The secret ingredient to smooth, decadent appetizers: cream cheese. Here are our best cream cheese dip recipes. Cream cheese ...

If you’re lookin’ for a sweet treat that’s just a little extra special, these Red Velvet Brownies hit all the right notes.

This Southern sweet cornbread recipe features crushed pineapple and cream cheese for a moist, tropical twist on the classic ...

This creamy slow-cooker white chicken chili combines tender chicken, green chiles, white beans, and warm spices for a cozy, hands-off meal that’s ready in a few hours.

Let’s face it, cupcakes are fun. Familiar, colorful and oh-so-cute, these whimsical little cakes are famous for full-on flavor and mile-high frosting. And don’t forget the decorations. Best of all?

At the heart of any great dip, cake or casserole is, well, love, of course — but also, probably, a block of cream cheese. Smooth, whipped or flavored, cream cheese has the ability to bring a luscious ...

Sometimes when I’m in the kitchen making fresh cheese, I imagine what it must have been like for the primitive nomads who first discovered that the fresh, sweet liquid they had so laboriously milked ...

Cream cheese as Americans know it dates back to the late 1800s, when a businessman named William Lawrence started the brand Philadelphia. A hundred-plus years later it’s become all but synonymous with ...

In the wake of a cream cheese shortage in New York City, Insider reporters wanted to try making our own at home. We made four variations of the spread using three recipes. The quickest recipe — at ...