Dessert Recipes

Butterscotch pie cooks brown sugar and butter into a real caramelized butterscotch base, then folds it into a creamy egg-yolk custard topped with golden baked meringue. A retro diner classic.

Cream puff cake bakes a sheet of pate a choux as the base, then layers vanilla pudding cream cheese filling, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup on top. A pan-sized riff on the classic eclair.

Classic Girl Scout-style trefoil shortbread cookies with butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Roll-and-cut sugar cookies for the trefoil cutter, makes 4 dozen.

No-bake fig candy balls made with dried figs, raisins, pecans, peanut butter, and honey, rolled in powdered sugar. A naturally sweet fruit and nut confection.

Coconut fudge cake filling made with cream cheese, chocolate chips, and flaked coconut. A rich, no-bake filling that swirls into bundt or ring cakes before baking.

Freezer cinnamon fruit rolls with soft yeasted dough, a rich filling of brown sugar, golden raisins, dried apricots, pecans, and cinnamon, finished with a simple sugar glaze. Make ahead and freeze for up to 2 months.

Make this fresh strawberry glaze pie to impress your family or guests with seasonal and fresh strawberries.

Friendship cake made with brandied fruit starter, cake mix, and instant pudding for a moist, boozy tube cake with nuts. Endlessly customizable with different mix and flavor combos.

Scotch shortbread balls dipped in fudgy chocolate frosting. Buttery, sandy crumb with a glossy chocolate cap. Holiday cookie tin essential.

Frosted applesauce cookies with molasses, bran flakes, raisins, and a boiled caramel frosting. Soft, spiced drop cookies with warm allspice and clove flavors topped with buttery brown sugar icing.

Fruit buckle with a simple cream-and-egg batter, any fresh fruit you have on hand, and a crumb topping. An old-fashioned single-layer dessert ready in 25 minutes.

No-bake fruit and nut energy balls with dates, raisins, walnuts, sunflower seeds, and cocoa powder. A naturally sweetened snack with no added sugar, ready in 10 minutes.

Fudge Yummies are layered chocolate brownie bars with a cream cheese filling, melted marshmallow top, and swirled chocolate cream cheese frosting.

German chocolate upside-down surprise cake: a German chocolate cake with a cream cheese filling that bakes into the middle and a pecan-coconut top when flipped.

Glazed apple gem cookies: small drop cookies with chopped apple, raisins, and nuts, dipped in apple juice glaze while warm. Soft, spiced, and packed with fall flavor.

Glazed coconut tube cake soaked in hot coconut sugar syrup for 4 hours. Buttermilk batter with flaked coconut, chopped nuts, and a double dose of coconut flavoring.