Dessert Recipes

Cut Glass Dessert with colorful Jell-O cubes folded into whipped cream and crushed pineapple on a buttery vanilla wafer pecan crust. A stunning retro no-bake dessert.

Brown sugar drop cookies with a warm cinnamon kick, stuffed with a thick date-pecan filling. Each golden bite hides a sweet, nutty surprise inside.

Pumpkin pecan pie layers a spiced pumpkin custard under a classic pecan pie filling for two desserts in one slice. Looks like pecan, eats like Thanksgiving, balanced sweetness throughout.

Chewy oatmeal cookies packed with dates, apples, raisins, and pecans, naturally sweetened by simmered fruit. These keep for days in the fridge and make grab-and-go snacks.

The laziest, most crowd-pleasing dessert you'll ever make. Cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. Just layer, dump, and bake.

Easy chocolate turtle pie: graham cracker crust layered with caramel, pecans, fudge pudding, and whipped topping. A no-bake five-ingredient dessert for busy weeknights.

No-bake fig candy balls made with dried figs, raisins, pecans, peanut butter, and honey, rolled in powdered sugar. A naturally sweet fruit and nut confection.

Dense fudge pecan cake with cocoa, chopped pecans, and a glossy chocolate-cream royal glaze. Baked in a springform pan, chilled until firm, then glazed.

This delicious crust uses pecans in place of traditional wheat ingredients. It can be used with fruit or pudding fillings or as the base of a cheesecake.

Tiny cookie cups filled with a rich pecan-Kahlua topping.

Praline macaroons from Mississippi: chewy meringue cookies built on whipped egg whites, brown sugar, and toasted pecans, each one crowned with a whole pecan half. Crisp shell, soft center, pure Southern bakery counter.

Mix-in-pan carrot cake: stir all ingredients directly in the baking pan with a fork, no extra bowls or mixers. Spiced with cinnamon and allspice, topped with classic cream cheese frosting.

Old fashioned fruit cake with blackberry jam, fig preserves, watermelon rind preserves, candied cherries, pecans, and cocoa. Baked low and slow in a cast iron skillet.

Orange balls are a no-bake holiday classic: crushed vanilla wafers mixed with butter, powdered sugar, frozen orange juice concentrate, and pecans, rolled in coconut for a bright citrus bite.

I came across this recipe in a magazine at the Doctor's office,I wrote it down,tried it and found it to be really good.I changed it a bit the more I made it and it is now one of my favorites.Easy to transport,great for bake sales and potlucks.

Carrot cake spiked with vodka and orange zest, loaded with pecans and warm spices, baked in a Bundt pan and finished with a boozy orange glaze. Cocktail hour meets cake hour.