Dessert Recipes

Homemade frozen yogurt with fresh fruit, orange juice, and egg whites beaten until fluffy. A no-churn, low-calorie frozen dessert you can make with any fruit.

Georgia peach cream pie with a stovetop vanilla custard layered between fresh peach slices in a baked shell, finished with sweetened whipped cream. Old-fashioned summer pie that lets ripe peaches do the talking.

Georgia peaches-and-cream cake: a layer of juicy fresh peaches under a tender sour cream cake and a cinnamon-brown sugar crumb. Part cobbler, part coffee cake, all Southern summer comfort.

Giant apple cookie bakes a 12-inch pizza-style cookie loaded with reduced dried apples, walnuts, golden raisins, and cinnamon, drizzled with a tangy lemon icing. Sliceable shareable dessert.

Blended pear and ginger dessert made with ripe pears, fresh lemon juice, and a sliver of ginger. A three-ingredient, no-cook fruit puree ready in 10 minutes.

Moist carrot cake baked in a tube pan with walnuts and cinnamon, finished with a glossy cooked orange glaze instead of the usual cream cheese frosting.

Juicy blueberries and raspberries bubble beneath a buttery lattice crust that shatters at first bite, perfect for celebrating milestones or summer picnics.

Grilled peaches stuffed with blueberries, brown sugar, and lemon juice wrapped in foil packets. A simple summer dessert with just 4 ingredients for the grill or oven.

Lo-fat holiday cheesecake made with nonfat cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and egg substitute on a graham crust, topped with cherry pie filling. Lighter classic for the dessert table.

Homemade apple pie filling cooks down sliced apples with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon for canning or freezing. Six-pound batch of filling that yields enough for multiple pies.

Honey crunch baked apples stuffed with granola, dates, and almonds, drizzled with a honey-butter apple juice sauce. Old-fashioned autumn dessert you can feel good about.

Illinois apple pie stars Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg tucked under a milk-washed, sugar-dusted double crust. A Midwestern classic that bakes up golden and bubbly.

Ipswich lemon pie, a traditional English custard tart with lemon juice, zest, butter, and eggs in shortcrust pastry. A simple, elegant British dessert served hot or cold.

Jelly Christmas Eyes are sandwich cookies with a window cutout showing raspberry or strawberry jelly through the center, coated in sugar. A festive holiday cookie plate classic.

Creamy New York-style cheesecake with sieved cottage cheese and cream cheese, sour cream, and a slow oven-cool method that prevents cracking.

Lavender-pepper pears are ripe Bartlett pears sprinkled with crumbled lavender, cracked black pepper, and lemon juice. An elegant no-cook fruit dessert.