10,000 sweet recipes

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A scrumptious cake made with raisins, glaced cherries and dark rum which makes it a popular Christmas favorite in the Caribbean.

Holiday Sugar Cookies with Chocolate Candies recipe

Cognac cookies, no-bake bourbon-ball cousins made with melted semisweet chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers, finely chopped pecans, and a generous splash of cognac. Roll in sugar and let them mellow.

Black licorice chocolate spiders are a 2-ingredient Halloween treat. Twizzler legs and melted chocolate form creepy little spiders kids can make themselves. No baking required.

Homemade fig newtons: a tender brown sugar and sour cream cookie dough wrapped around real homemade fig jam, baked in logs and sliced into soft bars. So much better than the boxed kind.

A homemade fudge recipe that is made the greatest combination: chocolate and peanut butter.

Lemon butter cookies are crisp rolled-and-cut cookies scented with lemon extract, perfect for decorating with colored sugar. A no-fuss eight-dozen batch for cookie trays and bake sales.

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Vegan no-bake chocolate macaroons made with rolled oats, cocoa and plant milks, boiled into a fudgy dough and set in the fridge. No oven, no dairy, no eggs. A quick chocolate-oat cookie with a hint of coconut.

This scrumptious Irish cake is so tasty, the boiled raisins and currants with butter give the cake great texture and flavor.

This apple cake is so moist and tasty. It's a great dessert, but I can have it for my breakfast with a cup of coffee or tea, fantastic.

Soft persimmon cookies studded with whiskey-soaked raisins and chopped walnuts, spiced with clove and nutmeg. A late-fall holiday cookie that uses ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp.

This crisp is quick and easy to make, and the blackberries can be substituted with other berries. Our favorite dish in fall and winter.

Savory yam casserole layers thin-sliced sweet potatoes in a cayenne-spiked cream, then crowns them with a crunchy topping of saltine crumbs, parmesan, and pecans. A grown-up, not-sweet take on the holiday classic.

Futari: an East African pumpkin and sweet potato stew simmered in coconut milk with cinnamon and cloves. A vegan side dish from Tanzania and Kenya, naturally gluten-free.