Dessert Recipes

Rum raisin cheesecake with crunchy oat-nut streusel topping and crumb crust. The textural contrast between creamy filling and crispy topping makes every bite interesting.

Strawberry Jello mold layered with bananas, crushed pineapple, walnuts, and a hidden sour cream layer in the middle. A retro party dessert that sets up firm and slices clean.

Pineapple cream pie with a buttery oil-pastry crust and a no-cook filling whipped from butter, powdered sugar, eggs, and crushed pineapple. A creamy, frothy retro chiller from the icebox era.

Almond Butter Disks: piped European-style almond cookies flavored with dark rum and lemon zest, sandwiched with raspberry-kirsch glaze. Patisserie elegance, makes 18 sandwiches.

This almond filled cheesecake is creamy, nutty, and absolutely delicious. A all-time popular dessert at any occasion.

Middle Eastern fried pastries filled with spiced almond-cinnamon filling and dipped in sugar syrup. Crispy finger-shaped cookies that freeze beautifully.

Chewy coconut cookies loaded with toasted almonds and sweet dates bake low and slow until golden-bottomed with crisp edges for 4 dozen treats.

Almond poppy seed loaf cake made with amaretto liqueur, sour cream, and butter for a rich, dense crumb studded with crunchy poppy seeds. Dusted with powdered sugar.

Almond-raisin biscotti, twice-baked until crisp, with toasted almonds, plump raisins and bright orange in two forms. A coffee-dunking Italian cookie made airy by folding in whipped egg whites.

Mexican wedding cookies (polvorones): tender almond shortbread balls baked low and slow, then rolled twice in powdered sugar for that signature snowy coating. Melt-in-your-mouth holiday classics.

Slice and bake sugar cookies that freeze in logs for up to six months. Vanilla and lemon extracts give the classic bakery-cookie flavor. Slice from frozen, bake straight away, no thaw needed.

Sliced apples baked under a crumbly corn flake topping spiked with orange zest, brown sugar, and nutmeg, then drizzled with fresh orange juice.

Old-fashioned stovetop apple dessert with layers of pastry squares and spiced apples cooked in a kettle. This vintage pot pie simmers until tender, then gets served with cream.

Light apple raisin crepes with an oat bran batter, part-skim ricotta and apple filling, and a warm cinnamon syrup poured over at serving. Just 178 calories per serving.

Pig cake, a Southern church-supper classic with mandarin orange cake layers and a fluffy pineapple cream cheese frosting. Three-layer pastel pretty, ready for potlucks and reunions.

Strawberry cheesecake muffins hide a sweet cream cheese filling and a spoonful of strawberry jam in the middle of an almond-scented brown sugar muffin. Bakery-style brunch treat with a surprise center.