1,659 desert recipes

Mom's apple cake loaded with five fresh apples, crushed nuts, and cinnamon in a one-bowl oil batter. No eggs, no butter, and incredibly moist. Swap applesauce for oil for a lighter version.

Nana Keele's carrot cake with crushed pineapple, cinnamon, and nuts, topped with a hot buttermilk syrup that soaks right into the warm cake. A family heirloom recipe.

Apple topped cake with whole wheat flour, honey, egg whites, and yogurt in the batter, crowned with sliced apples and a cinnamon-sugar drizzle. A lighter bake.

Old-fashioned oatmeal icebox cookies made with brown sugar, lard, butter, and buttermilk. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight for thin, crispy oat cookies.

New Jersey-style crumb cake with a thick, buttery cinnamon crumb topping over a soft yellow cake base. A bakery-worthy coffee cake with more crumbs than cake, dusted with powdered sugar.

Market mystery cookies with just five ingredients: butter, dark brown sugar, oats, egg, and vanilla. Cooked in a double boiler, then baked into tiny, crisp, toffee-like wafers.

Festive peppermint pie with layers of mint-spiked fruit and whipped cream, fudgy chocolate marshmallow sauce, and a toasted meringue top with crushed candy cane.

Chocolate peanut butter cookies loaded with peanut butter chips and chopped peanuts. A fudgy cocoa dough with a double dose of peanut crunch in every bite, baked in under 10 minutes.

Deep dish blueberry pie with a buttery egg yolk crust, rum-spiked filling, and eight cups of berries baked until bubbling. A top-crust-only pie loaded with fruit and lightly spiced with cinnamon.

Almond paste macaroons with cornmeal for a subtle Southern grit and honey for floral sweetness. Piped, flattened, and baked on parchment until golden with chewy centers.

Slice and bake gingersnap cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Make the dough, freeze in logs, and bake fresh cookies anytime for up to six months.

Rice pudding tart with red wine-poached pears fanned on top, finished under the broiler for a caramelized sugar crust. An elegant dessert that can be made ahead.

Apple raspberry pie with a flaky lard crust, Granny Smith apples, fresh raspberries, cinnamon, and warm spices. The lard crust freezing method creates shatteringly tender layers.

Buttery spritz cookie bars filled with a date, candied cherry, and nut filling flavored with orange zest. Pressed through a cookie press and cut into bars.

Chocolate pizzelle cookies made with cocoa powder, melted butter, and vanilla, pressed on a pizzelle iron. An Italian waffle cookie with a rich chocolate twist.

Buttery pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar. No eggs, no leavening, just six ingredients for a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookie.