Dessert Recipes

Pumpkin Bundt cake with warm pumpkin pie spice and a glossy dark chocolate glaze drizzled over the top. Moist, autumnal, and perfect for a fall dessert table.

President Taft pumpkin pie with a souffle-light filling lifted by separated and folded egg whites. A heritage Thanksgiving recipe with brown sugar, allspice, and cinnamon warmth.

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

Adapted this recipe from Foodnetwork magazine, I made a few changes to make it a little healthier but still taste decadently delicious.

Juice poached pears bathe firm fresh pears in spiced grape juice with cinnamon and allspice, then drizzle with the reduced syrup. An elegant low-calorie fruit dessert.

Summer blueberry tart, a French-style dessert with a buttery pate brisee crust and a filling that's half cooked blueberry glaze, half fresh berries, for vivid flavor and a clean slice. Lovely with creme fraiche.

Light pumpkin pie with a fluffy chiffon-style filling on a graham cracker crust, sweetened with sugar substitute and lifted with whipped egg whites. The lower-sugar pumpkin pie for the holiday table.

Very easy pumpkin cake doctors a spice cake mix with canned pumpkin puree and eggs into a moist, fall-spiced sheet cake. Three ingredients, no oil or water needed.

The tops of these chewy cookies are puffy and cracked.Packed full of chocolate flavor and so good.Be sure not to overbake them.

Creamy cheesecake bars with fresh raspberries and a chocolate crust.

Extra-rich chocolate pecan pie: classic Southern pecan pie reimagined with melted semi-sweet chocolate and evaporated milk for a denser, fudgier filling. The Thanksgiving showpiece your table needs.

Decadent layered brownies with raspberry cream cheese filling and white chocolate glaze. Elegant Chambord-spiked dessert that slices into beautiful wedges for special occasions.

Just in time for Christmas, these delicious cookies made with molasses and brown sugar are full of the holiday spirit.

My kids love these cupcakes, they are easy to make, and very yummy.

Simple cocoa brownies mixed in one microwave-safe bowl, no melting chocolate required, with a tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor from Dutch-process cocoa.

It's hard to resist these fresh strawberry shortcakes. Easy to make, and always popular. Next time when you get some fresh strawberries, don't forget to make these yummy strawberry shortcakes.