Dessert/7 recipes

Frozen chocolate peanut butter graham cracker sandwiches made with sugar-free pudding and nonfat milk. A diabetic-friendly frozen treat that kids and adults both love.

Rich, fudgy Austrian chocolate balls loaded with chopped nuts and dipped in a glossy chocolate glaze. These bite-sized baked cookies are a European holiday cookie tray staple that disappears fast.

Lovelight chiffon cake, a tender cake-flour sheet cake leavened with stiff-peaked meringue and brightened with lemon extract. The featherlight 1950s church-supper classic, baked in a 9x13 pan.

Greek revani cake: a sweet semolina-and-orange syrup cake studded with almonds, soaked in lemon-scented sugar syrup. A classic Eastern Mediterranean dessert cut into diamonds and served with cream.

Homemade fondant: a soft, moldable butter-and-sugar candy center ready to flavor, shape, and dip in chocolate. Old-school candy-making in four ingredients, no thermometer needed.

Austrian Mozart cookies with a buttery shortbread base, apricot rum filling, and confectioners sugar. Elegant sandwich cookies with a ring-and-circle design.

Light, airy sponge cake made with sugar substitute and orange juice. Fluffy texture without the sugar spike, topped with sugar-free jam and whipped cream.

Lickety-Split Cocoa Cake: a one-bowl, eggless, dairy-free chocolate cake mixed with water, oil, and a splash of vinegar. The original Depression-era "crazy cake" that bakes up tender every time.

Start your biscotti obsession with my family recipe for Italian Almond Biscotti. Easy with classic taste -it will quickly become one of your favorites.

Roll-and-cut butter crisp cookies with lemon zest and a splash of kirsch cherry liqueur. A 1986 cookie contest winner that ages two days for better flavor and keeps for six weeks at room temperature.

Country sponge cake made with six eggs, cake flour, lemon juice, and no butter or oil. Light, airy, and golden brown from a classic tube pan technique.

Basic chiffon cake folds whipped egg whites into an oil-and-yolk batter for a tall, springy cake with angel food's airy crumb and butter cake's moisture. Baked in a tube pan, cooled inverted.

Easy fresh fruit parfait with sliced strawberries and bananas set in Jello and topped with whipped cream. Just 10 minutes of prep for a light, colorful no-bake dessert.

This irresistible apple coffee cake is easy to make, and it comes out moist and delicious. Even better with a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea, it can be breakfast or a tasty dessert after a meal.

Even though these have very little sugar, they are fabulous. They even give Kolaches some stiff competition.

Malted milk cookies stir malt powder into classic chocolate chip cookie dough for chewy results with the toasty, malty flavor of an old-fashioned milkshake.