Dessert Recipes

For those who love the donut, this decadent cake will have you hooked after every bite!

Pepper biscotti with black pepper, toasted walnuts, orange zest, and almond extract. An Italian twice-baked cookie with grown-up complexity and a subtle peppery kick. Perfect with coffee or red wine.

Cherry streusel coffeecake with almond-scented batter, cherry pie filling center, and a crunchy almond crumb top. Springform pan dessert, brunch-ready.

Peanut butter granola cookies with brown sugar, peanut butter morsels, and crunchy granola cereal. Chewy, nutty drop cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Delicious, light and fluffy! These taste of Fall, and the crystallized ginger gives then a lovely little zing. Even people who don't like pumpkin love these cupcakes. These disappear as fast as I can set them out!

Think magic cookie bars turned into drop cookies. Graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, chocolate chips, and walnuts baked into chewy golden mounds. Ready in 30 minutes flat.

Citrus lovers will like this refreshing crispy cookie from Jocelyn Moritz of Waukesha.

Pear and apricot tart layers fanned pears and apricot halves over almond paste filling in a buttery almond pastry, then glazes with apple jelly. A bakery-worthy fruit tart for special occasions.

Old-fashioned almond butter coffee cake made with yeast-risen dough and crowned with buttery almond topping. Warm spices of mace and cardamom make this sweet bread irresistible for brunch.

Moist chocolate cake made with buttermilk, cocoa powder, vegetable oil, and boiling water. No butter needed for an incredibly tender, rich crumb that stays moist for days.

Deep dish peach pie features ripe summer peaches under a single golden crust with cinnamon, nutmeg and a sugar-crackled top. The classic peach dessert at its most extravagant.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Cheesecake cookie bars with a buttery brown sugar shortbread crust, creamy lemon-vanilla filling, and crumbly streusel topping. Cut into squares for a portable cheesecake fix.

Chocolate pecan cookie slices shaped into logs, baked, then cut on the diagonal and drizzled with white chocolate. A slice-and-bake method that yields 40 elegant cookies.

Apple-coconut pie is a delightful fusion of flavors that offers a harmonious blend of sweet and tart tastes with a tropical twist. The cream-cheese pastry is buttery and flaky, providing a perfect base for the rich filling.

Apfeltorte: German apple cake with whole peeled apples baked into a butter cake, their cores stuffed with rum-soaked raisins and chocolate. Finished with apricot glaze and powdered sugar.