Dessert/7 recipes

Middle Eastern fried pastries filled with spiced almond-cinnamon filling and dipped in sugar syrup. Crispy finger-shaped cookies that freeze beautifully.

White chocolate macadamia nut cookies with chunks of real white chocolate (not chips) and buttery toasted macadamias. Soft centers, lightly browned edges, classic bakery-style cookies.

Lo-cal cheese cake swaps cream cheese for low-fat ricotta and cottage cheese, fruit sugar for white, and folds in beaten egg whites for an airy, lighter cheesecake without the dairy bomb.

Unique fresh apple flavor - no cooking of filling. Just put grated apples sugar and spice into a pie shell, and top it off with whipped cream. One of the easiest apple pies you every heard of! This recipe was a $5,000 winner in the Junior Pillsbury bake off in the Third Grand National baking contest, December 1951

Black chocolate sponge cake: deep dark chocolate sheet cake with boiling-water batter trick, topped with creamy peanut butter frosting. Old-fashioned chocolate-peanut butter combo.

German almond cookies with fresh lemon zest, ground unblanched almonds, and a buttery crumb that shatters at first bite. Overnight chilling builds flavor and makes rolling easy.

Austrian Gugelhupf is a buttery yeasted bundt cake studded with raisins, currants, and orange zest, crowned with blanched almonds and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. A Viennese coffee house classic.

Just in time for summer, this sweet and delicious pie will have everyone crossing their fingers, hoping they can get a second helping.

Unique vegan rye bread pudding with apples, caraway seeds, and tahini-miso sauce that soaks for hours then bakes into comforting dairy-free dessert.

No-bake strawberry pie with a raw date and nut crust made from walnuts and almonds. Fresh sliced strawberries tossed in maple syrup fill this naturally sweet dessert.

A creamy vegan cheesecake made with blended tofu on a crunchy granola crust, topped with a fresh strawberry sauce. Dairy-free, egg-free, and naturally sweetened. Serves 8.

Cinnamon bread pudding with raisins and a warm whiskey-yogurt sauce. A lighter take on the Southern classic using skim milk and egg whites without losing any comfort.

A delightful company dessert that can be made in advance. This banana cream cheesecake recipe hits all the right decadent notes.

Mini upside-down cheesecakes with warm pineapple sauce: 4 individual muffin-tin cheesecakes flipped onto a pool of glossy pineapple sauce. Ready in 50 minutes.

Citrus-scented oatmeal cookies with a hint of almond, baked until golden and crisp on the edges. Ready in 30 minutes for a simple teatime treat.

Diabetic-friendly lemon pie uses sugar substitute and a meringue-lightened lemon filling on a graham cracker crust. Lower-sugar tang and lightness without sacrificing the classic lemon pie hit.