Dessert Recipes

Soft, golden drop cookies loaded with flaked coconut and brightened with fruit juice and fresh orange zest. Sweetened with sugar substitute, these diabetic-friendly cookies come together in 40 minutes with no mixer needed.

Maple syrup oatmeal cookies use real maple syrup as the only sweetener (no white or brown sugar). Soft, chewy, and naturally sweetened with two dozen cookies in 35 minutes.

Potato fudge cake is an heirloom chocolate-spice cake made moist and tender with grated raw potato, warm spices and almonds, crowned with gooey marshmallow icing and a bittersweet chocolate drizzle.

Mock cheesecake uses blended tofu, honey, lemon juice, and vanilla in place of cream cheese for a vegan-friendly, dairy-free dessert baked into a graham cracker crust. Surprisingly creamy and bright.

Impossible pumpkin pie blends Bisquick into the filling so it forms its own crust as it bakes. No-roll, no-fuss pumpkin pie that comes together in one blender. Eight slices in 90 minutes.

Light ricotta cheesecake swaps cream cheese for ricotta and buttermilk, finished with fresh orange zest. The crust is graham crackers spiced with ground ginger. Italian-leaning, lighter version.

These freshly-made peach fritters are warm, soft on the inside, and crispy, golden-brown on the outside. You won't miss any store-bought fritters from now on.

Sweet potato pecan pie with a buttery brown sugar streusel topping. Two Southern holiday classics in one pan, with a silky custard filling and a crunchy crown.

Rich, fudgy brownie baked right in a pie plate with no crust to fuss over. Loaded with cocoa, butter, and chopped pecans, it's the easiest chocolate dessert you'll ever make.

Layered Austrian bar cookies with a buttery shortcrust, apricot preserves, a fluffy pecan meringue filling, and a lattice top. Old-world baking at its finest.

Easy DIY yellow cake made from scratch with cake flour, four whole eggs, and a creamed-butter batter for a tender golden crumb. The from-scratch answer to a boxed mix.

Ukrainian almond crescents with a tender sour cream yeast pastry rolled around a ground almond and brown sugar filling. Flaky, nutty, and golden, these Eastern European cookies melt in your mouth.

Italian-American ricotta pie with a graham cracker crust, sour cream layer, and homemade black cherry topping. Three layers of dairy and fruit that cross over from cheesecake territory into pie shape.

Old-fashioned sour cream raisin pie with a spiced custard filling of cinnamon and cloves tucked inside a flaky double crust. A Midwestern classic that bakes up golden and bubbly in under an hour.

Raspberry fudge balls with cream cheese, melted chocolate chips, vanilla wafer crumbs, and raspberry preserves, rolled in chopped almonds. A no-bake truffle-style treat ready to chill.

Southern-style sweet potato pie with roasted sweet potatoes, warm spices, brown sugar, cream, and a fluffy meringue-like texture from folded egg whites.