Dessert recipe collection

Egg yolk shortbread bakes a richer-than-classic Scottish biscuit with butter, sugar, flour, and a single yolk for extra tenderness and golden color. Fork-marked, two-stage baked for delicate crisp edges.

Old-fashioned egg-yolk cookies with six rich yolks, lemon and vanilla extracts, rolled in sugar before baking. Tender shortbread-style cookies that use up leftover yolks from angel food cake.

No-bake eggless pumpkin chiffon pie layered with sweetened cream cheese, vanilla pudding, pumpkin puree, and warm spices on a graham crust. Light Thanksgiving alternative ready in 2 hours.

Eggnog bread pudding baked in a water bath with cinnamon-raisin bread, brandy, nutmeg, and half-and-half, served with a cranberry-maple bourbon sauce. A festive holiday dessert.

Vintage spice cake layered with sweet stewed figs and crowned with vanilla frosting and toasted coconut. This retro two-layer beauty transforms humble ingredients into pure nostalgia.

English orange trifle layered with liqueur-soaked quick bread, vanilla pudding with orange zest, and marmalade, frosted with sweetened whipped cream. A make-ahead showstopper dessert.

Microwave dark chocolate fudge made with corn syrup, evaporated milk, chocolate chips, walnuts, and powdered sugar. No candy thermometer, no soft-ball stage, just 3 minutes in the microwave to creamy fudge.

Fat-free cheesecake with nonfat cream cheese, egg whites, sugar, and vanilla on a graham cracker crust. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes of baking for a guilt-free dessert.

Fat-free strawberry shortcake built on a cloud-light angel food cake, layered with fresh sliced strawberries and whipped topping. A guilt-free summer dessert with classic flavors.

Lemon bisque is a vintage no-bake dessert: whipped evaporated milk and lemon Jello layered between sweet graham cracker crumbs for a tangy, fluffy refrigerator cake.

This is a wonderful, dense, almost brownie-like cake.

Warm and soft pears poached in wine with vanilla and blue cheese.

Fig preserves made with ripe figs, strawberry gelatin, and pectin for a thick, spreadable jam that seals in sterile jars. A Southern classic with only 5 ingredients.

Old-fashioned filled sugar cookies with a cooked raisin and nut filling sandwiched between two thin, almond-scented sugar cookie rounds. A classic heirloom cookie recipe.

Finnish almond cookies with a buttery shortbread base, egg white glaze, and sliced almonds on top. A crisp, not-too-sweet Scandinavian cookie with elegant simplicity.

Five spice plum sorbet purees canned plums with dry sherry and Chinese five spice powder, then churns into a fragrant Asian-inspired summer sorbet. Five ingredients, no added sugar.