Dessert/9 recipes

Old-fashioned sweet potato pie with brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and vanilla baked in a flaky pie shell. A two-temperature baking method ensures a set, silky custard filling.

Lemon icebox cookies with cornmeal and cardamom, sliced from a chilled log and baked golden, finished with tart lemon icing and chopped pistachios. Makes 6 dozen.

Moist spiced zucchini cake with crushed pineapple, walnuts, currants, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Topped with an almond-lemon cream cheese frosting. A garden-to-dessert stunner.

Use some of those apples you got from the store with this scrumptious cookie that is perfect with the morning coffee.

Silky smooth Southern sweet potato pie with buttery custard filling, a hint of nutmeg, and a golden flaky crust. This heritage recipe uses simple pantry staples and bakes up rich, creamy, and soul-warming every single time.

Honey cheesecake sweetened with three-quarters cup of pure honey instead of granulated sugar, on a loose graham cracker base. Topped with strawberries and blueberries glazed with apricot jam.

Sugar-free whole wheat cookies sweetened naturally with dates, coconut, and orange zest, rolled in ground pecans. A slice-and-bake icebox cookie with no added sugar.

Rich chocolate layer cake with applesauce folded into the fudge base. Four layers split from two 8-inch rounds, frosted with fluffy apple cream or apple fluff for an elegant finish.

A spiced sheet cake packed with grated carrots, mashed bananas, toasted coconut, and pecans. Warm cloves and mace set it apart from ordinary carrot cake. Cuts into 24 squares and freezes well.

Corn pancakes with cheese (cachapas) puree fresh corn into a silky batter, griddle into golden pancakes, and fold warm around a stick of gouda. A Venezuelan street food classic.

Oatmeal walnut cookies pack whole wheat flour, wheat germ, oats, raisins, and walnuts into a chewy cookie sweetened with brown sugar and orange juice concentrate. Hearty and wholesome.

Gluten Free Chocolate Pound Cake with Glaze recipe

Cognac Nanaimo bars are a Canadian no-bake classic with a chocolate-coconut-pecan base, cognac-orange buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate top. A boozy adult twist on the original.

Also like this mincemeat pastry squares recipe, and the pastry gives the lovely flakey texture.

Classic no-bake peanut butter chocolate cookies with oats, cocoa, sugar, and milk. Boil the base, stir in the oats and peanut butter, drop, and done.

Make your own decadent pumpkin pie with this simple recipe that will for sure become one of your favorites!