1,659 desert recipes

Apple dessert bars with a buttery shortbread crust, cinnamon-lemon apple layer, and a rich coconut-nut custard topping that bakes into chewy squares.

A traditional Appalachian stack cake with six ginger-spiced layers sandwiched together with applesauce filling, then left to meld overnight.

Warm cinnamon and nutmeg spice this tender carrot cake studded with toasted pecans. Orange cream cheese frosting crowns the bundt for a citrusy finish.

Healthier apple pie packed with granola and raisins for texture, using less sugar than traditional recipes. Tart apples get spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and vanilla. Optional lattice top.

Simple walnut raisin cake with brown sugar and warm spices, simmered then baked low and slow for moist tender squares ready in an hour.

Buttery shortbread crust topped with gooey pecan-coconut filling creates bar cookies that taste like pecan pie without the fussy pastry work.

Beehive cookies are chewy, golden drop cookies made with honey, shredded coconut, walnuts, and chopped dates. Naturally sweet with no refined sugar, ready in 30 minutes.

Crunchy twice-baked biscotti packed with roasted almonds and hazelnuts, scented with vanilla, anise, and almond extract. A big-batch Italian cookie that keeps for weeks and begs to be dunked.

A moist, no-fuss banana pineapple tube cake with cinnamon and vanilla. No mixer required. Just blend the batter by hand, pour into a tube pan, and bake until golden.

Simple pineapple sheet cake topped with whipped cream and vanilla pudding frosting. Moist, fruity, and effortlessly crowd-pleasing for potlucks.

Healthy microwave cookies with soy flour, wheat germ, powdered milk, raisins, dates, cottage cheese, and honey: protein-packed snacks ready in 5 minutes.

Tender cream cheese cookies with lemon zest and a thumbprint of apricot filling, finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.

This spectacular stuffed pumpkin can be the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving table.

A lightly spiced breakfast cake made with applesauce and bran for natural moisture, studded with raisins and nuts for texture.

Coconut milk and coconut double the amount of deliciousness of the cake.

A show-stopping layered blueberry pie with a white chocolate-coated crust, cooked blueberry filling, a fluffy blueberry Bavarian cream layer, and whipped cream on top. Five layers of blueberry heaven for your most impressive dessert spread.