Dessert Recipes

Daddy's peanut butter cookies: classic crisscross-pressed peanut butter cookies sweetened with both brown and white sugar for chewy edges and tender centers. The everyday cookie kids ask for.

Annie's butter cookies: one buttery, rich dough that shapes into candy canes, pinwheels, spritzes, cutouts, or drop cookies. The Christmas-cookie foundation worth memorizing.

Griddle cheesecakes made with pureed cottage cheese, cooked like pancakes and served with a fresh cranberry-orange sauce. A light, tangy twist on traditional cheesecake.

Georgian khachapuri with hand-stretched dough layered with butter, folded envelope-style around a spiced red bean filling with caramelized onions and fresh cilantro.

Praline cheesecake with dark brown sugar cream cheese filling, chopped pecans folded in, and a maple syrup glaze topped with pecan halves. Rich, Southern-inspired, on a graham cracker crust.

A scrumptious cheesecake made with orange juice and seedless raisins.

Chocolate cinnamon cake roll filled with Kahlua-spiked cinnamon whipped cream. A light cocoa sponge rolled around a spiced, boozy filling for an elegant dessert.

Amish friendship bread cake with a cinnamon-oat-nut streusel layered through the middle and on top. Uses friendship starter for a tangy, moist crumb under a crunchy topping.

Light blueberry lemon snack cake with an oat streusel topping drizzled with honey. A wholesome, low-fat baked treat with bright lemon and juicy berries in every bite.

Two-layer carrot cake bursting with orange marmalade, toasted walnuts, and grated carrots, finished with a citrus cream cheese frosting and a stunning lattice top.

Vegan self-saucing chocolate pudding cake with walnuts. Hot water poured over cocoa-sugar batter creates a fudgy chocolate sauce underneath as the cake bakes. No eggs, no dairy, total magic.

Loved the idea of adding brewed coffee to the gingerbread batter, and it worked so well. The flavour was amazing.

Fancy spritz cookies are tender, buttery pressed cookies enriched with ground almonds and almond extract for a marzipan-like flavor. Shape them with a cookie press into pretty holiday wreaths and stars.

Halloween chocolate cookie mice with pinched noses, chocolate chip eyes, and licorice tails. A spooky-cute kids' baking project that turns one chocolate shortbread dough into a tray of edible critters.

Irish curd cake: a traditional sieved cottage cheese cheesecake in a shortbread crust with lemon zest and a sugar-butter glaze. Light alternative to heavy American cheesecake.

Sourdough gingerbread made with active starter, molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. The tangy starter adds depth to this warm, spiced Alaskan-style cake.