Dessert Recipes

Cranberry and lemon star in this winning drop cookie with fluffy frosting from Liz Bannon of Port Washington, which was adapted from a recipe in a Taste of Home cookbook.

Homemade peach ice cream with fresh chopped peaches folded into a microwave-thickened custard base of milk, half-and-half, sugar and egg. Smooth, scoopable and a Southern summer ritual.

Lemon verbena ice cream steeps fresh herb leaves into a rich egg-yolk custard base for a smooth, floral-citrus frozen treat. An elegant homemade custard ice cream that tastes like the herb garden in summer.

Grandma Cottington's pumpkin pie is a heritage Thanksgiving classic: flaky butter-and-lard double crust, custardy pumpkin filling with cream, molasses, cinnamon, and allspice. Yields 2 pies.

President Taft pumpkin pie with a souffle-light filling lifted by separated and folded egg whites. A heritage Thanksgiving recipe with brown sugar, allspice, and cinnamon warmth.

Pumpkin Bundt cake with warm pumpkin pie spice and a glossy dark chocolate glaze drizzled over the top. Moist, autumnal, and perfect for a fall dessert table.

Old-school authentic southern banana pudding. Sugar, if you ain't had banana puddin' in the South, you just ain't had banana puddin'. - Any Southerner

It's hard to resist these fresh strawberry shortcakes. Easy to make, and always popular. Next time when you get some fresh strawberries, don't forget to make these yummy strawberry shortcakes.

Use up your stale croissant to make this delicious pudding!

A healthy and decadent pumpkin pie that tastes amazing with a fruit topping or cool whip.

Munich cheesecake with a shortcrust base, vanilla bean cream cheese filling, poppy seed-raisin layer, and brown sugar streusel topping broiled until crisp.

Vintage 1935 chocolate yeast bread with cocoa, pecans, and vanilla kneaded by hand and baked into a dark, fragrant loaf. A Depression-era recipe worth reviving.

The classic Joy of Cooking devil's food cake with a cooked chocolate custard folded into the batter and whipped egg whites for lift. Finished with caramel icing. A vintage recipe worth mastering.

Hornet's Nest Cake mixes yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, butterscotch chips, and chopped nuts for a dense, rich sheet cake that comes together in minutes.

Easy Boston cream pie made the no-bake way: a split yellow cake layer sandwiched with silky vanilla pudding, then crowned with a glossy chocolate-cream topping spiked with almond extract.

Classic American apple pie with a lattice crust, vanilla-scented filling, and half and half for extra richness. A from-scratch shortening crust that bakes up flaky and golden.