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Recipe Box

Recipe Box

Real wooden dividers and 100 blank 4x6 cards. Keep the recipes worth keeping.

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Desserts

Dessert Recipes

Tested dessert recipes for American home cooks, from chewy chocolate chip cookies to creamy cheesecake. Bake one, then copy the keepers onto a Recipe Box card.

Twelve desserts to start with

Each one is written in cups and degrees Fahrenheit, and built to bake from.

Keep your dessert wins

Found one your family asks for again. Copy it onto a card and file it under Desserts in the Albino Monkey Recipe Box, on real wooden dividers built to last.

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Albino Monkey wooden Recipe Box with cards and nine wooden dividers

Dessert questions, answered

What is the easiest dessert to make from scratch
Chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and banana bread are the easiest. Each comes together in one bowl with pantry staples and forgiving steps.
Which desserts can I make ahead
Cheesecake, tiramisu, key lime pie, and lemon bars all need chilling, which makes them ideal to make a day ahead. They taste better after resting overnight.
How do I store homemade cakes and pies
Keep cream cheese and custard desserts like carrot cake and cheesecake refrigerated. Cookies, brownies, and banana bread keep at room temperature in an airtight container.
What dessert is best for a crowd
A sheet of brownies, a peach cobbler, or a layer cake feeds a group easily. Cobbler and cake scoop or slice into generous portions with little fuss.

More dessert recipes are added every week. Every one is tested, written for American kitchens, and built to bake from without scrolling past a life story.