Dessert Recipes

Lower calorie pie shell with less shortening than traditional crusts. Three simple ingredients, one hour chill, and a flaky crust for any pie recipe.

German chocolate brownie cookies marry fudgy cocoa cookies with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping. Brown-sugar dough loaded with chocolate chips, crowned candy-bar style.

Flourless-style chocolate mini-cakes baked in a heart pan with semisweet morsels, butter, walnuts, and just two tablespoons of flour. Finished with ganache.

Impossible fudgy nut pie that makes its own crust as it bakes. Melted sweet chocolate, brown sugar, and biscuit mix blended smooth then topped with chopped nuts.

Light, airy drop cookies with cream cheese, coconut, and apricot preserves, finished with an apricot-spiked frosting for tropical sweetness.

Old-fashioned coconut custard pie made from a fresh whole coconut. Coconut milk infuses dairy milk before joining eggs and sugar in a single crust for the deepest, purest coconut flavor.

Traditional New Mexican biscohos cookies spiced with cinnamon, star anise, and cloves, then dusted with cinnamon sugar while still warm from the oven. A cherished holiday cookie that fills the kitchen with the most intoxicating aroma.

Spiced pumpkin or winter squash cake with a classic cooked caramel frosting. Four autumn spices, buttermilk tenderness, and a rich old-fashioned finish worth the candy thermometer.

Chocolate cake truffles made from crumbled devil's food cake mixed with cocoa butter, hazelnuts, and Baileys, then dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. Rich, boozy, and no-bake to assemble.

German cheese torte with a cinnamon graham crust top and bottom, filled with ricotta beaten with eggs, sugar, and a splash of heavy cream. Old-world dessert, baked in a springform.

Drop sugar cookies with cardamom or nutmeg, soft and tender with lightly browned edges. No rolling or chilling needed. Makes six dozen and freezes beautifully.

Sugarless applesauce cake sweetens with raisins, dried fruit, and unsweetened applesauce instead of granulated sugar. A diabetic-friendly bundt cake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Quick red velvet cake: yellow cake mix hack with buttermilk, cocoa powder, and red food coloring. A doctored box shortcut that delivers moist, classic red velvet in under an hour.

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.

Old-fashioned spice cake with cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and nutmeg, sweetened with brown sugar and studded with raisins. A tender crumb built on evaporated milk and topped with caramel frosting.

Also like this mincemeat pastry squares recipe, and the pastry gives the lovely flakey texture.