Dessert recipe collection

I was so glad to find this recipe, as I had one like this before. WONDERFUL! There is the "sweet/tart" thing going on with the cranberries and sugar...YUM!

The cookies were moist and delicious. Just make sure you put them on the middle rack in the oven, nice to enjoy a great treat and have it be somewhat healthy as well.

Cheesecake pumpkin pie layers a graham-pecan crust with a creamy pumpkin-cream cheese filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Hybrid Thanksgiving showstopper.

This easy chocolate pudding well satisfies your chocolate craving without giving you too many calories. It's chocolaty, smooth and silky.

Dutch-style icebox spice cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a brown sugar dough enriched with butter, lard and sour cream. Slice-and-bake rolls keep weeks in the fridge for instant warm cookies.

Light rum balls roll up in 5 minutes from ground walnuts, vanilla wafer crumbs, honey, and rum. No-bake holiday cookies that stash in a tin for over a month and only get better with age.

Cayenne and chocolate make a nice combo in this cookie from Paula Tuchscherer-Jones of Milwaukee; they would provide an interesting complement when plated with more traditional cookies.

Mocha pecan pie layers semi-sweet chocolate, Kahlua and espresso into the classic Southern filling, topped with decorative pecan halves. A coffeehouse twist on Thanksgiving dessert.

Christmas cookies with pizzaz, can be stored in the refrigerator and then made as needed for fresh baked cookies anytime.

Pumpkin cake roll spirals a spiced pumpkin sponge around a tangy cream cheese filling. Classic Thanksgiving showstopper that slices into striking pinwheels of orange and white.

Pumpkin pie with ginger cookie crust trades pastry for crushed gingersnaps and lightens the filling with applesauce, maple syrup, and egg whites. A holiday pie with serious spice and a leaner profile.

Christmas persimmon cake with ripe Hachiya pulp, raisins, dates, nuts, and warm holiday spices. A spiced loaf cake that bakes long and slow for a moist, fruitcake-style holiday gift.

These cookies came from our friend when he came over, they were so buttery and flakey, the right amount of sweetness. These delicious cookies are definitely not only good at Christmas!

Very easy pumpkin cake doctors a spice cake mix with canned pumpkin puree and eggs into a moist, fall-spiced sheet cake. Three ingredients, no oil or water needed.

Apple cakes baked muffin-style with a tender sour cream and ground almond crumb, warm nutmeg, and slices of fresh apple fanned across the top. Dusted with powdered sugar for an easy single-serve dessert.

Chewy chocolate oatmeal cookies loaded with cocoa and nuts. Soft centers that stay slightly moist, ready in 25 minutes from start to finish.