1,108 brown sugar recipes

No-cholesterol apple cake with shredded apples, whole wheat flour, oat bran, and egg whites instead of whole eggs. A heart-healthy sheet cake with warm cinnamon spice and zero cholesterol.

Idiot's Delight: a layered no-fuss dessert with pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, butter pecan pudding, whipped topping, and praline pecans. Potluck royalty.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies made extra tender with sour cream. Brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and plump raisins in every bite. Makes about 4 and a half dozen.

Peanut mojhy, a Pennsylvania Dutch molasses and brown sugar candy loaded with peanuts. An old-fashioned hard crack candy poured onto buttered tins with just five ingredients.

Hedgehog cookies rolled in coconut with dates, nuts, and brown sugar. These no-flour, five-ingredient baked treats toast golden and crunchy with a chewy, caramel center.

Glazed beets with pineapple tidbits in a sweet brown sugar and lemon butter sauce. A quick 15-minute side dish using canned beets and pineapple.

Fish Market apple pie layers tender McIntosh apples in a creamy sour cream custard, all baked in a cinnamon-spiced crust under a buttery cinnamon-walnut streusel. A custardy twist on classic apple pie.

Maple-apple oatmeal cookies with real maple syrup, fresh apples, applesauce, currants, and a crunchy oat-brown sugar topping. Soft, cakey fall cookies baked low and slow.

Acorn squash stuffed with brown rice cooked in chicken broth, unsweetened applesauce, toasted pecans, celery, and ground ginger. A hearty fall side dish or light main.

Caribbean-inspired banana bread with grated coconut, ginger, and lime, finished with a warm rum-lime-brown sugar glaze poured over the top. Egg-free and packed with tropical flavor.

Scotch Teas are chewy oat bars made with just five ingredients: butter, brown sugar, rolled oats, salt, and baking powder. Soft from the oven, they firm up into buttery, toffee-like treats.

Famous Amos copycat chocolate chip coconut cookies with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and semi-sweet chips in a buttery brown-sugar dough. Bigger and chewier than the bag version.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with brown sugar, butter, and chopped nuts. Shape the dough into logs, chill, slice, and bake for crisp, nutty cookies with caramel-rich flavor.

Three-layer cranberry cheese bars with a buttery oat crumble crust, tangy cream cheese filling, and whole berry cranberry sauce on top. Makes 24 bars for holiday baking trays.

Quick sourdough cinnamon rolls leavened with baking powder and soda instead of yeast, so they go from starter to oven in 45 minutes. Sticky brown sugar caramel topping and a tangy sourdough crumb make these worth the discard.

Fat-free oatmeal drop cookies with applesauce standing in for butter or oil, rolled oats, and raisins. No eggs, naturally vegan, and done in just 10 minutes.