Dessert Recipes

Tunnel of Fudge bundt cake with a gooey, molten chocolate center surrounded by dense cake and loaded with walnuts. The classic Pillsbury Bake-Off legend.

Tunnel of Fudge cake with a gooey chocolate center, chopped walnuts, and cocoa glaze. This Pillsbury Bake-Off classic bakes with a fudgy ring of molten chocolate inside.

Turtle shells are a novelty edible-insect snack: cooked cicadas dipped in warm chocolate glaze and cooled into crunchy, chocolate-topped morsels. A bold entry into entomophagy for the adventurous.

Turtles cheesecake with chopped caramel-pecan chocolates folded into a brown sugar cream cheese filling on a buttery pecan crust. Rich, indulgent, and topped with whole Turtles.

Twice-baked almond cookie shells filled with a chewy caramel-nut center. Tiny tartlet-style sweets with crisp edges and a sticky-sweet filling, baked in muffin tins for a cookie-meets-tart hybrid.

No-bake cheesecake with nonfat cream cheese, whipped topping, and cherry pie filling in a graham cracker crust. Just two steps, zero oven time, and a creamy result that chills to perfection.

Ultimate chocolate chip cookies with shortening, light brown sugar, pecans, and semi-sweet chips baked until just set and still moist. A chewy, thick cookie that stays soft for days.

Chocolate chunk cookies with semi-sweet chocolate, brown sugar, and a full cup of butter. Thick, chewy, and loaded with big chocolate pieces in every bite.

Old-fashioned unleavened seed cake with caraway seeds, candied orange peel, mace, and chopped nuts. No baking powder needed, whipped egg whites provide the lift.

Upside-down apple gingerbread with sliced apples in brown sugar on the bottom, topped with a spiced molasses cake made with hot tea. A warm fall dessert inverted onto a plate.

Van's Faves are crisp lace-thin oat cookies scented with orange zest and finished with a chocolate drizzle. Eight ingredients, big crunch, and an old-fashioned tin-cookie feel.

Vanilla pecan slice-and-bake cookies from a make-ahead dough that chills into logs and freezes for up to 3 months. Crisp, buttery icebox cookies baked from frozen in 12 minutes.

Classic vanilla spritz cookies with rich buttery flavor from whole eggs. Press into festive shapes for Christmas cookie exchanges or year-round celebrations.

Hand-shaped vanilla almond cookies baked low and slow for a tender, shortbread-like crumb. Simple butter cookie dough with finely chopped almonds throughout.

Vegetarian mincemeat made with fresh pears, dried fruit, candied cherries, almonds, and a splash of whiskey. No suet needed. Spiced with allspice, nutmeg, and ginger for traditional Christmas mince pies.

Vegetarian mincemeat with fresh pears, mixed dried fruit, candied peel, glace cherries, dates, almonds, citrus zest, and whiskey. A meat-free version of the British holiday classic.