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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

  • Hatch Chile Cupcakes

    Hatch Chile Cupcakes

    Ingredients 3 cups All Purpose Flour 3 cups Granulated Sugar 1 teaspoon Salt 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder 1 Tablespoon Ground Cinnamon 1 1/2 cups Canola Oil 4 Eggs 2 teaspoon  Vanilla Extract 1 13-ounce can Unsweetened Coconut Milk 1 8-ounce can Crushed Pineapple,…

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  • Hatch Green Chile Cornbread Cupcakes with Honey Buttercream 

    Ingredients 1 1/4 cup All Purpose Four 1/2 cup Yellow Cornmeal 2 Tablespoons roasted Mild Hatch Chiles, finely diced 1 teaspoon Baking Powder 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda 1/2…

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  • Russian Buttercream

    Russian Buttercream

    Ingredients 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, cubed and room temp ≈70°F 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk, refrigerated for at least 2 hours 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or…

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  • Buttermilk Pie 

    Buttermilk Pie 

    Buttermilk pie is a classic southern custard pie made with basic pantry ingredients. Creamy and rich, it tastes like creme brulee. Easy and delicious. Ingredients   1 9-inch par-baked…

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  • Rough Puff Pastry 

    Rough Puff Pastry 

    Rough puff pastry is remarkably flaky, but can be made much easier and faster than full puff pastry. It’s made more like pie dough. I like to use…

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  • Cherry Cheesecake Pie

    Cherry Cheesecake Pie is a favorite family recipe- it’s insanely easy to make and impossible to screw up. If cherry cheesecake and pie had a baby, this would…

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  • All Buttah Pie Crust Dough 

    All Buttah Pie Crust Dough 

    The name says it all — this dough is all butter, all the time. Allow plenty of time for chilling, and it’ll turn out crazy flaky. — Erin…

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  • Easy Bavarian Cream

    Easy Bavarian Cream

    Ingredients 1 (3.4-ounce) box instant vanilla pudding 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream Procedure Combine the instant pudding and heavy whipping cream in a large bowl or the…

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  • Oreo Truffles 

    Oreo Truffles 

    So easy to make yet so yummy – this is the perfect no-bake treat! Lots of crushed Oreos combined with cream cheese, covered with lots of chocolate. Warning:…

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