Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Funnel cake batter is poured through a funnel into hot fat in a swirling spiral, fried until golden, then dusted with confectioners sugar. The state-fair classic, made at home.

Awesome lime meringue pie thickens sweetened condensed milk with fresh lime juice for a no-cook tart filling, then crowns it with golden meringue over a graham cracker crust.

Slice and bake sugar cookies: a make-ahead dough rolled in wax paper and chilled, then sliced and baked into tender cookies. Yields nearly eight dozen.

Classic banana cream pie with homemade vanilla custard layered over fresh banana slices in a baked pie crust, topped with whipped cream. Old-fashioned comfort from scratch.

Easy banana walnut snack cake using a box cake mix, mashed banana, and chopped walnuts. Baked in a square pan and dusted with powdered sugar through a doily.

Bath cookies made with sea salt, baking soda, cornstarch, and essential oils. Fizzy, skin-softening bath treats shaped like cookies. NOT for eating, for bathing only.

Beehive cookies are chewy, golden drop cookies made with honey, shredded coconut, walnuts, and chopped dates. Naturally sweet with no refined sugar, ready in 30 minutes.

Berks County potato custard pie, a Pennsylvania Dutch classic with mashed potato, lemon juice, lemon zest, and whipped egg whites in a flaky crust. Light and tangy.

Berkshire apple pie with a dump-and-bake cake batter topping over cinnamon apples. No rolling pin needed for this rustic New England-style dessert.

Chocolate almond chimneysweep cookies with a flourless macaroon-style base, melted chocolate, and a whole almond crown. A naturally gluten-free chocolate-almond cookie with crackly outside and soft chewy center.

Glazed ribbon cookies with buttery shortbread dough rolled into strips, filled with raspberry jam, and drizzled with vanilla glaze. Holiday cookie tray classic.

Best homemade harvest apple pie: a tender egg-and-vinegar crust filled with cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples and a brown sugar crumb, splashed with cider and finished with pastry apple cutouts.

Best lemon sour cream pie folds tangy sour cream into a stovetop lemon curd, then crowns it with vanilla-scented meringue. Three textures in one slice: silky filling, billowy peaks, flaky crust.

Best Shaker lemon pie made with whole sliced lemons, rind and all, macerated in sugar before baking with eggs in a double-crust shell. Four ingredients, intense lemon flavor, the legendary recipe from Shaker kitchens.

Soft, pillowy lemonade cookies brushed with frozen lemonade concentrate and dusted with sugar. A pantry-friendly drop cookie with bright citrus tang and a sparkling sugary crust.

Beverwyks are old Dutch spiced cookies with cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and chopped raisins rolled and cut into shapes. A traditional holiday cookie from New York's Dutch heritage.