Dessert Recipes

Passover-friendly rhubarb cobbler with raspberries and a matzo meal crumble topping. Tart, fruity, and bubbling with a golden, nutmeg-scented crust. No flour needed.

Banana walnut sandwich cookies filled with a peanut butter cream cheese frosting and a touch of nutmeg. A two-component cookie with soft banana rounds and a creamy, salty-sweet center.

Mock apple pie made with peeled, sliced zucchini under a buttery crumb topping. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice complete the apple illusion. The pie bakes inside a paper bag for an even, juicy finish.

Country apple pie layers six cups of fresh apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a flaky double crust, baked in two stages for a golden top and tender filling. The American classic done right.

Old-fashioned applesauce cake with warm spices, walnuts, and raisins, baked in a tube pan and finished with a bourbon whiskey frosting. A holiday-worthy spice cake that improves overnight.

Blueberry lattice pie with a bright, fresh filling: a portion of berries is cooked into a glossy cornstarch glaze, then the rest fold in whole, so it sets clean instead of soupy. Lemon, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Raisin sour cream pie tops a tangy spiced custard filling with caramelly brown sugar meringue. An old-school diner-style dessert with creamy depth and toasted golden swirls.

Banana rum sherbet made with yogurt, dark brown sugar, lime juice, nutmeg, and chopped almonds. A tropical frozen dessert churned in a food processor, no ice cream maker needed.

Cheesecake cookie bars with a whole wheat walnut crust and honey-sweetened cream cheese filling flavored with lemon, vanilla, and fresh nutmeg. Cut into squares.

Pumpkin cheesecake with a praline pecan-graham cracker crust, brown sugar filling, and warm spices. A rich Thanksgiving dessert that chills overnight for clean slices.

Fresh pineapple upside-down cake with Madeira wine caramel, cornmeal batter, and extra egg yolks. Baked in a cast iron skillet for a crisp, buttery edge.

Low-cal pumpkin pie skips eggs, butter, and traditional crust. Sugar-free pudding mix and skim milk thicken the spiced pumpkin filling over a thin water-bound graham crumb base. Diabetic-friendly.

Old-fashioned hermit cookies spiced with molasses, coffee, and five warm spices. Soft, chewy, and loaded with raisins, bake them as drop cookies or cut into bars.

French-style apple pie with sauteed tart apples in a single pastry shell, layered with a cooked vanilla custard filling and finished with an apricot preserve glaze on the crust.

Honey spice ball cookies rolled in oats with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and a tablespoon of honey. Crackle-topped holiday cookies ready in 30 minutes.

Gingerbread house cake: a warmly spiced two-layer gingerbread cake filled with cream cheese frosting and candy, then decorated like a gingerbread house. All the festive fun without the structural engineering.