Dessert Recipes

Mint Moments are melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies with cornstarch for tenderness, rolled in crushed peppermint candy and powdered sugar while still warm.

Maple-glazed apple pie layers thinly sliced apples with a crushed gingersnap, walnut, and brown sugar mixture. A pour of hot maple syrup midway through baking soaks down through the steam vents.

Paper-thin, crispy lace cookies loaded with chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Just half a cup of flour lets the batter spread into delicate, golden wafers with lacey edges. Soft out of the oven, shatteringly crisp once cooled.

Let the kids help you make this delicious treat that uses gummy worms and oreo cookies.

Maple walnut cake made with real maple syrup, buttermilk, and toasted walnuts, topped with a fluffy marshmallow-maple frosting. A two-layer showstopper for fall baking.

Light and crisp egg-whipped anise biscotti made with cornstarch for extra snap. Nut-free, piped from a pastry bag, and twice-baked golden. The ideal dunking cookie for coffee or tea.

A delicate almond cookie bar to serve with, or after, dessert.

Chambord-spiked cheesecake with a sour cream topping and fresh raspberries. Rich, tangy, and boozy in all the right ways.

A warmly spiced sheet cake made with sourdough starter, homemade burnt sugar syrup, golden raisins, and chopped nuts. Cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg fill every bite with cozy autumn flavor.

Finikia are Greek torpedo-shaped semolina cookies scented with orange and cinnamon, baked golden then dipped in a honey-cinnamon syrup and rolled in sesame or walnuts. Traditional Christmas melomakarona.

Italian tiramisù cake with three layers of sponge brushed in espresso and rum, layered with mascarpone cream, and dusted with cocoa. Make-ahead Italian dessert.

These squares are delicious and very easy to make. When I have fresh strawberries I am always looking for new recipes and I found this one in the local newspaper.

A show-stopping zebra cheesecake with swirled dark and white chocolate batters on a chocolate wafer crust, finished with a semi-sweet chocolate ganache glaze. Pure drama on a plate.

Cream cheese butter cookies folded into delicate lily shapes with strawberry jam peeking out the top, finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. A stunning addition to any holiday cookie tray.

Wholesome sweet potato cookies made with whole-wheat flour, oats, coconut, wheat germ, and chopped nuts, sweetened with honey and brown sugar. Soft, chewy, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Makes 4 dozen.

No-bake cherry vanilla ribbon pie layers a fluffy cream cheese and vanilla pudding filling with glossy cherry pie filling in a baked crust, then chills until sliceable. No oven required.