Dessert/4 recipes

Petite cheesecakes baked in mini muffin tins with a vanilla wafer base and cherry pie filling on top. Bite-sized, freezer-friendly, and perfect for parties and potlucks.

Traditional German Pfeffernusse cookies with five warm spices, candied citron, and lemon. Tiny spiced rounds that dry overnight and ripen for days before eating.

Layers of angel food cake, sweetened cream cheese, whipped topping, and fresh strawberries under a shimmering strawberry jello glaze. A no-bake showpiece for any gathering.

Bread pudding loaded with pecans, raisins, and chopped apple, baked in a spiced custard and drowned in a rich bourbon butter sauce. A classic New Orleans-style dessert.

Jan's 1940s apple pie heaped with McIntosh and Cortland apples, finished with a quick water-rinse trick on the top crust that produces an exceptionally flaky finish.

Classic chocolate cream pie with a deep two-chocolate filling spiked with rum and vanilla, topped with rum-laced whipped cream and grated chocolate. A make-ahead diner classic.

This is a tasty no bake take on pumpkin pie that's fluffy and creamy like a mousse.

Fig garden party cakes layer sponge cake or lady fingers with a homemade dried-fig filling cooked down with peanut butter, butter, and lemon juice. A vintage tea-table dessert with surprising depth.

A dead-simple chocolate cheesecake pie with a secret weapon: mayonnaise for ultra-creamy richness. Melted chocolate chips, cream cheese, and a chocolate crumb crust. Five minutes to prep.

Old-fashioned butterscotch cream pie with a deep brown sugar custard, butter and vanilla finish, topped with fresh whipped cream. Classic American pastry-shop dessert from scratch.

Mint cheesecake squares on a chocolate wafer crust topped with sour cream chocolate ganache. Cool, creamy, and loaded with creme de menthe flavor.

Baked Indian pudding with molasses is the colonial New England dessert at its purest: scalded milk, cornmeal, dark molasses, and warm spices baked low for 2 hours into a quivering, deeply spiced custard. Serve with cream.

Spiced apple cake with warm cinnamon and nutmeg, crowned with a silky rum sauce made in a double boiler. Bake ahead and reheat for easy entertaining with make-ahead convenience.

Two egg cake is a versatile vanilla cake made with just two eggs, cake flour, and shortening. Bake it as a loaf, layer cake, or cupcakes and frost however you like.

Rich chocolate spritz cookies pressed through a cookie press into festive shapes. Unsweetened chocolate and shortening create crisp edges with tender centers in just 10 minutes.

Pear pound cake with buttermilk, chopped pecans, and a hint of nutmeg baked in a loaf pan. Moist, buttery crumb studded with tender pear chunks in every slice.