Dessert Recipes

Basler Brunsli are flourless Swiss chocolate almond cookies spiced with cinnamon and cloves, cut into festive shapes. A traditional Basel Christmas cookie, chewy inside with a crackly crust.

No-bake lime Jell-O pie with whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A retro icebox pie that comes together in 30 minutes of prep and chills firm in 4 hours, perfect for hot summer days.

Fresh pineapple pie with dried apricots, macadamia nuts, and a splash of rum in a flaky double crust. A tropical twist on classic fruit pie with Hawaiian accents.

Kahlua pecan pie cookies with a buttery brown sugar cookie cup filled with a caramel pecan center spiked with coffee liqueur. A two-bite spin on pecan pie.

Buttery bundt cake studded with poppy seeds and swirled with sweet filling, delivering bakery-quality texture without the fat thanks to buttermilk tang and fluffy egg whites.

Delicious dirt cake made sugar-free with devil's food cake, chocolate pudding, cream cheese filling, and crushed cookie crumbs on top. A lighter dirt dessert.

Chewy coconut almond macaroons made with homemade almond paste, ground coconut, and egg whites. Naturally gluten-free, crisp on the outside, soft in the middle. Makes 3 to 4 dozen.

Taffy apple pizza on a giant sugar cookie crust topped with peanut butter cream cheese, sliced Granny Smith apples, caramel drizzle, and chopped peanuts. A party-size dessert.

Cherry divinity is the pink church-cookbook candy: hard-ball sugar syrup whipped into beaten egg whites with cherry Jello, then loaded with chopped nuts and coconut. Old-fashioned, fluffy, festive.

Single-serving sugar-free berry pie with mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries) under a graham cracker crumb topping. Bakes in a 6-ounce custard cup or zaps in the microwave for a portion-controlled treat.

Walnuts give the crust tangy and nutty flavor, this recipe is perfect for a pumpkin pie.

Apple pie topped with halved marshmallows that brown into golden, gooey peaks under a slow second bake. Tart apples, just sugar and nutmeg, no top crust. The midcentury trick that turns weeknight apple pie into something special.

A fresh raspberry pie with a layer of whole berries under a glossy cooked raspberry filling in a flaky homemade crust. Topped with whipped cream, this is summer pie at its peak.

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

Fresh raspberry crisp with an oat and brown sugar crumble topping baked until golden. A six-ingredient summer dessert that lets ripe raspberries do all the talking.

A moist chocolate banana snack cake made with buttermilk, mashed ripe bananas, and cocoa. No eggs, low in oil, topped with chocolate chips and nuts. Cut into lunchbox-friendly squares.