Dessert/7 recipes

Pecan pudding baked in a custard cup in the microwave: dark corn syrup, egg, and chopped pecans in a buttered cup, dusted with powdered sugar. Pecan pie filling in individual pudding form.

Frosted lemon bars made in the microwave with fresh lemon zest and a tangy lemon frosting. Soft, cakey cookie bars ready in under 30 minutes.

Homemade Funnel Cake Mix combines flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon - just add egg and milk, pour through a funnel into hot oil, and fry golden. County fair at home in 20 minutes.

Molasses crinkle cookies bake into chewy spiced rounds with a sugary, crackled top, deeply scented with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. A lower-fat take using egg whites and soft margarine.

Glazed orange cake baked in the microwave with fresh orange juice, beaten egg whites for lift, and a glossy orange glaze. A light, airy chiffon-style cake ready in 30 minutes.

Chocolate malt layer cake with malted milk powder in both the batter and the whipped cream frosting. Tastes like a fudgy malted milkshake in cake form.

Sour cream blueberry cake with a buttery shortbread-style base, fresh blueberries, and a rich sour cream custard topping. A European-style fruit cake baked in a springform pan.

Jumbles are old-fashioned filled sandwich cookies, two rolled rounds enclosing a smear of grape jelly with three peek-a-boo windows cut into the top. Vintage pantry treat.

Lemon pie filling cooked over a double boiler with egg yolks, lemon juice, and zest into a glossy yellow curd, then poured into a baked pie shell to set.

Old-fashioned lemon custard pie made on the stovetop with a double boiler. Rich egg yolk filling with fresh lemon juice and zest, poured into a baked shell. Simple, tangy, and no meringue fuss.

Pennsylvania Dutch funny cake baked in a pie shell with chocolate sauce on the bottom and vanilla cake on top. Two layers swap places in the oven like magic.

Polish butter cookies with hard-cooked egg yolks pressed through a sieve for an ultra-tender crumb. Almond and vanilla scented, cut into tiny hearts and stars.

Homemade mint wafers with just 3 ingredients: powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and peppermint extract. No-bake candy that's simple to shape and perfect for gifting.

Old-fashioned spiced peaches preserved whole in a brown sugar and vinegar syrup with cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. A Pennsylvania Dutch canning tradition.

Peach cream pie: halved fresh peaches baked under a cinnamon-cream custard in a flaky crust. Simple summer dessert from peak-season stone fruit.

No-bake fresh peach pie with glossy gelatin filling that sets up firm and sliceable, perfect for hot summer days when turning on the oven feels criminal.