Desserts
Dessert can be a slice of pie, a spoonful of custard, a crisp cookie, or a small confection. Cakes, fruit desserts, pastries, frozen preparations, and sauces give this collection its range of textures and serving styles. Browse by the kind of finish you want for the meal, then choose a recipe with the flavors and preparation you have in mind.
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Brownies & Bars
Brownies and bars gather a dessert into a bake that can be cut into portions. Pumpkin latte bars, blueberry squares, and coconut-cherry preparations offer different layers, fillings, and textures.
Cakes
Cinnamon roll cake, hot fudge cake, and other bakes bring different crumb textures and finishes to this collection. Browse cakes for slicing, layering, or serving warm with a suitable accompaniment.
Candy
Peanut brittle, chocolate truffles, and other candies turn sugar, chocolate, or nuts into small portions. Browse confections with different textures, from crisp pieces to a softer sweet center.
Cheesecakes
Cheesecake can be served as a whole cake, a square, or part of another dessert. Bacon-bourbon caramel and salted caramel variations show different flavors within a creamy cheese-based preparation.
Chocolate
Chocolate gives hot fudge sauce, cakes, and other desserts a common flavor while allowing very different textures. Browse this collection for a chocolate-focused component or a finished sweet dish.
Cobblers, Crisps & Crumbles
Fruit, crumbs, and batter combine in different ways in cobblers, crisps, and crumbles. Apple crisp and cream cheese cobblers offer contrasting approaches to a dessert served in spooned or cut portions.
Cookies
Lemon oatmeal cookies, biscotti, and savory pimiento cheese cookies show the variety of this collection. Browse for a cookie’s texture and flavor, whether you want a small sweet bake or a savory bite.
Dessert Pastries
Apple fritters, cream puffs, and other dessert pastries bring dough and fillings together in different forms. Browse pastries for a crisp shell, a tender center, or a layered sweet serving.
Frozen Desserts
Frozen desserts bring temperature into the texture of a sweet serving. Affogato, frozen yogurt, ice cream, and other preparations offer different bases and flavors for a chilled finish to the meal.
Fruit Desserts
Fruit gives these desserts their flavor, moisture, or contrasting texture. Blueberry squares, cherry cream squares, and apple crisp offer different ways to bring fruit into a sweet serving.
Mousses, Possets & No-Bake Desserts
Mousses, possets, and chilled desserts offer soft textures without relying on a baked cake structure. Lemon posset and chocolate mousse provide contrasting starting points for a spooned dessert.
Parfaits, Trifles & Layered Desserts
A trifle or layered dessert combines several textures in one serving. Chocolate-peach trifle, coffee carlota, and pecan pie layers offer different arrangements of cream, fruit, and other components.
Pies & Tarts
Apple squares, peach cream pie, and orange cream pie offer different fillings within the pie and tart collection. Pastry and crumb bases provide structure while fruit, cream, or other ingredients shape the finished slice.
Puddings & Custards
Lemon posset, rice pudding, and bread pudding bring different ingredients into a soft dessert. These puddings and custards invite attention to the texture of a serving eaten with a spoon.
In this collection
Bill’s Special Edition of Texas Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 3 eggs; slightly beaten 1 dash sea salt 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoons all-purpose flour; heaping 2 teaspoons cornmeal ½ cup Karo…
Caramel Pecan Apple Pie
2 9-inch pie crusts; unbaked 6 cups apples; peeled and sliced ¾ cups granulated sugar ¼ cup all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon sea salt 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or…
Christina’s Pecan Pie
1 recipe Lard-Crust Pastry or your favorite single crust pastry 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup light-colored corn syrup ⅔ cups sugar ⅓ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon…
Cranberry Pecan Tart
3 large eggs ⅔ cups dark brown sugar; firmly packed ⅔ cups corn syrup ¼ cup unsalted butter; melted and cooled ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon vanilla…
Favorite Chocolate Chip-Pecan Pie
1 8-inch pie shell; unbaked ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 large eggs ¾ cups dark corn syrup ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup unsalted butter or regular…
Gettie’s Apple Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 4 cups cooking apples; chopped 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; cut into small pieces 1 cup …
Kentucky Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 1 cup white corn syrup 1 cup brown sugar; firmly packed ⅓ teaspoon sea salt ⅓ cup unsalted butter or margarine; melted 3…
Maple Pecan Pumpkin Tart
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked ½ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon sea salt ¼ cup raisins ¼ cup pecan pieces 1 16-ounce can pumpkin filling…
Mom’s Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 3 eggs, beaten ¾ cups granulated sugar 1 cup Karo Light Corn Syrup 1 pinch sea salt 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 cup…
Old Pecan Street Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 4 eggs; beaten 1 cup light corn syrup ⅔ cups granulated sugar 3 tablespoons margarine; melted 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1½ cups pecan…
