Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Toasted almonds ground to powder blend with beaten egg whites and sugar to create these crisp Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and almond extract deliver intense flavor in delicate, airy bites.

Chewy, loaded drop cookies hiding shredded zucchini inside a brown sugar batter packed with oats, coconut, raisins, nuts, and butterscotch chips. The zucchini keeps them soft and moist while the mix-ins bring all the crunch and sweetness.

Old fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies with chopped walnuts, dark brown sugar for chew, and toasty oats. A classic drop cookie that bakes up crisp at the edges and tender in the middle.

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

Mom's Black Forest cake stacks devils food cake layers soaked in cherry liqueur syrup, layered with kirsch whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and mini chocolate chips. A semi-homemade German classic.

German pfeffernusse: spiced honey cookies with cinnamon, cloves, allspice, mace, and a touch of black pepper, dipped in vanilla glaze. Traditional Christmas cookie recipe.

Grandma Cottington's pumpkin pie is a heritage Thanksgiving classic: flaky butter-and-lard double crust, custardy pumpkin filling with cream, molasses, cinnamon, and allspice. Yields 2 pies.

Enid's classic brownies made with melted unsweetened baking chocolate, butter, and six eggs baked in a sheet pan. Family-recipe square that yields 36 dense, fudgy bars.

Easy fudge brownies use a saucepan-melted sugar and buttermilk technique with Dutch-process cocoa for a glossy crackle top and dense fudgy interior. One-pan, ready in 40 minutes.

President Taft pumpkin pie with a souffle-light filling lifted by separated and folded egg whites. A heritage Thanksgiving recipe with brown sugar, allspice, and cinnamon warmth.

Pumpkin Bundt cake with warm pumpkin pie spice and a glossy dark chocolate glaze drizzled over the top. Moist, autumnal, and perfect for a fall dessert table.

A delicious recipe uses up some of your troublesome zucchinis and makes you take a second look at these summer produce.

Classic double-crust pie filled with fresh strawberries and tart rhubarb sweetened with sugar and thickened with quick-cooking tapioca. A perfect spring dessert.

Pumpkin cheesecake bars with a buttery pecan streusel crust, spiced with cinnamon and allspice. A fall baking favorite that's easier to make and share than a whole cheesecake.

Just in time for Christmas, these delicious cookies made with molasses and brown sugar are full of the holiday spirit.

A healthy and decadent pumpkin pie that tastes amazing with a fruit topping or cool whip.