Dessert Recipes

Chinese almond jelly dessert with a silky gelatin base of evaporated milk and almond extract, topped with fresh kiwi and strawberries. Light, refreshing, and set in the fridge in minutes.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies with candied citron, chopped nuts, cloves, and cinnamon. Rolled thin, cut out, and baked crisp. A heritage holiday cookie.

Quick chocolate macaroons with just four ingredients: unsweetened chocolate, shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla. Fudgy, chewy coconut cookies baked in 30 minutes flat.

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

Fresh berry and whipped cream topping for pancakes or crepes with orange liqueur. Sweetened strawberries with a boozy, vanilla-laced whipped cream.

German cherry dessert Meersburg layers kirsch-soaked tart cherries over ladyfingers, then crowns with almond cream cheese mousse. A no-bake riff on Black Forest flavors.

Strawberry-shaped cookies made from a stovetop date and Rice Krispies mixture, rolled in red sugar with green icing stems. A fun no-bake candy-cookie for kids and parties.

No-bake melt-aways with white chocolate, peanut butter, crispy rice cereal, peanuts, and mini marshmallows. Five ingredients, no thermometer, no stovetop fuss.

Classic French silk chocolate pie with a rich, mousse-like filling of creamed butter, sugar, melted chocolate, and eggs beaten to silky perfection. No baking required for the filling.

Old-fashioned Southern tea cakes made with buttermilk, vanilla, and self-rising flour. Soft, lightly sweet rolled cookies that taste like Grandma's kitchen. A big-batch heritage recipe.

Savory cheese cookies with sharp cheddar, butter, and crisp rice cereal. Rolled into balls and fork-pressed flat. A crunchy, cheesy appetizer or snack that bakes in 10 minutes.

Bizcochitos are the official state cookie of New Mexico: lard-based shortbread perfumed with anise and sweet wine, dusted in cinnamon sugar, and baked into delicate flaky rounds. The traditional Christmas and wedding cookie of the Southwest.

No-bake Kahlua cake with a buttery graham crust, dense chocolate pudding layer, and a Kahlua-spiked vanilla pudding cloud folded with whipped cream. A boozy potluck classic.

No-bake peanut butter bars with crushed graham crackers, butter, and powdered sugar topped with melted milk chocolate. Tastes like a homemade peanut butter cup in bar form.

Raspberry mousse folds Italian meringue made with hot sugar syrup into whipped cream and seedless raspberry purée for an airy, intensely fruity dessert. Served with extra raspberry sauce drizzled over the top.

Soft pumpkin cookies loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, raisins, and walnuts. A big-batch holiday cookie with warm spice flavor in every cakey bite.