Dessert Recipes

Bourbon pecan pie with a flaky homemade crust, gooey caramel filling made with light and dark corn syrups, melted butter, and a splash of whiskey. Holiday dessert at its most classic.

Soft drop cookies made with mashed cooked carrots and finished with a warm orange glaze. The vintage Depression-era cookie that still makes sense today.

Citrus devil's food cake made with grapefruit juice instead of water or milk, creating a tangy, bittersweet chocolate cake with a cocoa-grapefruit syrup folded through the batter.

Lele Party Cookies are thumbprint cookies rolled in egg white and chopped nuts, then filled with colorful jelly. A buttery, nutty holiday cookie perfect for Christmas trays.

Applesauce spice cake baked in canning jars and sealed hot for shelf-stable storage. A spiced cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nuts that makes a unique homemade gift.

Peanut butter and jelly streusel bars with a brown sugar PB cookie base, strawberry jam middle, and oat-crumble topping. The lunchbox sandwich reinvented for the cookie tray.

Single-crust pie pastry made with lard and a touch of shortening for a flaky, old-fashioned 9-inch shell. The traditional fat blend bakeries used before all-butter pastry took over.

Frosty Snow Berry Cake with cranberry sauce cubes folded into a lemon-scented white cake, topped with billowy pink fluffy frosting. A vintage holiday showstopper.

Glazed chocolate mint cookies: thin, crisp rolled cookies made with melted mint chocolate chips in the dough, then half-dipped in a glossy mint chocolate glaze. Like a homemade Thin Mint.

Illinois apple pie fills a flaky double-crust shortening pastry with thin-sliced Granny Smith apples spiced with cinnamon, brown sugar, and nutmeg. Brushed with milk and dusted with sugar for a sparkling top.

Apple-cherry pie with a flaky shortening crust, quick tapioca thickener, and a nutmeg-sugar finish. The tart cherries brighten up classic apple pie in a way plain apples never do.

Classic oatmeal cookies with brown sugar, shortening, and three cups of rolled oats. Crispy edges, chewy centers, and endlessly customizable with mix-ins.

Blueberry snack cake with cinnamon, lemon zest, and flour-coated berries that stay suspended in a tender crumb. A one-bowl bake great for picnics and lunchboxes.

Harvest apple pie with a rolled oat crust that bakes up flakier and toastier than the standard double crust. Cinnamon and nutmeg apples bubble underneath while the lattice top turns deep gold.

Traditional Chinese almond cookies with crumbly texture, pressed with apricot pits or whole almonds. Refrigerated slice-and-bake dough keeps for weeks.

Chinese-bakery style almond cookies with shortening, brown sugar, and a whole blanched almond pressed into each round. Egg yolk wash gives the signature glossy golden top from your favorite dim sum tray.