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The Best Dessert Recipes of 2016

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By Erin McDowellUpdated Jun 28, 2024

It's been a sweet year. To prove it, we rounded up our 21 best dessert recipes from 2016. You still have a few days to indulge before you start that New Year's cleanse (or, let's be real, not), so get baking.

Erin McDowell

Freelance Food Editor

Erin Jeanne McDowell is a recipe developer, food stylist and author of multiple cookbooks, including The Fearless Baker, which was named one of the Best Baking Books of 2017 by the New York Times. She studied baking and pastry at The Culinary Institute of America in New York, and in addition to developing recipes for PureWow, her work has appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, Food Network Magazine, Food52, The Kitchn and more.

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Freelance Food Editor

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