10,000 sugar recipes

Old-fashioned lemon crackers made with baker's ammonia for an ultra-crisp, snappy texture. A heritage cookie recipe rolled thin and pricked with a fork before baking.

Creamy eggnog spiked with bourbon and dark rum creates a rich holiday cocktail that's dangerously smooth, with nutmeg-dusted foam crowning each glass.

Buttery shortbread base topped with raspberry jam and broiled almond meringue. Two-stage baking creates layers of tender cake, fruity jam, and golden meringue.

Cheese straws are a Southern cocktail-party classic: sharp aged cheddar and cayenne rolled into a buttery dough, fork-ridged, and baked crisp. Savory, spicy, and impossibly snackable.

Praline cream pie with a graham-praline crust, silky vanilla custard folded with crumbled pecan pralines, and pillowy whipped cream on top. A New Orleans dessert through and through.

Ugly Cake earns its name as the cream cheese topping bakes down into the yellow cake batter, leaving craggy peaks of sweetened cheese frosting on top. Looks rough, tastes like glory.

Ipswich lemon pie, a traditional English custard tart with lemon juice, zest, butter, and eggs in shortcrust pastry. A simple, elegant British dessert served hot or cold.

A rich, fudgy chocolate sheet cake with sour cream baked in a jelly roll pan and slathered with a creamy peanut butter chip frosting. Feeds a crowd and travels like a dream.

Sad cake, a chewy, gooey Bisquick cake of brown sugar, pecans and coconut that rises tall then sinks in the middle, exactly as it should. Dense and toffee-rich, it is irresistible warm with ice cream.

Ghoul-Ade Halloween punch made with grape and orange Kool-Aid mixed with ginger ale for fizz. A spooky, murky-colored party drink kids love.

Elephant ears with pecan filling: puff pastry rolled with cinnamon-cardamom-pecan filling, sliced and baked into butterfly-shaped pastries. Bakery-style breakfast treat at home.

Traditional Irish dressed cabbage braised in butter and bacon stock with a hint of nutmeg. Simple, buttery, and ready in 40 minutes, this heritage side dish turns humble cabbage into something you'll actually crave.

A four-layer Snickers pie: graham cracker crust, fudgy chocolate brownie layer studded with Snickers chunks, creamy cheesecake, and drizzled milk chocolate ganache on top. Decadent dessert overload.

Lightning-fast sheet cake with boiled cocoa mixture poured over flour and sugar, baked thin at high heat, then drenched in warm chocolate-nut frosting straight from the oven.

Treat yourself when dessert comes around with this rich and decadent cake that will have you hooked!

Chocolate cheesecake built on melted chocolate chips and 2 pounds of cream cheese, topped with sour cream layer and chocolate drizzle. A serious, dense chocolate dessert for special occasions.