Dessert Recipes

Classic peanut butter cookies with the signature fork crisscross top, made with butter, equal parts brown and granulated sugar, and a full cup of peanut butter. Yields five dozen and freezes well.

Coca-Cola cake is a moist Southern chocolate sheet cake made with real cola and miniature marshmallows that melt and float to the top as it bakes. Rich, fudgy, and old-fashioned in the best way.

Orange fruit cremes made with sugar-free gelatin, orange juice, ice cubes, and lowfat milk. A light, creamy dessert that sets in minutes with a dreamsicle-like flavor.

Pepsi-Cola cake is a fudgy chocolate sheet cake made with real Pepsi, buttermilk, cocoa, and mini marshmallows, topped with a broiled peanut butter and brown sugar frosting studded with chopped peanuts.

Quick mix cookie bars use refrigerated cookie dough as the crust and topping with a creamy tofu-egg filling in between. Five ingredients, one pan, and minimal effort.

Easy cherry cheesecake tarts use frozen puff pastry shells filled with almond-spiked cream cheese and cherry pie filling. Buttery, flaky, and assembled in under an hour. Four-ingredient dessert.

No-bake double cheese cheesecake combines cream cheese and cottage cheese in a lemon gelatin filling, set in a buttery graham cracker crust. Light, tangy, fridge-set summer dessert.

Classic no-bake oatmeal cookies with cocoa, peanut butter, and coconut. Drop, cool, eat: a stovetop drop cookie with chewy oats and chocolate-peanut butter flavor.

This rich, creamy and chocolaty cake is perfect for St. Patrick's Day, serve this delicious cake at the end of the dinner or party as a sweet ending!

White chocolate macadamia nut cookies with chunks of real white chocolate (not chips) and buttery toasted macadamias. Soft centers, lightly browned edges, classic bakery-style cookies.

This trifle is a showstopper, it looks so good and the taste is wonderful. I love the combination of strawberries and rhubarb, it just screams summer.

A buttery spice cake loaded with chocolate chips, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, baked in a Bundt pan and drizzled with a glossy chocolate glaze.

Fresh fruit ice is a light, low-fat frozen dessert made with orange juice, lemon, mashed banana, and strawberries or peaches. Gelatin and a rebeat give it a creamy, scoopable texture without a churn ice cream maker.

Illinois apple pie stars Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg tucked under a milk-washed, sugar-dusted double crust. A Midwestern classic that bakes up golden and bubbly.

Low-fat lemon chiffon pie with lemon gelatin, fresh lemon juice and zest, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A no-bake dessert with bright citrus flavor and airy texture.

Mocha nut rounds are slice-and-bake icebox cookies flavored with instant coffee and semi-sweet chocolate. Edges dipped in milk chocolate, then rolled in chopped pistachios for a striking holiday cookie tray finish.