Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Unsweetened chocolate melts into butter and sugar for intensely fudgy brownies that bake in just 18 minutes at high heat.

Lighter peanut butter chip brownies use prune puree instead of butter for moisture, with egg whites for structure. Fudgy chocolate brownies studded with peanut butter chips, no oil required.

White chocolate chip cookies built on a deep chocolate dough loaded with creamy white chocolate chips. Sour cream keeps them soft, melted semi-sweet gives them brownie-like depth.

Classic pecan pie with toasted pecan halves, brown-buttery filling, and a flaky crust. The Southern Thanksgiving and Christmas pie that's all gooey custard underneath the crunchy top.

Supernatural brownies are Nick Malgieri's legendary fudge bricks: a full pound each of butter and semisweet chocolate, eight eggs, two sugars, and a shiny crackled top. Bakes a full half-sheet, rests overnight for perfect texture.

Moist mint brownies: dense fudgy chocolate brownies made with mint-flavored chocolate chips and topped with crumbled chocolate cookies. Sixteen squares of mint-chocolate cookie heaven.

Classic roll-out gingerbread cookies with ginger, nutmeg, and molasses, perfect for cookie cutters and holiday decorating. The traditional Christmas cookie kids and grown-ups both love to ice.

Fudgy cocoa brownies loaded with chocolate chips and nuts, baked in a sheet pan for 48 generous squares. Rich chocolate batter topped with melty chips creates chewy-crisp perfection.

Super fudge cupcakes soak chopped dates in boiling water before folding into a chocolate batter studded with chips and nuts. Date-sweetened, intensely fudgy cupcakes with a tender crumb.

Traditional pumpkin pie made with sweetened condensed milk, two eggs, pumpkin puree, and warming cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. The Eagle Brand classic that ends up on Thanksgiving tables for a reason.

Pumpkin pie with a gingersnap crumb crust, dark rum, heavy cream, and freshly grated nutmeg. The double-boiler trick warms the filling before baking for a smoother, less weepy custard.

Fudgy picnic muffins: a brownie-meets-muffin hybrid with melted semi-sweet chocolate, two cups of pecans, and just enough flour to hold it together. Freezes well for picnics and lunchboxes.

Loren's cheesecake with three packages of cream cheese on a graham cracker crust, topped with a sweetened sour cream layer. A classic New York-style cheesecake done in three simple stages.

Cheddar accompanying a slice of apple pie is a centuries-old pairing. This apple pie recipe bakes the cheddar into the crust, flaky, sweet with a bit of savory in every slice.

Mango-coconut pie layers a graham cracker and toasted coconut crust with a vanilla bean coconut custard, diced fresh mango, and whipped cream. A bright mango coulis poured over each slice doubles down on the fruit.

Easy one-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, applesauce, and pecans. Dense, fudgy, and finished with a simple dusting of powdered sugar.