Dessert recipes

Ground almonds and cinnamon fold into stiff meringue to create these chewy Italian amaretti cookies where lemon zest and vanilla cut through the sweetness with bright, aromatic notes.

Apple butter pie: a creamy custard pie made with spiced apple butter, eggs, milk, and half-and-half in a single crust, topped with fresh nutmeg.

Chocolate shortbread made with just 5 ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and flour. Rich, crumbly, and baked low and slow in a shortbread pan.

Three-ingredient lemon cookies made with cake mix, whipped topping, and an egg, rolled in powdered sugar for a crinkle-top finish. Soft, puffy, and ready in 20 minutes.

Turn the gingerbread cookies into this delicious and light pudding.

No-bake chocolate drops with cocoa, coconut, and rolled oats set in the fridge. Five ingredients and no oven needed for these fudgy, chewy candy cookies.

Fresh berry and whipped cream topping for pancakes or crepes with orange liqueur. Sweetened strawberries with a boozy, vanilla-laced whipped cream.

Lady Bird Johnson's famous lemon cake with 8 egg yolks, fresh lemon, and a tangy lemon icing. The First Lady's favorite recipe straight from the Texas White House.

Fresh strawberries and chopped pecans tossed with cinnamon and nutmeg, baked under a golden lattice crust until bubbling. A Southern-spirited fruit pie that puts a spin on tradition.

Soft, fudgy chocolate cookies with cocoa and mini chocolate chips, made with cream cheese for an impossibly chewy texture. Just 8 minutes in the oven and you've got 32 eggless cookies.

Savory no-bake Danish blue cheese pie on a pumpernickel crumb crust, topped with fresh green grapes. A bold, tangy appetizer that doubles as an elegant cheese course.

Old-fashioned peach gingerbread upside-down cake: molasses-spiced gingerbread baked over fresh sliced peaches, then topped with butter-glazed peaches and a preserves brush. Late-summer dessert perfection.

Creamy date rice pudding sweetened naturally with blended dates and enriched with tahini. Made with brown rice and no added sugar for a wholesome, cozy dessert.

Homemade fig newtons: a tender brown sugar and sour cream cookie dough wrapped around real homemade fig jam, baked in logs and sliced into soft bars. So much better than the boxed kind.

A fresh blueberry pie with a stovetop filling where most of the berries stay whole and uncooked. Poured into a baked pie shell and chilled, it's fruity, bright, and barely sweet.

Lattice-top apple pie with Kahlua coffee liqueur, brown sugar, and a toasted pecan layer baked into the bottom crust. A grown-up twist on a Thanksgiving classic.