Dessert Recipes

Rocks cookies with oats, brown sugar, figs, nuts, and warm spices in a bumpy, hearty drop cookie. An old-fashioned spiced oatmeal cookie loaded with dried fruit and chopped nuts.

Spiced spritz cookies with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice pressed into festive shapes. Egg-white based for a crisp, light texture with warm holiday spice flavor.

Sugarless slice-and-bake cookies made with whole wheat flour, chewy dates, toasted coconut, fresh orange zest, and crunchy pecans. Naturally sweetened by fruit alone, these make 5 dozen crisp, nutty rounds.

Tiny lemon ricotta turnovers with a butter cookie dough, creamy lemon-ricotta filling, and colorful nonpareil sprinkles. Italian-style filled cookies.

Vanilla sheet cake split and filled with a whipped butter-shortening cream made with evaporated milk. Cut into squares for individual cream-filled cakes that taste like homemade Twinkies.

A Southern-style pound cake with butter, five eggs, and a hint of almond extract, baked low and slow then soaked with a warm lemon glaze. Dense, buttery, and utterly addictive.

Three-layer white chocolate cake with coconut, pecans, and buttermilk topped with a pourable white chocolate frosting. Includes the frosting recipe.

Classic Southern chess pie with a custardy brown sugar and vanilla filling baked in a flaky pastry shell. A simple pantry pie with a crackly sugar top and silky middle.

Carrot cake with lemon cream cheese frosting, made ultra-moist with pureed carrots, crushed pineapple, and toasted walnuts. The bright citrus frosting cuts the sweetness on this towering three-layer cake.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies with extra brown sugar, a splash of corn syrup, and three full cups of semisweet chips. Soft, chewy centers, golden edges, and a deep butterscotch backbone.

Chocolaty, creamy, smooth and rich. This chocolate cheesecake is an ultimate indulgence.

Excellent as an ice cream topping or as a filling for Bananas Foster Chimichangas.

Carrot cake with crushed pineapple, raisins, cinnamon, and ginger. Moist, tender crumb perfect with cream cheese frosting. Makes a sheet cake or 4 mini loaves.

Chocolate cheesecake with cocoa powder, Kahlua, and a chocolate wafer crust, finished with sour cream glaze. Coffee-spiked dessert for serious chocolate lovers.

Custard-base cinnamon ice cream infused with whole cinnamon sticks and a real vanilla bean. Egg yolk-thickened French style with heavy cream finish. Makes 12 servings.

Dutch-style icebox spice cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a brown sugar dough enriched with butter, lard and sour cream. Slice-and-bake rolls keep weeks in the fridge for instant warm cookies.