Dessert Recipes

Mocha pecan pie layers semi-sweet chocolate, Kahlua and espresso into the classic Southern filling, topped with decorative pecan halves. A coffeehouse twist on Thanksgiving dessert.

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

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.

Easy fudge brownies use a saucepan-melted sugar and buttermilk technique with Dutch-process cocoa for a glossy crackle top and dense fudgy interior. One-pan, ready in 40 minutes.

These delightful lemony little bites couldn't be easier to prepare!

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.

Old fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies with chopped walnuts, dark brown sugar for chew, and toasty oats. A classic drop cookie that bakes up crisp at the edges and tender in the middle.

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.

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.

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

Lighter cocoa brownies sweetened with liquid sweetener and applesauce instead of excess sugar, delivering chocolate satisfaction with a tender cake-like crumb.

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.

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.

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