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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

  • Peaches with Spiced Vanilla Syrup 

    Peaches with Spiced Vanilla Syrup 

    Ingredients Apple Pie Spice 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 cinnamon stick 4 large, ripe peaches, halved and pitted Preparation Combine water, sugar, and Apple Pie Spice. Remove from heat and…

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  • Tiramisu 

    Tiramisu 

    This authentic Tiramisu Recipe made completely from scratch. A creamy mascarpone filling sits between three layers of homemade lady fingers soaked in rum and coffee with a dusting of cocoa powder on…

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  • 10-Minute Lime Cracker Pie

    10-Minute Lime Cracker Pie

    This icebox cake has the spirit of a Key lime pie and can be layered up in 10 minutes (if you’re not too precious about lining things neatly),…

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  • Heaven on Earth Cake

    Heaven on Earth Cake

    Creamy, decadent, and full of yummy cherries and cream, this heaven on earth cake is worthy of its name. Whip up this heavenly dessert next time you are…

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  • Tomato Cake

    Tomato Cake

    Ingredients Cake 1 pound tomatoes, or more as needed to yield 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons purée, divided use 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon…

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  • Cherry Garcia Cookie

    Cherry Garcia Cookie

    Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 sticks (1 1/2 cups) butter, softened at room temperature 1 egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 3 cups flour…

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  • Grandbaby Carrot Cake

    Grandbaby Carrot Cake

    This Amazing Carrot Cake is perfect for Easter or year round!  Made incredibly delicious and moist with fresh carrots, pineapple, a blend of warm spices and a homemade…

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  • Instant Pot Lava Cakes

    Instant Pot Lava Cakes

    The best ever lava cake recipe, offering a decadent chocolate cake dessert with a surprise center of warm, melted chocolatey goodness,or peanut butter, or caramel, or Nutella. Yep, you…

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  • Iron Skillet Apple Pie

    Iron Skillet Apple Pie

    Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 5 eaches Granny Smith apples — peeled, cored, quartered, and thinly sliced 3 (9 inch) refrigerated prerolled pie crusts 1…

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  • Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Perfect for dinner parties, low-key birthday cakes or to cope with the stress of an election year, here’s a recipe that combines a few of our favorite things:…

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