Dessert/6 recipes

Comforting baked pudding layering sliced apples with buttery graham cracker crumbs, walnuts, and brown sugar, baked until the fruit melts into jammy sweetness.

Chocolate and orange marble muffins swirling a real melted-chocolate batter with a bright orange one for a marbled, two-tone crumb. The classic chocolate-orange pairing in a tender, bakery-style muffin.

French-style apple pie with sauteed tart apples in a single pastry shell, layered with a cooked vanilla custard filling and finished with an apricot preserve glaze on the crust.

Platanos con crema: warm butter-softened bananas sprinkled with sweet sherry and sugar, topped with vanilla whipped cream. A quick Latin American dessert ready in minutes.

A scrumptious and decadent rum cake made with a yellow cake mix and chopped pecans.

Wow country fair judges with this delectable cake that will satisfy anyone's tastebuds and attract chocolate lovers from far away.

No-bake cherry cheese pie with whipped cream cheese, condensed milk, and lemon juice in a buttery graham cracker crust. Ready in 20 minutes plus chill time.

A rich and decadent banana cake that will test your baking skills but also become your new favorite dessert!

Grasshopper pie with a chocolate wafer crust, mint-chocolate liqueur custard set with gelatin, and grated chocolate garnish. The retro 1950s dinner-party showstopper.

Made some changes to my version of oreo balls. I like them better with real chocolate not that nasty bark ew. You can change this up by using Nutter butter cookies with a bit of peanut butter along with the cream cheese to make a moist enough center to roll. Or use Mint oreos for a kick

Apple cinnamon cranberry pie: two-crust pie with apples, fresh cranberries, and cinnamon, topped with a decorative criss-cross petal lattice. Sweet, tart, and built for Thanksgiving.

Homemade apple jelly made in the microwave with apple juice, pectin, and red hot cinnamon candies for a spicy-sweet twist. Yields 6 half pints in under an hour.

Two-ingredient Grape-Nuts pie crust made with just cereal and orange juice. No baking, no butter. Press into a pan and freeze for a crunchy, low-fat base.

Frozen fruit trifle with grapefruit, orange, pineapple, marshmallows, coconut, and cherries folded into fluffy whipped egg whites. A retro no-bake dessert that's light, fruity, and fun.

Surprise your family at the next reunion with this decadent cake everyone will enjoy!

This decadent ice cream pie is made with kahlua, both vanilla and chocolate ice cream, and a chocolate wafer crust. It's creamy, smooth, rich and absolutely irresistible.