3,460 dessert recipes

Apple cranberry pie with Granny Smith slices, whole cranberries, and an oat-cinnamon crumble topping. The Thanksgiving pie that combines pie and crisp.

Molded chocolate mousse set in a loaf pan with gelatin, coffee, rum, and whipped egg whites for lift. Sliceable dinner-party dessert topped with vanilla whipped cream.

Nanaimo bars with a peppermint twist: cocoa graham cracker base, vanilla pudding buttercream middle, and a dark chocolate top layer. No-bake Canadian classic.

Cherry and apricot cobbler with fresh sour cherries and sliced apricots under a buttery buttermilk biscuit crust brushed with buttermilk and sugar. A summer stone fruit cobbler at its best.

Low-fat cheesecake made with overnight-strained yogurt and blended cottage cheese instead of cream cheese. Dense, silky, and tangy on a graham cracker crust with no cream cheese at all.

Chewy molasses oatmeal cookies with pecans, raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, drizzled with melted chocolate. Three cups of oats give these a hearty, old-fashioned chew.

Strawberry ice cream pie with a spiced shortbread crust and a swirl of warm fudge topping. Make-ahead frozen dessert that comes together in under 30 minutes.

Summer celebration chocolate cake swaps some oil for applesauce in a buttermilk-cocoa sheet cake, topped with quick chocolate frosting. A potluck-ready eggless crowd-pleaser.

Coffee mud pie with a crushed chocolate wafer crust, softened coffee ice cream, and cold fudge sauce. The classic frozen Mississippi mud pie copycat that slices like a dream after a 10-hour freeze.

Homemade oatmeal citrus face scrub with dried lemon and orange peels, oats, and blanched almonds ground into a fine exfoliating powder. All-natural, 3 ingredients, stores for months.

Checkerboard cookies, a visually striking shortbread-style cookie with alternating vanilla and chocolate squares. An impressive icebox cookie for holiday tins.

Classic black cow root beer float with vanilla ice cream in a frosted glass. Two ingredients, one minute, pure nostalgia in every fizzy sip.

Foamy cranberry sauce is a whipped butter and powdered sugar dessert sauce with cranberry juice, orange zest, and beaten egg white. Light, fluffy, and made for cranberry pudding.

Cranberry sauce for holiday meringues: a glossy, ruby-red dessert sauce made from cranberry juice, sugar, lemon, and a touch of cornstarch. Perfect spooned over crisp meringues, ice cream, or pavlova.

Sweet and tangy corned beef glaze made with currant jelly, mustard, and horseradish. Three ingredients that transform leftover corned beef into a glazed showpiece.

Classic apricot sweet simmers dried apricots with cardamom, ginger, and almonds into a fragrant, spiced compote, much like Hyderabad's qubani ka meetha. Naturally fruit-sweet, served chilled. A make-ahead Indian dessert.