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
Easy Microwave Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or margarine 1 each large beaten egg ¼ cup dark corn syrup 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon unbleached…
Gallery Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 2 eggs; beaten ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup brown sugar; firmly packed 1 cup unsalted butter; melted and…
Individual Pecan Pies
6 ounces all-purpose flour 5 ounces unsalted butter; melted 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 1 tablespoon water 3½ ounces pecan pieces 2 large eggs 2 ounces dark brown sugar;…
Maple Pecan Pie from the Heart of Texas
1 cup wheat pastry flour ½ cup unsalted butter; cut up ¼ teaspoon sea salt ¼ cup pecan halves; ground 3 tablespoons ice water 1 cup maple syrup…
Mocha Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, ¼ cup coffee liqueur 1 tablespoon instant coffee, dry ½ cup brown sugar; firmly packed 1 cup corn syrup…
New York Times Bourbon Pecan Pie
1¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon sea salt 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; cold and cut up 3 tablespoons shortening; cold 3 tablespoons ice water 3 eggs; beaten 1…
Pecan Oatmeal Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked 3 eggs; lightly beaten 1 cup brown sugar; firmly packed ½ cup dark corn syrup ½ cup evaporated milk ½ cup quick-cooking rolled…
Perfection Pecan Pie
1 cup all-purpose flour ⅛ teaspoon sea salt ½ cup Crisco shortening 3 tablespoons water ¼ cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 4 eggs…
Robb’s Caramel Pecan Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked ⅔ cups dark or light corn syrup 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed ½ cup unsalted butter, cut in small pieces ½…
Texas Pecan Pumpkin Pie
1 9-inch pie shell; unbaked ¾ cups pumpkin pie filling 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, firmly packed 1 large egg 2 tablespoons sour cream ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon ⅛…
