2,083 dessert recipes

Caramel almond apple pie is a single-crust apple pie with sliced tart apples under a bubbling brown-butter caramel and sliced almond topping. Scratch oil-crust, one hour bake.

Pumpkin snack cake spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and allspice, made lighter with egg substitute and low-fat milk. Soft, moist, and dusted with powdered sugar.

The cookies will keep, their flavor improving, for at least a week.

Cranberry drop cookies studded with chopped fresh cranberries and nuts, drizzled with a buttery orange glaze. A tart, festive holiday cookie with citrus frosting.

Spiced pumpkin or winter squash cake with a classic cooked caramel frosting. Four autumn spices, buttermilk tenderness, and a rich old-fashioned finish worth the candy thermometer.

Flourless-style chocolate mini-cakes baked in a heart pan with semisweet morsels, butter, walnuts, and just two tablespoons of flour. Finished with ganache.

Spiced cherry biscotti studded with candied cherries and almonds, warmed with nutmeg, and dusted with cinnamon-nutmeg sugar. A ruby-flecked holiday coffee cookie.

Kourabiedes are traditional Greek butter cookies with ground almonds and brandy, dusted heavily in powdered sugar. Fragile, sandy, and meant for celebrations.

White chocolate glazed anisette biscotti with toasted hazelnuts, crushed star anise, and almond extract. Crisp twice-baked Italian cookies with a creamy sweet glaze.

Tall honey cake (lekach) baked with 1¼ cups honey and a full cup of strong coffee for moisture and depth. Walnut-studded with warm spices, traditional for Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year.

Sugar-free granola cookies sweetened entirely with apple juice concentrate and applesauce, loaded with oats, nuts, and dried fruit.

Creamy peanut butter cheesecake pie loaded with Snickers chunks and silky chocolate topping. An indulgent dessert that disappears at potlucks and parties.

Easy two-layer peanut butter and chocolate fudge with sweetened condensed milk. No candy thermometer, no boiling sugar. Five ingredients, ready in three hours.

Light yet delicious chocolate raspberry roll cake. The creamy and fruity filling is made with skim ricotta cheese and fresh raspberries, the cake is made with flour, cocoa powder and egg substitute. It's much lighter than a classic roll cake, but without losing any flavor.

Miniature chocolate peanut butter pies in mini muffin tins. Graham crust, frozen peanut butter filling, and chocolate ganache topping. Make 24 ahead and stash in the freezer for up to a week.

German marble kuchen swirls vanilla butter cake with chocolate syrup batter for a tender bundt with bold dark and light bands. A traditional German tea cake baked in a tube pan.