Dessert/8 recipes

Classic New York black and white cookies with soft, cakey rounds frosted half in vanilla fondant and half in chocolate. Bakery-style cookies made with cake flour for that signature pillowy texture.

Frozen tortoni with cream cheese, Amaretto, whipped cream, and crushed peanut brittle in foil cups. An elegant Italian-style frozen dessert with no ice cream maker needed.

No-bake rum balls made with crushed vanilla wafers, pecans, cocoa, powdered sugar, and real rum. A classic Christmas cookie tin staple rolled in powdered sugar.

Discover how to make Lemony Anise Cookies with this easy recipe. Zesty lemon and aromatic anise combine in crisp, golden cookies perfect for any occasion. Ready in about 1 hour.

Apple Cinnamon Pudding is a dairy-free rice pudding cooked in apple juice with cinnamon and pecans, then chilled until firm and cut into squares. A simple vegan dessert.

Simple apple pie with just 5 ingredients: sliced apples, sugar, nutmeg, butter, and store-bought pie shells. A no-fuss, back-to-basics double crust apple pie anyone can make.

Rich homemade chocolate sauce with bittersweet chocolate, butter, and evaporated milk, simmered until thick and glossy. Makes 3 cups of pourable, spoonable heaven.

Pina Colada party cake: white cake mix doctored with pineapple juice and toasted coconut, soaked with pineapple syrup, topped with rum-extract frosting. Tropical island flavor, no booze required.

Ginger crinkle cookies with molasses, cinnamon, and cloves, rolled in sugar and baked until crackled on top. Chewy centers with crisp, sugary edges that shatter on the first bite.

Minimalist fortune cookies with just 4 ingredients: butter, sugar, egg whites, and flour. Quick to make, fun to fold, perfect for parties. Work fast while they're hot and pliable.

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

Malt shoppe pie blends frozen vanilla yogurt with whipped topping and crushed Whoppers in a chocolate cookie crust. A 4-ingredient frozen pie that tastes like an old-fashioned malt shop classic.

A buttery ginger pound cake baked in a ring mold, splashed with rum, and crowned with a garland of poached pears, candied orange peel, and grapes glazed in apple jelly. A showpiece holiday dessert.

Classic apple pie in a graham cracker crust with crumbly brown sugar topping. Brush the crust with egg yolk to seal it, pile in spiced apples, then add buttery streusel on top.

Buttery shortbread bars topped with pecans, dried cherries, mini chocolate chips, and orange marmalade. A two-step bake that turns simple cookies into festive holiday treats in about an hour.

Soft vanilla buttermilk cookies rolled in sparkly red and white sugar for a festive holiday crinkle cookie. Made with melted vanilla baking bar for a rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture.