Dessert Recipes

Crunchy pecan biscotti with almond extract and vanilla, twice-baked until golden. Perfect for dunking in coffee and they store for up to 2 weeks.

Nantucket cranberry pie layers tart cranberries and toasted walnuts under a buttery, almond-scented cake batter. A New England holiday classic baked in one bowl.

Buttery cookies hiding a whole Andes mint inside, wrapped in soft dough and topped with a pecan half for surprise chocolate-mint magic in every bite.

Chocolate yogurt cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust with semi-sweet chocolate in the filling and a glossy chocolate glaze on top. Baked in a water bath for a crack-free, silky texture.

Oven-baked banana s'mores with graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and sliced bananas. Indoor campfire treat ready in 20 minutes, no fire needed.

A Weight Watchers-friendly oatmeal cookie made with banana, chunky peanut butter, raisins, and cinnamon. No added sugar, low-fat, and diabetic-friendly. Makes 2 big soft cookies in 15 minutes.

Ice cream cone cupcakes: chocolate cake batter baked right inside flat-bottom ice cream cones, then swirled with sweet almond buttercream and showered in sprinkles. The kid party showstopper.

Apple brunch cake hides a cinnamon-sugar apple ribbon inside a buttery cake-mix base, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar. An easy, cozy coffee cake for brunch or an afternoon treat.

No-bake Snickers pie with cream cheese, peanut butter, and chopped candy bars in graham cracker crust, chilled overnight for creamy indulgence.

No-cook butterscotch ice cream beats eggs, brown sugar, milk, butterscotch pudding mix and half-and-half into a custard-style base, then freezes with chopped pecans.

Depression-era eggless, milkless, butterless cake with brown sugar, raisins, ginger, and cinnamon. A simple wartime recipe that bakes into a spiced, dense loaf with minimal pantry staples.

No-bake banana split cake with a graham cracker crust, creamy filling, sliced bananas, crushed pineapple, whipped topping, walnuts, and cherries. All the flavors of a banana split in dessert form.

Chocolate buttermilk sheet cake with rich cocoa icing poured on while still hot. A classic potluck crowd-pleaser that bakes in under 25 minutes and feeds a big group.

Vermont maple cinnamon swirl cookies: a flaky butter-and-maple pastry rolled around brown sugar cinnamon filling, then sliced and baked. Crisp edges, tender centers, and a real maple glaze on top.

Chocolate-coconut macadamia pie: a Hawaiian-style dessert pie with semi-sweet chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and dry-roasted macadamia nuts in a brown sugar custard. Tropical pecan-pie territory.

Lemon blossom cookies are buttery thumbprint cookies made with lemon juice and powdered sugar, rolled in chopped nuts, and filled with fruit preserves or pecans. A classic holiday cookie tray staple.