Dessert recipe collection

Velvety Kahlua cheesecake with coffee liqueur, whipping cream, and a buttery zwieback crust. Baked until barely set, then slow-cooled for a silky, boozy, after-dinner showstopper.

Kahlua fudge made with semi-sweet and milk chocolate, marshmallow creme, and coffee liqueur. A rich, boozy candy that sets up smooth and cuts into clean squares.

Kahlua fudge brownies with unsweetened chocolate, walnuts, and a double hit of coffee liqueur baked in and brushed on top. Dense, boozy, intensely chocolate.

Kalyan made this for us while visiting for Christmas. He called it "paravannam."

Homemade Pecan Sandies copycat recipe with finely chopped pecans in a buttery shortening-based dough baked until golden. A spot-on clone of the classic Keebler cookie.

Kentucky Apple Festival Pie with Shortening Crust recipe

Even though these have very little sugar, they are fabulous. They even give Kolaches some stiff competition.

Kissing in the clouds cookies: crisp coconut and popcorn meringues with a Hershey's kiss pressed into the center. A fun, fluffy retro dessert kids love to make.

Kitty Wells' 7-Up pound cake uses lemon-lime soda for a light, tender crumb with subtle citrus flavor. A Southern classic baked in a tube pan with just seven ingredients.

Kolachkes are Polish-American cream cheese cookies: a tender butter-and-cream-cheese dough wrapped around fruit jam, walnut, or sweet cheese filling. Rolled in powdered sugar instead of flour.

Kolatchkies, cream cheese pastry cookies filled with your choice of fruit filling, pinched shut, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic Eastern European treat.

Add a European touch to your Christmas baking skills with these scrumptious snacks made with cream cheese, walnuts and dark rum.

Kosh tili are Central Asian fried dough twists (also called bow ties or angel wings) made with yogurt and eggs, deep-fried until puffed, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Kumquat pecan crepes are filled with a frangipane-style pecan butter and chopped preserved kumquats, baked golden, then flambeed tableside with warm cognac. A grown-up dessert with theatrical presentation.

Lattice cherry cheesecake: a creamy almond-scented cheesecake on a slice-and-bake cookie crust, topped with cherry pie filling and a piped lattice of batter. A showstopping shortcut dessert.

A lattice-topped mincemeat tart for Christmas: spiced fruit mincemeat baked in a crisp butter-and-lard shortcrust under a delicate woven lattice, dusted with icing sugar. One big tart instead of fiddly individual pies.