Goose recipes

Instant cheesecake fakes the real thing in five minutes with a chocolate digestive biscuit, a swipe of cream cheese, and half a fresh strawberry. Snack-sized, no-bake, ready before the kettle boils.

Raspberry-chocolate cheesecake: dense chocolate cream cheese filling with a raspberry candy flavoring, set on a graham dust crust. A bold, dark chocolate showstopper dessert.

Falling chocolate cake with raspberry sauce: individual molten-centered chocolate cakes with a cracked top and gooey interior, served with bright raspberry sauce and ice cream.

Old-fashioned chocolate cake with crushed peppermint stick candy folded right into the batter. A tender cocoa layer cake with a cool, pepperminty crunch. Straight out of a mid-century church cookbook.

Raised donuts made with a yeast dough that rises overnight for a tender, pillowy crumb. Old-fashioned homemade donuts fried golden and ready for glaze, sugar, or cinnamon dust.

Milk chocolate biscotti packed with toasted whole almonds and cocoa-darkened dough. Crisp, twice-baked Italian cookies ready for dunking in coffee or espresso.

Susan's apple cake is a one-bowl dump-and-bake with three whole apples, toasted walnuts, and a full tablespoon of cinnamon. The kind of homey loaf that improves the second day.

Daiquiri pie with lime Jello, lemon pudding, light rum, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A no-bake cocktail-inspired icebox dessert that tastes like a frozen daiquiri in pie form.

Caramel pecan pie with a silky custard filling and billowy meringue topping. Caramelized sugar, toasted pecans, and vanilla custard pour into a flaky crust for a Southern-style holiday dessert.

No-bake chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate-cocoa biscuit crust, a cloud-light filling of bittersweet chocolate, whipped cream, and folded egg whites, crowned with toasted pecans.

Cran-raspberry cheesecake on an almond-genoise base, topped with decorative sponge cake cutouts. An elegant baked cheesecake layered with tangy cranberry-raspberry filling.

Almond crisp bars with rolled oats, coconut, and toasted almond pieces in a buttery brown sugar base. Six ingredients pressed into a pan, baked, and cut while warm into chewy-crisp squares.

Almond crescent cookies with toasted ground almonds and a tender shortbread base, finished with a chocolate drizzle or powdered sugar dusting. A Christmas cookie tin classic that holds for a week or more.

Streuselkuchen: the classic German yeast-risen crumb cake topped with a buttery brown-sugar cinnamon streusel that bakes into a thick, craggy crust. The German bakery favorite for kaffee und kuchen.

Old-fashioned creamy peanut butter pie: a stovetop custard of peanut butter, brown sugar, eggs, and milk thickened on the stove and chilled in a baked pie shell. Topped with whipped cream for the perfect pull-from-the-fridge dessert.

Milk chocolate chip cheesecake built on nonfat cream cheese and egg whites, studded with milk chocolate chips throughout. A lighter cheesecake recipe that delivers the chocolate-and-cream flavor without the heavy fat content.