Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Basic butter cookies with just 5 ingredients: flour, cornstarch, powdered sugar, butter, and walnuts. Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookies baked low and slow.

Soft drop sugar cookies with brown sugar, cream of tartar, and baking soda for that signature snickerdoodle-style crackle. Rolled in sugar, no chilling needed.

Chewy drop cookies loaded with butterscotch and chocolate chips, sweetened with honey and a hint of almond extract. Made with egg whites for a lighter texture that still satisfies.

Rich buttermilk chocolate layer cake with melted chocolate and chopped nuts folded right into the batter. A from-scratch classic that bakes up tender and moist every time.

Pan di Spagna is the classic Italian sponge cake, made with just eggs, sugar, flour, and cornstarch. No butter, no leavening. The base for tiramisu, zuppa inglese, and Italian layer cakes.

Fudgy chocolate pie with unsweetened chocolate, butter, and corn syrup baked in a flaky crust. The center stays soft and brownie-like while the edges set firm. Serve warm with ice cream.

Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte is the authentic German Black Forest cake: three genoise layers soaked in kirsch syrup, filled with kirsch buttercream and sour cherries, and draped in whipped cream with chocolate curls.

Spiced gingerbread baked in mason jars with molasses, crystallized ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. A charming gift-worthy dessert served warm with lemon sauce.

A great all-butter flaky pie dough that comes together by hand or in a food processor. Cold butter, the minimum water, and a good chill are the keys to a tender, shatteringly flaky crust.

Surprise carrot cake baked in a Bundt pan with a hidden cream cheese filling layered inside the spiced batter. Cut a slice and find a tangy, creamy ribbon running through the center of the cake.

Layered bar cookies with a butter shortbread base, apricot jam, and a cocoa-coconut-peanut meringue topping. Three distinct layers in every square.

Heidesand cookies are traditional German sandies made with just three ingredients: browned butter, flour, and vanilla sugar. A crispy, nutty slice-and-bake cookie with deep caramel flavor.

Soft cranberry apple cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest. Loaded with chopped fresh fruit for a chewy, tart-sweet drop cookie that's a fall baking favorite.

Rich chocolate cherry bundt cake made moist with a whole can of cherry pie filling, studded with melty chocolate chips and crunchy nuts. A cinnamon-kissed, Black Forest-style cake finished with chocolate icing.

Homemade pineapple upside-down cake from scratch with butter, mace-spiced vanilla batter, and caramelized crushed pineapple topping. Tender crumb meets sticky-sweet fruit in every bite.

Hawaiian brownie cookies rolled in flaked coconut with chocolate chips, cocoa, and brown sugar. Fudgy cookie balls with a toasted coconut coating baked in under 10 minutes.