Dessert/6 recipes

Hummingbird cake stacks three layers of banana-pineapple-pecan cake under tangy cream cheese frosting. Southern church-supper royalty, no mixer required, just stir and pour. The crumb stays moist for days thanks to fruit and oil.

Old-fashioned chocolate pudding cake bakes with a cocoa batter on top and a brown sugar water layer that transforms into hot fudge sauce underneath. Drizzled with raspberry jam.

Sugar-free peanut butter cookies made with sugar replacements for diabetic-friendly baking. Classic fork-pressed criss-cross pattern and a crisp, nutty crumb in under 30 minutes.

Classic roll-and-cut butter cookies with brown sugar, vanilla, and just 7 ingredients. A versatile dough for cutout shapes, including a pink candy cane twist variation.

Light and fruity pie folds whipped topping and fresh strawberries into instant-set strawberry jello, then chills in a graham crust. A 7-ingredient no-bake summer dessert with cloud-light texture.

Death by chocolate Bundt cake from Dom DeLuise's cookbook. Cake mix doctored with pudding, sour cream, and 12 ounces of chocolate chips for an intensely fudgy result.

Italian chocolate cookies with cocoa, cinnamon, cold coffee, and grape jelly in the dough. An old-world recipe with no eggs that makes a huge batch of soft, cakey cookies.

Chocolate snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar for a craggy, snow-dusted finish. Brown sugar and unsweetened chocolate give these holiday cookies a deep cocoa flavor that's not too sweet.

Sugar-free raisin cookies sweetened only with raisins and liquid sweetener, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A boiled-dough drop cookie for diabetic-friendly baking.

Deep-dish peach pie: a baking dish heaped with juicy peaches and brown sugar under a single flaky, golden top crust. A fruit-forward summer pie that lets the peaches shine.

Macadamia nut fudge made the old-fashioned way with a candy thermometer, two kinds of chocolate, marshmallows, and buttery macadamias in every square.

Boston cream pie made entirely in the microwave, with vanilla rum custard between two yellow cake layers and a glossy chocolate corn syrup glaze drizzling down the sides.

Fruity pineapple cake studded with golden raisins, candied cherries, and crushed pineapple, baked low and slow in a tube pan. A retro holiday loaf that ages beautifully and slices clean.

Classic gingerbread boy cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon, rolled thin and decorated with red hots. A nostalgic cutout cookie recipe that holds its shape beautifully.

Buttery shortbread sticks studded with mini chocolate chips, baked golden, and dipped in melted chocolate. Four ingredients in the dough, shaped like little biscotti logs. Simple, elegant, and impossible to eat just one.

Fresh glazed strawberry pie with whole berries in a pre-baked crust, coated in a homemade strawberry glaze made from pureed berries and cornstarch. No-bake filling, bright berry flavor.