Dessert Recipes

Drop cookies loaded with peanut butter, oats, and chopped peanuts. Chewy, hearty cookies with both peanut butter and whole peanut crunch in every bite. Makes 4 dozen.

Peanut butter chocolate chip cake built on a doctored yellow cake mix, a full cup of peanut butter, and 12 ounces of chocolate chips. Bakes into thick, chewy squares with a brownie-like crumb.

Chunky peanut butter cookies rolled in sugar and pressed with a fork. A big-batch recipe with both white and brown sugar for crispy edges and chewy centers.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookies with corn syrup, egg whites, and rolled oats. Chewy, lower-fat cookies sweetened with brown sugar and natural peanut butter.

Peanut butter pinwheel cookies with a melted chocolate swirl rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into rounds. A slice-and-bake cookie with a stunning spiral pattern in every bite.

These rich brownies are full of chocolate flavor, if you are a big fan of chocolate, you will love these sweet treats. Also the pecans give the nutty taste and nice crunch in every bite.

Pecan butter cookies are soft brown sugar drop cookies packed with chopped pecans. Buttery, caramel-kissed, and baked in 10 minutes for 2 dozen classic Southern cookies.

Pecan macaroons with oat bran, amaretto, and almond extract folded into stiff meringue and baked until golden. Naturally gluten-free cookies with crispy edges and a chewy center.

Pecan squares with a buttery shortbread crust and a gooey pecan pie filling baked on a sheet pan. All the flavor of pecan pie in a portable, shareable bar cookie format.

Butter-free pecan sugar cookies with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and allspice. Chewy with warm spice flavor and ground pecans in every bite.

Pecan-lemon shortbread hearts: buttery food-processor shortbread brightened with fresh lemon zest and toasted pecans, cut into hearts for Valentine's, weddings, or any tea tray that needs charm.

Pecan praline cookie pizza with a buttery brown sugar shortbread crust, sour cream topping, and toasted pecans. A festive dessert that slices into wedges like a pie.

Soft chocolate-butterscotch cookies built on a melted base of sweetened condensed milk and chips, each topped with a toasted pecan half. Fudgy, candy-like, and easy to mix.

Penuche topped cake with a brown sugar, butter, and nut streusel baked right on a vanilla sheet cake. Served warm with whipped cream for a caramelized, crunchy finish.

All-purpose pie pastry combining vegetable shortening and butter for the best of both fats: shortening for tenderness, butter for flavor. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.

Persimmon orange cookies made with persimmon pulp, orange juice, orange zest, warm spices, nuts, and raisins. Bake as drop cookies or cut into brownie-style bar squares.