Chocolate, Prune and Rum Cake

This is a version of Claire Ptak’s chocolate, prune and whiskey cake for the home baker that you’ll fall in love with on the first try.

Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rye flour—an addition we learned from Claire Ptak—makes for a far more complex, robustly flavored chocolate chip cookie.

Ricotta-Semolina Cheesecake

This is Chris Kimball’s recreation of a light, creamy cheesecake with a “grownup flavor” that eluded him for 20 years.