Dessert/3 recipes

Hobo bread is an old-fashioned raisin quick bread that starts with an overnight soak of raisins in baking soda and boiling water. Dense, moist, and easily turned into a fruitcake.

Glazed raspberry fudge cake is a flourless-style chocolate cake brushed with raspberry preserves, then coated in a glossy rum-chocolate glaze. Dense, moist, and finished with fresh raspberries for the ultimate dinner-party showstopper.

Thin, crispy oatmeal lace cookies with orange zest and shredded coconut. Made with lard for extra-crisp edges that spread paper-thin during baking.

No-bake oatmeal cookies made with strawberry gelatin, coconut, and chopped nuts. Cooked to soft-ball stage on the stovetop and dropped onto waxed paper to set. Quick, chewy, and fruity.

Christmas shortbread with just five ingredients: butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt. Shape as bars or wedges, plus four built-in variations including chocolate chip and lemon.

Dense, moist pound cake loaded with Granny Smith apples, flaked coconut, and chopped pecans. No mixer needed. Bake in a tube pan for 80 minutes of pure comfort.

Moist chocolate chip applesauce cake with cocoa and cinnamon in the batter, topped with a crunchy layer of chocolate chips, nuts, and cinnamon sugar. Swap margarine for more applesauce to make it lighter. A 9x13 crowd-pleaser in under an hour.

Southern-style sweet potato pie with roasted sweet potatoes, warm spices, brown sugar, cream, and a fluffy meringue-like texture from folded egg whites.

Peach and sour cream tart with fresh-poached peaches arranged in a sweet pastry shell, filled with a sour cream custard, and topped with sliced almonds. A classic French-style summer fruit tart.

German chocolate cake from scratch with a cooked coconut-pecan frosting. Three layers of buttermilk chocolate cake topped with a rich, chewy caramel-style filling.

Cranberry swirl cheesecake on a vanilla wafer crust with sour cream topping and fresh cranberry orange compote. A stunning make-ahead holiday dessert.

Fudgy mini chocolate brownie bites with espresso, Kahlua, and a pecan half pressed into each one. Baked in mini muffin tins for rich, two-bite indulgence. Freezer-friendly for up to a month.

Peanut butter fudge marble cake made from a cake mix with melted peanut butter chips swirled through chocolate batter. A semi-homemade layer cake that combines two favorite flavors.

Quick Hawaiian cream pie with vanilla pudding folded into whipped cream, crushed pineapple, mashed banana, and a topping of toasted coconut and pecans in a flaky baked crust.

Zebra bars layer chocolate and vanilla batter in a 13x9 pan, topped with chocolate chips and walnuts. Two-toned cookie bars from one butter-brown sugar dough.

Georgian khachapuri with hand-stretched dough layered with butter, folded envelope-style around a spiced red bean filling with caramelized onions and fresh cilantro.