Dessert recipe collection

Fluffy pink grapefruit frosting is a seven-minute frosting made with egg whites, sugar, and grapefruit juice beaten over a double boiler into billowy, citrus-scented peaks.

A great, easy recipe, it is the first time for me to try it, really good, my 5 year old son kept eating them, and told me how yummy they are, a big hit.

Golden Wardens are whole pears poached slowly in honey, white grape juice, and lemon until the syrup turns burnished and the fruit collapses to butter-soft. An English heritage dessert built for the hardest, most stubborn pears.

Got his recipe in an email. From the Harvest restaurant, Cambridge, MA

This ice cream like frozen dessert is so creamy, silken and chocolaty. It's definitely a kind of dessert that you can impress your guests.

Jello skating pond dessert: blue jello set in a clear pie plate, topped with whipped cream snow banks, gummy bear skaters, and a wafer roll log. A winter craft dessert kids can build themselves.

Kay's apple pie is a classic double-crust pie with pared apples tossed in sugar and cinnamon, dotted with butter and finished with a milk-brushed, sugar-dusted top crust.

Lemon and pistachio Italian style biscotti, perfect with tea or coffee.

Swiss aniseed and lemon chrabeli cookies with their signature half-moon shape and three slashed edges. Crisp, slightly dry cookies that rest overnight before baking for traditional texture.

Vegan maple rum rice creme made with short grain rice, soy milk, and maple syrup pureed smooth, served with a cocoa-honey chocolate sauce. A dairy-free, low-fat dessert.

Italian Mascarpone cheese is used in the dessert a lot, it's creamy, light and tasty, and it is so versatile, you can mix it with various of fruits or jam to create a delicious filling or topping.

Mexican polvoron cookies rolled in a cinnamon-chocolate-sugar coating while still warm. Tender, crumbly shortbread-style cookies with a hint of cinnamon baked low and slow.

Mock raspberry jam made from green tomatoes, sugar, and raspberry Jello. Just three ingredients, 20 minutes of boiling, and you have a sweet, fruity spread that tastes surprisingly like the real thing.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch pickled pears: whole or sliced pears poached in spiced apple cider vinegar syrup with cloves and cinnamon. Traditional canning recipe for the holiday relish tray.

Quick-fix cookies turn store-bought refrigerated cookie dough into two bakery-style treats: chocolate-drizzled chocolate chip sticks and orange-cinnamon sugar leaves. Two batches, twenty minutes of work.

Rainbow Jello with alternating layers of strawberry, orange, lemon, and lime gelatin separated by creamy sweetened condensed milk filling. A showstopping party dessert.