Dessert Recipes

Joe Frogger cookies from Marblehead, Massachusetts with molasses, rum, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Oversized, crackle-topped New England cookies with maritime history.

A densely spiced cake loaded with chopped dates, walnuts, and hot applesauce, finished with a brown sugar base that bakes into moist perfection.

Spiced Zucchini Cookies with Raisin and Nuts recipe

The combination of black beans and sweet potato gives these brownies a moreish, moist quality. These are great for kids as they contain no added sugar or trans-fats (you may wish to omit the coffee and substitute cacao powder if serving to youngsters, though).

Dense, buttery pound cake infused with apple cider and warming fall spices gets drizzled with a simmered buttermilk glaze. This autumn dessert feeds a crowd and slices beautifully for gatherings.

A delicately thin, not too sweet, yummy spicy cookie.

Layered pumpkin walnut pie hides a buttery brown-sugar walnut praline beneath a creamy, cream-cheese-rich pumpkin custard in a shortbread crust, crowned with baked pastry leaves. A Thanksgiving showpiece.

Introduce your family a new type of dessert with this scrumptious cake made with prunes and armagnac.

Sugar-free raisin Bundt cake made with sweetener and warm spices, boiled with raisins for moisture, perfect for diabetic-friendly desserts.

Persimmon walnut coconut cookies fold ripe persimmon pulp into a soft, cake-like dough with toasted walnuts, sweet coconut, cinnamon, and allspice. A late-fall cookie when persimmons hit the markets.

Treat your kids to this rich and scrumptious dessert that will make them eager to help you the next time you go to make them!

A traditional European-style fruit cake -- Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is *excellent*.

Soft oatmeal cookies loaded with raisins and chopped nuts, warm with cinnamon and allspice. Old-school drop cookies with chewy centers and crisp golden edges.

Christmas carrot pudding steams grated carrots and potatoes with breadcrumbs, raisins, suet and warm spices into a moist British holiday pudding served with brown sugar sauce.

Crisp, nutty brown sugar cookies with warm allspice and cinnamon made easy using Bisquick baking mix. Ready in 30 minutes, these thin, crunchy drop cookies yield over three dozen from one simple batch.

Warmly spiced buttermilk layer cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. A one-bowl recipe that bakes into two tender layers ready for your favorite frosting.