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Choose a mild, not-too-peppery olive oil for this tender cake; something fruity will complement the lemony sweetness, but an assertively bitter oil will overwhelm.

Try a combination of strawberries and rhubarb in this buckle-inspired breakfast cake.

Using a cookie cutter as a guide to shape and form the scones instead of rolling and cutting them out ensures tenderness.

This revelatory sauce starts with a dry caramel, meaning no water is added to the sugar. It will take on color quickly and is less likely to crystallize.

The dough for these airy desserts is also the foundation for éclairs, cream puffs, and pâte à choux. Minus the ice cream and berries, they make a sweet little breakfast pastry.

We love the combination of gently cooked and raw strawberries in this not-too-sweet version of the classic dessert.

Strawberries and rhubarb are a power duo in pie; here raw rhubarb plays a tart counter to sweet strawberries.

This sophisticated, elegant cake gets its flavor from elderflower and strawberry.

It’s airy, light, and sweet, but this delicate cake gets pucker and punch from vinegar in both the icing and the filling.

What every other granola wishes it could be—toasty and nutty, with pieces that break into crunchy clusters instead of crumbs.

A perfect use for that leftover can of chipotles in adobo hiding in the fridge.

The compote in this winter refresher provides a nice dose of antioxidants from fresh cranberries and cleansing notes from the ginger. Excess sugar is kept to a minimum with natural honey.

You can prepare steel-cut oats according to package directions. Or quicken the morning cooking by soaking the oats in boiling water before you turn in the night before; in the morning, just put the pot on the stove and they’ll cook in about 10 minutes

Prefer a different berry? Feel free to swap it in.

Rich in flavor and color, these 5 lesser-known but totally awesome berries add a powerful punch to sweet and savory dishes alike

Incorporate a little Thanksgiving flair and transform your traditional margarita vibe. Fall is such a wonderful season of opportunity, don’t you agree?

The BA Test Kitchen likes Grade B maple syrup; it adds a deep rounded flavor to this blackberry syrup recipe.

Tart-sweet cranberries and sour kumquats make this relish taste bright and bracing.

Transform leftover turkey into the ultimate grilled cheese.

This pie is seasonless: Bake it in fall with fresh cranberries and frozen raspberries and blueberries. Come summer, use the reverse.

For this Thanksgiving-in-a-glass cocktail, feel free to sub (thawed) frozen cranberries for fresh.

Keep a last little taste of summer around by turning raspberries into jam with this easy recipe

Raspberries or blackberries can be swapped in for the blueberries.