1,652 dessert recipes

Raspberry chocolate sauce made with Dutch-process cocoa, heavy cream, butter, and pureed raspberries. Boiled 8 minutes to a glossy, pourable consistency. Keeps a month in the fridge.

Crisp, buttery sandie cookies made without pecans, using oats and corn flake crumbs for crunch instead. A nut-free twist on the classic pecan sandie.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

Melomacarona, traditional Greek honey cookies made with oil instead of butter, dipped in warm honey syrup and topped with chopped walnuts. Egg-free and butter-free.

Pumpkin raisin nut cookies made egg-free with pumpkin puree as the binder, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and packed with raisins and chopped nuts.

Peanut butter oatmeal chippers fold quick oats, peanut butter chips, and chopped pecans into a cinnamon-nutmeg cookie dough. A spice-warmed twist on the classic oatmeal cookie.

Fudgy Southern chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, pecans, and a two-temperature baking method. Dense, rich, and brownie-like with a cocoa-dusted pan for extra chocolate flavor.

King cake for Mardi Gras, a sour cream yeast dough rolled with cinnamon-sugar butter, shaped into an oval ring, and decorated with purple, green, and gold sugars. New Orleans tradition at home.

Pizzelles press a buttery vanilla dough between hot iron grids for thin, crispy Italian waffle cookies with intricate snowflake patterns. Classic Christmas and wedding cookie.

Loaded chocolate chip cookies stuffed with pecans, white chocolate, milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate, and mini chips. The everything-in-the-cookie-jar classic.

Pepper poached pears simmer in white wine with black peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon and a whisper of chili heat, then chill in a syrup reduced from the poaching liquid. An elegant, lightly spiced dessert.

Chocolate oatmeal chippers: spiced chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, pecans, and quick oats. Chewy center, crisp edges, classic drop cookie.

Mocha crinkle cookies with deep cocoa, instant espresso, and a surprising pinch of black pepper, rolled in powdered sugar for that signature cracked-top look. A grown-up twist on classic chocolate crinkles.

Chewy chocolate drop cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and just half a cup of flour. Fudgy, brownie-like cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Chocolate truffle tart with raspberries: a cocoa-rich press-in pastry shell filled with silky dark chocolate ganache and topped with fresh raspberries. Elegant and simple.

Chewy pecan date squares with brown sugar and vanilla, baked low and slow then dusted with powdered sugar. No butter needed, the dates keep them moist.