Dessert Recipes

Pumpkin pecan cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, spiced pumpkin filling, and a brown sugar pecan streusel topping. A fall dessert that combines two holiday favorites in one.

Caramel apple cheesecake on a graham cracker crust with a gooey caramel layer, cinnamon-apple cream cheese filling, and a caramel-apple-pecan topping. A fall showstopper dessert.

Crustless apple pie that bakes in 30 minutes with cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped nuts. The batter forms its own tender crust around the apples, no rolling, no chilling, no fuss.

Potato spice cake with mashed potatoes, cocoa, warm spices, raisins, and nuts baked in an angel cake pan. Incredibly moist crumb from the potatoes with old-fashioned chocolate spice flavor.

Black Forest rugalach pastries with a cream cheese dough wrapped around boozy cherry, dark chocolate and walnut filling. The Jewish bakery classic given a chocolate-cherry overhaul straight out of the German cake playbook.

Bakery-sized chocolate chip pecan cookies with oats and cinnamon, scooped by the quarter cup. A dual-fat dough with both shortening and butter for thick, chewy results.

Applejack apple slab pie bakes 25 sliced tart apples with cinnamon and butter between a shortening pastry crust in a sheet pan, then drizzles with a sweet cream glaze. Crowd-feeding holiday pie.

Black velvet cake is a dark, rich tube cake built on devil's food mix and instant chocolate pudding. Studded with chocolate chips and toasted slivered almonds for crunch in every slice.

Festive holiday cheesecake with spiced pumpkin filling on a gingersnap crust, topped with creamy eggnog glaze. A showstopping Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert.

Fresh strawberry muffins with sliced berries, buttermilk, and cinnamon, lightened with egg whites and substitute. A summer brunch muffin with sugar-crusted tops, makes 18.

Pecan streusel coffee cake with cinnamon-brown sugar streusel swirled through a tender Greek yogurt cake. A brunch classic with a hidden streusel layer and a golden crumble top.

Glazed plum bundt cake with chopped fresh plums, walnuts, cinnamon, and a warm brown sugar glaze. A late-summer fruit cake with juicy plum pockets and a tender, oil-based crumb.

Apple date strudel rolls a homemade dough around toasted Zwieback crumbs, sliced apples, dates, walnuts, and cinnamon-sugar, then bakes into a buttery horseshoe-shaped German pastry.

Eugenie's baklava layers crisp, buttery phyllo with a spiced walnut filling and soaks it in a honey-lemon syrup, complete with a cook's secret for shatteringly crisp, never-soggy layers. A Mediterranean classic.

Southern-style peach cobbler with brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon-kissed peaches under a tender drop biscuit topping. Half whole wheat flour gives the crust nutty depth.

Lemon poppy seed bundt cake uses a doctored lemon cake mix with instant pudding for a moist crumb, finished with a glossy lemon glaze. The bakery-style shortcut every home baker should know.