Dessert Recipes

Thin, crispy oatmeal Florentine cookies made with toasted oats, cinnamon, and just a tablespoon of flour. Lacy edges with a nutty, caramelized crunch.

Old fashioned butterscotch cookies made with melted butter dissolved in brown sugar for pure caramel flavor. A thin, crispy drop cookie with just six pantry staples that bakes in 8 minutes.

Old fashioned fruit cake with blackberry jam, fig preserves, watermelon rind preserves, candied cherries, pecans, and cocoa. Baked low and slow in a cast iron skillet.

A fruity recipe that's simple to make and tastes wonderful as a glaze on pot roasts or as a spread for sandwiches.

These biscuits are called bones to chew because they are hard and pale. They are traditionally baked on All Soul's Day in Italy.

Pastry cheesecake crust with butter, sugar, egg, and flour. A sturdier, cookie-like base for springform cheesecakes when graham crumbs feel too crumbly.

Awesome recipe with amazing results. Can't go wrong with this.

Crispy oatmeal cookies that spread thin with lacy, caramelized edges that shatter when you bite. A high butter-to-flour ratio and quick oats deliver crunch, not chew. Optional nuts and raisins.

Pfefferneusse are traditional German pepper cookies with molasses, star anise, cinnamon, allspice, and black pepper, rolled in powdered sugar. This old-world recipe mellows for weeks in stoneware for the best flavor.

Microwave pineapple upside-down cake made with yellow cake mix, pineapple tidbits, brown sugar, and maraschino cherries. Ready in 30 minutes with no oven needed.

Pomegranate Ariel with jewel-toned pomegranate seeds, currants, and slivered almonds under a blended papaya-orange sauce. A no-cook tropical fruit dessert served in goblets.

Raspberry-tangerine mousse folds fresh raspberries and bright tangerine into a light gelatin-set base lifted with an orange-liqueur sabayon and whipped cream. A make-ahead fruit mousse for individual glasses.

Rodgrod med flode is a Scandinavian fruit dessert made with red currants and raspberries thickened with cornstarch. Served chilled with cream and blanched almonds.

Ruth's sugar cookies are tender drop cookies made with shortening and dipped warm into granulated sugar for a crackly, sparkling top. A simple recipe that makes three dozen in 30 minutes.

This delicious pudding is great with Ice-cream or by itself. Try It!

Homemade shortcake biscuits made with real butter, eggs, and milk. These flaky, golden rounds split open to cradle fresh strawberries and whipped cream for the ultimate strawberry shortcake.