Dessert Recipes

Lemon-pineapple delight folds prepared lemon pie filling, drained crushed pineapple, and whipped topping into a frozen pie set in a vanilla wafer crust. Tropical no-bake summer dessert.

Baked apples stuffed with oats and brown sugar, dusted in cinnamon, and baked in a splash of grape juice until tender and bubbling. A cozy fall dessert with no butter and a warm, spiced finish.

This turns out almost like Snickers bars with the benefit of being "low-fat" and lower sugar than the original candy bar.

Deep dish blueberry pie with a buttery egg yolk crust, rum-spiked filling, and eight cups of berries baked until bubbling. A top-crust-only pie loaded with fruit and lightly spiced with cinnamon.

A light, soufflé-style cheesecake made with sieved cottage cheese, grated Swiss cheese, and whipped egg whites on a shortbread crust. Not your typical cheesecake, and that's the point.

Warm Upside-Down Cheesecakes with Blueberry Sauce recipe

Buttery almond cutout cookies shaped like birds with sliced almond feather wings and a sparkly sugar glaze. A whimsical holiday baking project the whole family will love.

Cocoa pudding cake that bakes its own fudgy sauce underneath a tender chocolate cake layer. No eggs, no butter, just pantry staples and pure chocolate magic.

Light plum or apricot tea cake made with egg whites, orange juice, and fructose instead of butter and sugar. A lower-fat fruit loaf that stays moist for days.

Chocolate cake made with mashed potatoes for an incredibly moist, dense crumb. Unsweetened chocolate melted in milk and whipped egg whites keep it light.

Raspberry fool with sweetened raspberry puree and rum folded into whipped cream. A classic three-ingredient British dessert that takes 10 minutes and chills to silky perfection.

French silk chocolate pie with whipped butter-sugar-chocolate filling and a buttery Oreo cookie crust. Classic no-bake filling that sets into a silky mousse-like slice in the fridge.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies made with lard and sour cream for a tender, flaky texture butter can't match. Spiced with cinnamon and ginger, chilled overnight, then rolled thick and soft.

Texas-style pecan pie with a secret cornmeal addition for texture, both light and dark corn syrup for depth, and vanilla butternut extract. Gooey, crunchy, and piled with whipped cream.

Rum-glazed apple cheesecake with cinnamon-spiced McIntosh apples, toasted pecans, and an apple jelly-rum glaze over a graham cracker crust. A fall showstopper.

Flourless hazelnut cake topped with coffee-laced chocolate mousse. Made with matzo meal and potato starch, this elegant dessert is naturally gluten-free friendly.