Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Gluten-free almond cookies made from just three ingredients: almond paste, sugar and egg whites. Naturally flourless, chewy and intensely almond, shaped into balls or crescents and rolled in pine nuts. Classic Italian pignoli-style cookies.

A no-bake chocolate coconut pie with a crunchy shell made from melted semisweet chocolate, rice cereal, and shredded coconut. The filling is a silky bittersweet chocolate mousse swirled with cream of coconut and whipped cream.

German chocolate cheesecake squares layer chocolate cream cheese filling over a yeasted crust, topped with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping.

Indiana fresh rhubarb creme pie with scalded rhubarb in a custard of egg yolks, sugar, and flour, optionally topped with meringue. A heritage Midwestern spring pie.

Creamy cheesecake on a chocolate chip cookie crust garnished with fresh strawberries and drizzled chocolate. A three-temperature baking method for a crack-free, silky filling.

Banana walnut upside-down cake with a brown sugar-maple syrup caramel, sliced bananas in concentric circles, and a cinnamon butter cake. Served warm with whipped cream.

Blueberry upside-down cake with a glossy brown sugar topping and tender white cake base. Inverted to reveal jammy purple-stained fruit on top.

Hungarian-style cream cheese triangles (kiflis) with a tender pastry dough wrapped around prune butter or fruit jam, baked golden, and dusted with powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie tin staple.

Chocolate roll-out cookies with cocoa in the dough and a tinted decorator's frosting. Cut into holiday shapes and decorate for Christmas cookie trays and gift boxes.

Tangy lemon curd filling in a crisp pie shell, topped with sky-high meringue swirled into golden peaks. Crowd-pleasing classic dessert.

Chocolate custard chocolate cheesecake combines a rich pudding-based chocolate filling with cream cheese and folded egg whites, topped with sour cream over a graham cracker crust. Deeply chocolatey, custard-soft.

Chunky peanut butter cookies loaded with chocolate chips, honey roasted peanuts, and chopped peanut butter cups. These blowout cookies are thick, chewy, and completely over the top.

Three-layer chocolate souffle cake filled and frosted with homemade chocolate pudding made from scratch. Light, airy layers meet thick, velvety custard.

Fudgy brownie filling loaded with chocolate chips, pecans, and a splash of Kahlua, baked in a pie crust and topped with billowy whipped cream and chocolate curls.

Chocolate banana cake with Dutch-process cocoa, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a light crumb. A single-layer 9-inch square cake dusted with powdered sugar.

No-bake peanut butter balls with dates, raisins, walnuts, molasses, and orange juice, rolled in shredded coconut. A healthy, naturally sweetened energy bite that improves after a day of resting.