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French Apple Charlotte
French Apple Charlotte

Apple filling moulded inside buttered bread. A simple preparation of a French style dessert.

Black Forest Coffee Cake
Black Forest Coffee Cake

Absolutely delicious, moist and full of chocolate flavor, it's a great joy to have it!

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Magic Fruit Cake

Magic Fruit Cake bakes up tender and jewel-bright with mincemeat, sweetened condensed milk, red and green cherries, and chopped walnuts. A no-fuss holiday tube cake that mixes in one bowl and slices into glossy, fruit-studded rounds.

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Lemon Almond Cheesecake with Biscotti Crust

Lemon Almond Cheesecake with Biscotti Crust recipe

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New York Persimmon Cheesecake

New York-style persimmon cheesecake with a buttery shortcrust pastry, dense cream cheese filling swirled with persimmon puree, and an overnight chill. A seasonal showstopper for fall.

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Kahlua Apple Pie

Lattice-top apple pie with Kahlua coffee liqueur, brown sugar, and a toasted pecan layer baked into the bottom crust. A grown-up twist on a Thanksgiving classic.

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Almond Legend Cake (New Years Eve)

Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house. Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond. Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year

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Zebra Cookies

Chocolate cookies, rolled in powdered sugar with a Hershey's kiss in the center.

Cooked Strawberry Jam
Cooked Strawberry Jam

Cooked strawberry jam recipe uses fresh berries, dry pectin, lemon juice, and sugar for shelf-stable jars. Classic 4-minute rolling boil method, no fail.

Best Apple Almond Pie
Best Apple Almond Pie

Apple almond pie sets chopped apples and toasted sliced almonds in a custardy corn syrup filling. A pecan-pie-style technique applied to apples for a single-crust dessert with a glossy top.

Lemon Loaf Cake
Lemon Loaf Cake

Lemon loaf cake with butter, cream cheese, lemon yogurt, and a whisper of ginger, finished with a tart lemon glaze. A bright, dense loaf with bakery-counter softness from yogurt and cream cheese.

Super Rich Chocolate Mousse
Super Rich Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate mousse is a great dessert for entertaining because 1) it looks pretty, 2) everyone gets their own serving, and 3) you can make it a day ahead of time.

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Mexican Mocha Balls

Mexican mocha balls: shortbread-style chocolate-coffee cookies with chopped walnuts and maraschino cherries, rolled in extra-fine sugar. Perfect for the holiday cookie tray.

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Memories of Winnipeg Creamy Cheesecake

Creamy cheesecake with a lemon-cardamom graham crust, silky vanilla-lemon cream cheese filling, and a gentle low-and-slow oven finish. An Icelandic-Canadian Prairie classic from Winnipeg.

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Raspberry Truffle Trifle

Raspberry truffle trifle layered with sponge cake, homemade custard, raspberry sauce, and chocolate truffle sauce. A showstopping make-ahead dessert for 16.

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Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake

Cranberry swirl cheesecake, a silky vanilla cream cheese filling marbled with ribbons of tart fresh cranberry puree, baked low and slow for a crack-free holiday-ready dessert.