Dessert recipes

White Christmas Cookies with Nut and Raisin recipe

This cut-out cookie from Bev Bosveld of Waupun is dressed up with chewy oats and crushed peppermint for a pleasing result.

Kekstorte is a classic German no-bake cookie cake layering crisp butter cookies with rum-spiked cocoa-coconut cream, chilled overnight in a loaf pan until sliceable and rich.

These cookies actually taste good, unlike many other gluten free recipes!

Deep Dish Pear Pie with Cheddar Cheese Pastry recipe

Frozen milk chocolate pie with a cream cheese base lightened by whipped topping. Six ingredients, four hours in the freezer, and a ready-made graham cracker crust deliver a slice of mellow chocolate in under 30 minutes of work.

Old-fashioned vinegar chocolate cake with sour milk, melted chocolate, and a vinegar-baking soda fizz for lift. A heritage two-layer recipe with a tender, velvety crumb.

Rich fudge cake with unsweetened chocolate and brown sugar, topped with a thick milk chocolate and semisweet frosting. A serious chocolate lover's layer cake.

Mini chess cake tarts in cream cheese pastry shells with a choice of pecan brown sugar filling or coconut filling. Bite-sized Southern tea-tray classics.

Fresh raspberry pie with a cinnamon-laced double crust made from butter and shortening. Cornstarch thickens the bubbling berry juice into glossy filling, brightened with lemon zest.

German chocolate cake layered with gooey melted caramels, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips between two layers of batter. A semi-homemade turtle cake that's sinfully rich and ridiculously easy to make.

Sauerkraut chocolate cake with a rich sour cream chocolate frosting. The sauerkraut adds surprising moisture and tang that no one will guess, topped with a creamy melted chip frosting.

One butter cookie dough, eight different cookies. Drop cookies, snowballs, butter fingers, cinnamon balls, chocolate mint creams, and more from a single batch.

No-bake pumpkin crunch cream pie with vanilla pudding folded into pumpkin, slivered almonds, and chocolate chips, all in a graham cracker crust. Easy holiday dessert with chocolate-pumpkin twist.

Upside-down apple tart with caramelized Golden Delicious apples on a flaky cake-flour crust, finished with a brown sugar yogurt drizzle. A lighter take on classic tarte Tatin.

Vegan nut torte with a caramelized walnut and marzipan filling in a lemon shortcrust pastry. A dairy-free, egg-free European-style dessert baked golden in a springform pan.