Dessert recipe collection

Deep dish cranapple pie with sliced apples and whole berry cranberry sauce under decorative pastry cutouts. Spiced with apple pie spice and orange zest for a festive holiday dessert.

Deep fried cherries in clusters dipped in a wine-egg batter, fried golden, and dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon. A European-style fritter dessert using fresh whole cherries.

Deep-dish apple pie with six cups of cinnamon-spiced sliced apples under a flaky, nutmeg-scented pastry crust brushed with milk and cinnamon sugar. All fruit, no bottom crust.

Deep-dish peach pie: a baking dish heaped with juicy peaches and brown sugar under a single flaky, golden top crust. A fruit-forward summer pie that lets the peaches shine.

Apple pie with a custard twist: cornstarch-thickened cream and egg coat the spiced apples, baking into a smooth, custardy filling under a sparkling cinnamon-sugar crust.

Moroccan dessert couscous steamed three times until feathery light, finished with olive oil and cinnamon, then garnished with dried fruits and almonds. A traditional North African sweet.

Airy, melt-on-your-tongue meringue cookies scented with orange oil and fresh zest. Just 4 ingredients, virtually zero calories, and ready in 30 minutes. These diabetic-friendly treats dissolve like cotton candy.

Diabetic nut cookies: sugar-free drop cookies with bright orange zest, chopped nuts, and no refined sweeteners. An easy low-sugar cookie recipe for diabetes-friendly baking.

Diabetic Southern peach shortcake bakes sliced peaches under a sugar-substitute biscuit batter with cinnamon and almond extract. A low-sugar cobbler-style dessert ready in 45 minutes.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this delicious fudge made with puffed rice cereal and seedless raisins.

Almond macaroons made from a single egg white meringue folded with sliced almonds and old-fashioned oats. Light, crispy, naturally gluten-free, and just 7 ingredients.

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.

Soft orange oatmeal cookies with fresh orange zest, orange juice, nutmeg, and quick oats. A citrusy Southern-style drop cookie with a chewy, golden edge.

Old-fashioned raspberry pie with a double crust, thickened with instant tapioca and brightened by almond extract and lemon juice. A bakery-style summer pie that slices clean.

Double chocolate brownies with semi-sweet chocolate in the batter and white chocolate chunks folded in, topped with a zigzag drizzle of both chocolates. Fudgy, rich, and topped with pecans.

These very chocolatey, chewy cookies are a favorite with my young nephews and nieces. When they come to visit we make them together and they have so much fun, just make sure you use an over-sized bowl so the ingredients don't go flying, the boys seem to be overly enthusiastic about stirring. LOL