: Cookies (with Daniel Boulud’s recipe for Madeleines); Cakes; Pies/Tarts; Things You Eat With Your Hands; and Things You Probably Shouldn’t Eat With Your Hands (think tiramisu or a soufflé).
Interestingly, Reedy chose to leave out baking and prep times in the recipes, saying: “For one, they’re never
