18 lacy recipes

Easy to make, and these cookies are simply delicious!

Lacy potato pancakes (latkes) are the classic Jewish fried potato pancakes traditionally served at Hanukkah. Crispy, golden, and lacy-edged, served with applesauce and sour cream.

Saffron-laced pastina salad with pine nuts, currants, fresh mint, and orange blossom water. A fragrant Middle Eastern-inspired room temperature pasta side dish with turmeric and cumin.

French lace cookies bake corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar, flour, and pecans into thin, delicate, caramel-toffee disks. Optional chocolate drizzle. Five ingredients, holiday tray classic.

Chocolate lace cornucopias: delicate chocolate-nut cookies rolled warm into crisp cones and filled with whipped cream. A stunning, bakery-style dessert cookie.

Old-fashioned lace cookies with pecans, brown sugar, and corn syrup, rolled into delicate cylinders while still warm. Shatteringly crisp and caramel-sweet.

Godiva chocolate tiramisu with espresso-soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone cream, and grated dark chocolate. A boozy, no-bake Italian dessert that chills overnight.

A retro no-bake icebox dessert with flavored gelatin, vanilla ice cream, and ladyfingers set in a springform pan. Just 4 ingredients and a few hours in the fridge.

Crispy deep-fried ricotta fritters coated in ladyfinger crumbs with orange zest and nutmeg, served warm with raspberry sauce. An Italian-style dessert that's golden outside and creamy within.

No-bake tiramisu with coffee-soaked ladyfingers, cream cheese filling, Kahlua and Advocaat liqueurs, and a dusting of cocoa. A quicker, American spin on the Italian classic.

A no-bake, layered dessert with creamy pistachio pudding, fluffy whipped topping, and crunchy Heath bar crumbles, nestled between soft ladyfingers. Perfect for potlucks or a refreshing treat!

Middle Eastern braised ox ribs in pepper sauce with sumac, mace, and marjoram, slow-cooked with sweet red peppers and onions. Serve over rice or potatoes.

Mango charlotte with strawberry sauce: a tropical twist on the classic French molded dessert. Mango mousse set with gelatin, lined with ladyfingers, and served with fresh pureed strawberry coulis.

This is really a "mock" tiramisu as it is not made with Italian mascarpone cheese, which is traditional. This is, however, a lot quicker and easier (and less expensive).

Frozen Heath bar ice cream cake with ladyfingers, coffee, vanilla ice cream, and creme de cacao whipped cream. A no-bake freezer dessert cut into elegant wedges.

Diabetic-friendly chocolate chiffon mold lined with ladyfingers and set with gelatin and whipped egg whites. A retro low-fat dessert with light cocoa flavor and elegant presentation.