Dessert/5 recipes

No-bake peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, and chocolate syrup drizzle. Freezer-friendly for up to 6 weeks.

Slice-and-bake walnut refrigerator cookies with brown sugar and toasted walnuts in a buttery dough. Roll into logs, chill overnight, slice thin, and bake fresh whenever the craving hits.

Apple praline cheesecake layers spiced sauteed apples into a cream cheese filling, then bakes under a buttery brown sugar pecan praline crust. Fall dessert showstopper.

Use your seasonal apples to make this deliciously moist coffee cake. Great with a cup of coffee at breakfast or a snack with some tea in the afternoon.

A bleeding heart cupcake sounds very interesting, and it also tastes great!

Spiced pear cake with oats, brown sugar, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon. Soaked oats add moisture and a hearty, rustic texture to every slice.

Oatmeal snickerdoodles with rolled oats, brown sugar, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. The classic snickerdoodle goes hearty with a chewy oat boost and that signature crackled cinnamon shell.

Soft chocolate drop cookies with cream cheese baked right into the dough and crunchy walnuts in every bite. The cream cheese keeps them tender and slightly tangy for days.

Brownie batter baked in ice cream cones and topped with frosting. A fun, mess-free treat kids can make in the microwave.

Flaky puff pastry tarts filled with flambéed Calvados apples and caramel sauce, crowned with puff pastry cutouts and served warm with caramel ice cream.

A sweet and healthy treat (from Multiply Delicious).

Easier to work with. The original recipe called for brandy or grape juice, but I found that if you substitute the orange juice concentrate, it has a nicer flavour.

Haupia pumpkin pie combines Hawaiian coconut pudding on top of a spiced pumpkin filling with shredded coconut and whipped cream. A tropical twist on classic pumpkin pie.

English rocks cookies packed with candied cherries, candied pineapple, dates, and pecans in a spiced brown sugar-buttermilk batter. A dense, fruity holiday cookie baked low and slow.

Classic double-crust apple pie crowned with a bubbling pecan praline topping made from brown sugar, butter and half-and-half. Cinnamon apples meet candy-store crunch in one Southern-style pie.

Gingerbread is my all-time favorite. This is one of my most-loved recipes for making gingerbread. The spices add just enough hint, and it's delicious.