Dessert Recipes

Fluffy and buttery shortcake is filled with spiced and citrus plums in between.

Make-ahead oatmeal pecan cookies shaped into logs, chilled, then sliced and baked fresh whenever you need them. Freezer-friendly dough lasts 3 months.

Sour cream brunch cake with a cinnamon-pecan-brown sugar swirl baked in a tube pan. A tender, rich coffee cake with two layers of crumbly, spiced filling throughout.

Chewy peanut butter oatmeal cookies packed with chocolate chips and raisins. A one-bowl, drop cookie recipe that makes 3 dozen grab-and-go treats in just 30 minutes.

Lacy, crisp pecan cookies made with just 5 ingredients: egg white, brown sugar, flour, salt, and chopped pecans. A dainty, old-fashioned tea party cookie that bakes in 10 minutes flat.

Cocoa dough shaped into long rolls, baked, then sliced on the diagonal into elegant strip cookies loaded with chocolate chips. Drizzle with melted white or dark chocolate for a bakery finish.

Three-layer walnut carrot cake with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves frosted with buttercream. A spiced, oil-based cake with a moist crumb and crunchy walnut-lined pans.

Boozy whiskey cake made from a doctored box mix with vanilla pudding and walnuts, then soaked in a hot butter-whiskey-brown sugar syrup. Outrageously moist and dead simple to pull off.

Pleasure's Pumpkin Pie: a lighter Thanksgiving pie made with whipped egg whites and skim evaporated milk, packed with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice for classic fall warmth.

Apple crumble pie cooks tart green apples on the stovetop with mace and lemon, then bakes them in a flaky shell under a buttery cookie-crumb topping. A streusel-style pie that skips the soggy bottom.

Homemade granola bars sweetened with molasses and orange juice concentrate, packed with oats, raisins, apricots, sunflower seeds, wheat germ and sesame. Dense, cakey, and naturally fruit-sweetened.

These cookies are full of everything you could want. Served warm, they are the perfect after school treat! Makes 3 dozen cookies

Cranberry almond bundt cake with cornmeal and applesauce. A dairy-free leaning bundt with tart cranberries, ground almonds, and a soft golden crumb. Drizzle with glaze or dust with powdered sugar.

Chocolate chip cookies loaded with a generous 2½ cups of chips per batch, balanced with both brown and white sugar for crisp edges and chewy centers. Pull them out underdone for that signature soft texture.

Old-fashioned fudgy chocolate brownies made from scratch with real melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and walnuts. Dense, chewy, and deeply chocolatey with crackly tops.

Pumpkin whoopie pies sandwich pillowy spiced pumpkin cookies around fluffy vanilla filling. A New England fall classic with cinnamon, ginger, and clove warmth in every bite.