Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Mama's rhubarb pie is a heirloom double-crust dessert with a tart, juicy filling thickened just enough by flour and a beaten egg. Old-fashioned, fuss-free, and ready for ice cream.

Pumpkin chocolate chiffon pie with a no-bake chocolate-walnut crust and an airy spiced pumpkin chiffon filling. A holiday showpiece blending pumpkin and chocolate flavors.

Low-fat pumpkin raisin cake made with egg whites, no butter, and pumpkin pie spice. Served with a strained yogurt cream sauce for a lighter fall dessert.

Cherry cheesecake bars with a white cake base, fluffy cream cheese and whipped cream topping, and cherry pie filling. A no-bake topping on a simple cake mix base.

Orange pecan crisps made with crescent roll dough, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest. Flaky, caramelized, and ready in 30 minutes flat.

Easy chocolate cheese pie: a no-bake chocolate cream cheese pie filling whipped together in one bowl and chilled in a crumb crust. Six ingredients, no oven required.

Lemon meringue pie from cooking school is the textbook version with a hand-rolled crust, cornstarch-and-flour curd, and a stable French meringue sealed to the crust. Detailed technique guarantees no weeping.

Apple topped cake with whole wheat flour, honey, egg whites, and yogurt in the batter, crowned with sliced apples and a cinnamon-sugar drizzle. A lighter bake.

A moist chocolate chip cake made with instant mashed potatoes, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Baked in a 13x9 pan with a powdered sugar finish, it travels beautifully to any potluck or picnic.

Quick-fix cookies turn store-bought refrigerated cookie dough into two bakery-style treats: chocolate-drizzled chocolate chip sticks and orange-cinnamon sugar leaves. Two batches, twenty minutes of work.

Yule log cake (buche de Noel) is the classic French rolled sponge cake for Christmas, made from a delicate whole-egg genoise baked thin, filled, rolled, and decorated to look like a wintry wooden log.

Cats Tongues (Langues de Chat) are delicate French butter cookies piped into thin finger shapes with browned edges and a pale, crisp center. Made with just butter, powdered sugar, egg whites, and flour.

Soft chocolate drop sugar cookies made with cocoa powder and buttermilk, scooped large and dusted with sugar while warm. Cake-like, chocolatey, and ready in 30 minutes.

Double chocolate dipper cookies combine cocoa dough, chocolate chips, and a white chocolate dip for tuxedo-style cookies. Bakery-level treats for cookie trays and gifting.

Chocolate fudge pudding cake that bakes its own sauce. Hot milk poured over cocoa batter creates a gooey chocolate sauce underneath a tender cake layer with almonds.

Favourite Texas Sheet Cake with Cocoa Nut Frosting recipe