A quick sauce made with ripe summer tomatoes and fresh herbs does double duty: It's in the savory filling and spooned over the golden-brown crust once baked. If freezing some of the calzones, you can either freeze the remaining sauce in a small zip-top plastic freezer bag, thaw in the microwave, and reheat or serve with your favorite lower-sodium marinara (we recommend Dell'Amore).
Caribbean-influenced shrimp, skewered with sugarcane and basted with a dark rum glaze, rely on high heat to caramelize the glaze and infuse the shrimp from the inside out with the cane's mild sweetness.
Layers of chocolate ice cream, fudge topping, chopped cookies, bananas and strawberry ice cream fill a chocolate cookie crust for a decadent frozen pie.
Chocolate brownies? Good. Chocolate brownies with heavenly bits of Oreo Cookies mixed in? Way better. Delight the fam with this super-easy special treat tonight.
This Tuxedo Pie recipe contains baker's milk chocolate dipping chocolate, cool whip whipped topping, milk, butter or margarine, jell-o vanilla flavor instant pudding and more.
Here's a recipe inspired by an idea from my good friend and baking colleague Dawn Woodward of Evelyn's Crackers. You start with brownies and then top them with a swirl of sweetened tahini that gives a delightful nutty depth of flavor and richness. Be sure to use untoasted sesame oil in the batter; the dark, toasted kind would be too strong.
This Mexican Ricotta Cheesecakes with Apple and Cranberry Compote recipe contains sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon-sugar, ricotta cheese, cream cheese, dark brown sugar and more.
Hosting a cookout? Make these beer-flavored chops to serve with grilled onions and chilled coleslaw. Marinating and brushing chops with dark heavy beer, honey mustard, and garlic intensifies flavor and seals in moist juices.
