101 egg dessert recipes

Classic snickerdoodle cookies: tender soft cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, with the signature cream of tartar tang. Yields five dozen for the cookie tin.

Easy orange chiffon cake uses an angel food cake mix as a shortcut to a fluffy, citrus-bright chiffon. Folded with whipped egg whites, fresh orange zest, and oil for that classic light-as-air texture.

Irish curd cake: a traditional sieved cottage cheese cheesecake in a shortbread crust with lemon zest and a sugar-butter glaze. Light alternative to heavy American cheesecake.

Pineapple chiffon cake layered with chocolate cookies and a light-as-air gelatin mousse. A no-bake, low-calorie dessert with bright tropical flavor and lemon zing.

Impossible caramel custard pie forms its own crust from Bisquick while baking. Brown sugar gives it a deep caramel flavor, with flaked coconut on top. Just blend, pour, and bake.

Diabetic-friendly chocolate chiffon mold lined with ladyfingers and set with gelatin and whipped egg whites. A retro low-fat dessert with light cocoa flavor and elegant presentation.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cake-like drop cookies made with brown sugar and cake flour for an extra tender crumb.

Divine Southern decadence cake: chocolate wafer and toasted coconut crust, dense fudgy chocolate-cashew filling with espresso and hazelnut liqueur, finished with whipped cream and chocolate curls.

Rainbow meringue torte: four crisp meringue discs layered with chocolate, mint chip, and strawberry ice cream, topped with whipped cream and toasted almonds. A make-ahead frozen showpiece dessert.

This pecan pie is absolutely delicious, always reminds me when I was a child, the pecan pie my mom used to make for me.

If you're looking for a low-fat snack, try this scrumptious treat that will satisfy your sweet tooth.

Cream cheese frosting with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Thick, spreadable, and made for carrot cake or zucchini cake. Comes together in 15 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

Spiced grapefruit upside-down cake with brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves baked on a caramelized grapefruit base. Served with grapefruit-zest whipped cream.

Every time I follow every step of this recipe, and the brownies are really good, I have never changed one thing. So nice.

Boozy whiskey cake made from a doctored box mix with vanilla pudding and walnuts, then soaked in a hot butter-whiskey-brown sugar syrup. Outrageously moist and dead simple to pull off.

Classic chocolate refrigerator cookies made with real unsweetened chocolate. Shape the dough into a log, chill overnight, then slice and bake for 72 crisp, thin cookies.