Baked goods recipes

Almond Roca bars layer a buttery shortbread base under melted Hershey chocolate and chopped almonds. The classic potluck cookie that mimics the famous toffee candy in cookie-bar form.

Light and fruity pie folds whipped topping and fresh strawberries into instant-set strawberry jello, then chills in a graham crust. A 7-ingredient no-bake summer dessert with cloud-light texture.

Simple cheesecake with graham cracker crust and three-ingredient filling: cream cheese, eggs, and sugar baked 20 minutes, then topped with fresh fruit or flavored with coffee, almonds, or pumpkin.

Frozen tri-color cake with split angel food layered with chocolate ice cream and raspberry sherbet, frosted in almond whipped cream. No-bake make-ahead dessert.

Low-fat apple oat muffins made with prune puree instead of butter, maple syrup, and egg whites. Moist, tender, and packed with oats and chopped apples.

Pepper biscotti with black pepper, toasted walnuts, orange zest, and almond extract. An Italian twice-baked cookie with grown-up complexity and a subtle peppery kick. Perfect with coffee or red wine.

Brown bag French apple pie: a cinnamon-spiced apple pie with a buttery streusel top, baked inside a paper bag that traps steam for meltingly tender apples and a crisp, golden crumb. No top crust needed.

Maine apple bread studded with red apple chunks and walnuts, made with sour milk for a tender crumb. A classic New England quick bread baked in one loaf pan.

Apple meringue pie with grated apples in a custardy cinnamon-nutmeg filling and a cloud of vanilla meringue on top. A two-stage bake that finishes lightly golden.

Crazy cake (also called wacky cake or depression cake) needs no eggs, no milk, no butter. Mixed straight in the pan with vinegar for chemistry-class lift. A Depression-era favorite.

Brighten up your summer with this delectable cake that is bound to be gobbled up by your family within a day!

Passover brownies made with matzo cake meal instead of flour, plus an optional dark chocolate sour cream glaze. Kosher for Passover, fudgy, and richly chocolatey.

A silky, boozy chiffon pie with a half cup of cognac folded into whipped cream and egg yolk custard, set in a graham cracker crust and garnished with shaved chocolate.

No-bake pumpkin crunch cream pie with vanilla pudding folded into pumpkin, slivered almonds, and chocolate chips, all in a graham cracker crust. Easy holiday dessert with chocolate-pumpkin twist.

Fudgy bon bons: a chocolate truffle-like dough wrapped around a Hershey's Kiss, baked just 6 to 8 minutes, and drizzled with white chocolate. A hidden-surprise cookie that bakes up shiny and molten.

Almond Butter Disks: piped European-style almond cookies flavored with dark rum and lemon zest, sandwiched with raspberry-kirsch glaze. Patisserie elegance, makes 18 sandwiches.