Dessert Recipes

Gluten-free sesame rice cookies made with tahini, honey, rice flour, and almonds. Nutty, naturally sweetened, and tender with a delicate crumb that melts on the tongue.

Thin, crispy butter wafer cookies with lemon extract, vanilla, and a pecan half pressed into each center. Delicate, elegant, and designed to pair with ice cream.

Toasted almonds ground to powder blend with beaten egg whites and sugar to create these crisp Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and almond extract deliver intense flavor in delicate, airy bites.

Maraschino heart cookies with a chocolate chip thumbprint center topped with a cherry. Heart-shaped Valentine's Day cookies that are as pretty as they are sweet.

German chocolate pig out cake with a gooey caramel, pecan, and chocolate chip layer sandwiched between two layers of German chocolate cake mix batter. A ridiculously rich bar-style dessert.

Jefferson pie with brown sugar custard, dates, raisins, pecans, and warm spices in a flaky crust topped with meringue. A forgotten Southern heirloom dessert.

Pfeffernuesse (German pepper nut cookies) are tiny round spice cookies flavored with cinnamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg, and mace, finished with a drop of brandy before baking. A traditional Christmas cookie from Germany.

Official Government Chocolate Chip Cookie Units recipe

German chocolate cake layered with gooey melted caramels, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips between two layers of batter. A semi-homemade turtle cake that's sinfully rich and ridiculously easy to make.

These low-fat and delicious snacks are perfect for the kids lunches!

Decadent amaretto chocolate cheesecake with an amaretti cookie crust, dark chocolate-almond filling spiked with liqueur, and crunchy amaretti folded into the batter. Italian-inspired showstopper.

Frozen chocolate peanut butter graham cracker sandwiches made with sugar-free pudding and nonfat milk. A diabetic-friendly frozen treat that kids and adults both love.

Sugar-free granola cookies sweetened entirely with apple juice concentrate and applesauce, loaded with oats, nuts, and dried fruit.

Classic vanilla cupcakes made with the two-bowl method for tender, fluffy crumb and sky-high rise every single time.

No-bake pineapple cheesecake: a lightened version using nonfat cream cheese, cottage cheese, and Greek yogurt folded with crushed pineapple, set with gelatin on a graham and Grape-Nuts crust. Creamy tropical dessert without the oven.

Traditional Sicilian fig cookies stuffed with ground figs, dates, raisins, walnuts, and orange, then iced and topped with colored sugar. Makes 10 dozen for the holiday cookie tray.