Dessert Recipes

Middle Eastern semolina cake soaked in citrus syrup and topped with toasted almonds. This yogurt-based dessert bakes up golden with a tender, moist crumb that pairs beautifully with tea.

Crispy baked Cornflake Cookies with buttery pecans and vanilla. These crumbly drop cookies bake golden in 12-15 minutes for quick homemade treats.

Ultimate everything cookies: ground oatmeal, chocolate chips, grated chocolate bar, and chopped nuts in buttery dough baked to golden perfection in just six minutes.

Lady Bird Johnson's famous lemon cake with 8 egg yolks, fresh lemon, and a tangy lemon icing. The First Lady's favorite recipe straight from the Texas White House.

Spiced cranberry hazelnut bread with cinnamon, cloves, and orange juice baked into mini loaves. Wrapped in brandy-soaked cheesecloth, this holiday quick bread deepens in flavor for weeks.

To use up an abundance of garden zucchini, try these wholesome soft-textured cookies. They are very flavorful and easy to make. I like to make cookies and put them in the freezer, they thaw quickly for unexpected guests.

Fig and cherry cobbler with dried figs, cherry pie filling, cinnamon, and drop biscuit topping. A bubbly, old-fashioned fruit cobbler that starts hot and finishes at moderate heat.

Quick apple streusel coffee cake made with Bisquick baking mix and sweetened applesauce. Topped with cinnamon brown sugar crumble in under 45 minutes.

French Canadian apple dumplings. Perfect with Canadian cheddar.

Real butterscotch pie made the old-fashioned way with brown sugar and butter melted in a cast iron skillet, topped with golden meringue. No pudding mix, no shortcuts, just pure caramelized flavor in every slice.

Pineapple bread pudding with crushed pineapple, cinnamon, pecans, and cubed bread in a sweet egg-margarine batter baked until set. A tropical twist on classic bread pudding served with caramel fluff.

George Washington cake is a moist, cinnamon-spiced apple cake baked over a layer of sliced apples, then crowned with tangy cream cheese frosting and a fan of fresh apple slices. A festive Christmas dessert.

Italian macaroons made from almond paste kneaded with egg whites and sugar, baked into chewy, fragrant amaretti-style cookies. A short rest before baking gives them their crackly top and tender center.

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Flaky cream cheese pastry turnovers filled with homemade apricot filling, sealed like hand pies, and iced with powdered sugar.

Spectacular chocolate orange meringue roulade with amaretti crunch, whipped cream filling, and dark chocolate drizzle for show-stopping holiday desserts.