Dessert recipes

Jam kolaches fold a cream cheese pastry dough around a dot of strawberry jam, then bake into tender pillows dusted with powdered sugar. The Czech-American Christmas cookie with a four-ingredient base.

Dense tube cake loaded with apples, coconut, and pecans. Bake 90 minutes, then soak with hot buttery brown sugar topping poured over.

Treat your kids with these irresistable cookies that are perfect for their lunchboxes or for a tasty dessert after dinner.

Downhome cafe banana bread with four ripe bananas, butter, and a touch of lemon juice for brightness. A classic, tender loaf with simple pantry ingredients and old-fashioned flavor.

Lemony cheesecake on a cinnamon-graham crust: a tangy lemon cream cheese filling under a layer of sour cream, all crowned with a glossy lemon glaze. A triple-lemon baked cheesecake that's bright, creamy, and rich.

Vanilla buttermilk panna cotta with fresh strawberry jam on top. A make-ahead individual dessert that sets in small glasses and feeds six for dinner parties or date nights.

Golden, crispy hand pies filled with a sweet homemade blueberry filling, wrapped in tender buttermilk dough and pan-fried to a shattering crunch. Old-fashioned Southern fried pies done right at home.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies built on dark molasses and dark brown sugar for deep, almost-burnt-sugar flavor. Crisp at the edges, chewy in the middle, optional warm spices for a holiday version.

Banana Coconut Bread with rum-soaked currants, warm cinnamon and fresh nutmeg, and sweetened coconut baked into the loaf and crisped on top. A deeply flavored tropical quick bread.

Baked bananas in a buttery caramel syrup scattered with raisins and pecans. A simple, old-fashioned dessert ready in 45 minutes, served warm with whipped cream.

Mexican cookie rings shaped by hand from a rich egg yolk butter dough, dipped in colorful sprinkles, and baked golden. Festive, buttery, and fun to make with kids.

German apple kuchen with a buttery crumb topping that shatters under your fork. Sweet-tart apple slices nestle into tender cake, all crowned with cinnamon-spiced streusel.

A wonderfully aromatic pound cake that' great served with berries.

Lemon oatmeal cookies bright with lemon juice, zest, and extract, made lighter with oil and egg whites and given extra crunch from crisp rice cereal. A crisp, citrusy twist on the classic oatmeal cookie.

A pumpkin pie with attitude: warm cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves meet a bold hit of cayenne pepper, sweetened with honey and thickened with ground pecans. Creamy, spicy, and completely unforgettable.

Old-fashioned steamed fruit pudding with raisins, suet, molasses, and warm spices. A Pennsylvania-style dessert steamed for 3 hours and served with brown sugar sauce.