Dessert recipe collection

Traditional Middle Eastern semolina cake drenched in lemon syrup. This easy yogurt-based dessert bakes golden brown and soaks up fragrant citrus syrup for a moist, tender treat perfect with tea.

New Hampshire maple syrup pie with a silky maple custard filling and a maple-sweetened meringue topping browned until golden. A classic New England dessert that lets real maple syrup shine.

This recipe, though fussy to make, is attractive and tasty. Cheryl Kaufenberg of Darien said it came from a very old Better Homes & Gardens magazine

No bake caramel cookies made with butterscotch pudding mix, oats, and evaporated milk. Five ingredients, no oven needed, and ready to eat in 30 minutes flat.

No-bake cookie crumble cheesecake sets up creamy in a graham crust with gelatin-bound cream cheese filling, mini chocolate chips, and crushed cookies on top.

Vegan no-bake pumpkin cheesecake with silken tofu, almond butter, maple syrup, and agar for setting. Dairy-free, egg-free, and set overnight in the fridge.

Oatmeal rocks are chunky, old-fashioned drop cookies loaded with oats, dates or raisins, and chopped nuts. A stiff-dough cookie with crunchy edges and a hearty, chewy bite.

Oatmeal sesame crisps with brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, and sesame seeds baked into a thin slab and snapped into pieces. Crunchy, nutty, no-flour cookie bars in under 25 minutes.

Bonnie Graber of Oak Creek sent this recipe for an old-fashioned kitchen sink cookie that would be good any time of the year.

These cookies have been around my family for years.Kids and adults love them.They have a great molasses taste and it is very hard to eat just one.

Classic French currant tart with a vanilla butter pastry shell, silky pastry cream, fresh red currants, and a kirsch-currant jelly glaze edged with toasted almonds.

Open-faced strawberry cream cheese sandwiches with lemon zest and chopped nuts. A fresh, no-cook spread for tea sandwiches, crackers, or light snacking.

Orange cherry biscotti: twice-baked Italian cookies studded with dried cherries and zested orange. Crisp, dunkable, and nearly fat-free. Pairs with coffee, tea, or sweet dessert wine.

Orange cake filling made with fresh orange juice, lemon juice, and orange zest cooked over a double boiler. Bright, citrusy, and thick enough to hold between layers.

Orange Jello salad with just cottage cheese and whipped topping. No boiling, no setting, no cooking at all. Dry Jello powder dissolves straight into the cottage cheese for a fluffy potluck side.

Chocolate Halloween cupcakes with a hidden orange cream cheese center that oozes out when bitten. Spooky fun for the kids and a riff on the classic Black Bottom cupcake.