Recipes with brown sugar, light

Old-fashioned butterscotch cream pie with a deep brown sugar custard, butter and vanilla finish, topped with fresh whipped cream. Classic American pastry-shop dessert from scratch.

Broiled pork tenderloin sliced and tossed in homemade BBQ sauce, piled on kaiser rolls with a tangy vinegar coleslaw. The ultimate game day sandwich, ready in about 35 minutes.

Lebkuchen (German honey cakes) blend honey, brown sugar, lemon, almonds, citron, and warm spices into a chewy spice cookie cut into fancy holiday shapes. Traditional Christmas cookie from Nuremberg.

From-scratch pineapple upside-down cake baked in cast-iron skillets with a caramelized brown sugar and Karo syrup topping, pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, and optional pecans. A buttermilk batter with folded egg whites for extra lift.

Norwegian molasses cookies rolled in sugar and baked until crackled and flat. Made with brown sugar, molasses, and egg substitute. Top with confectioners' sugar glaze and sprinkles for a festive touch.

Thinly sliced Granny Smith apples layered with cinnamon and brown sugar, blanketed in cheese, and baked in a rich egg-cream custard. This sweet-savory apple quiche is brunch at its most unexpected.

Walnut-stuffed dates wrapped in buttery sour cream cookie dough and brushed with a vanilla glaze. These retro blind date cookies are chewy, nutty, and irresistible.

Oatmeal cookies loaded with golden raisins and chocolate chips. Chewy, hearty, and ready in 30 minutes from start to finish.

Frangelico chocolate cake with coffee-spiked cocoa frosting. Hazelnut liqueur and strong coffee deepen the chocolate flavor in this rich, two-layer celebration cake.

Fried apple pies are hand-held Southern hand pies with spiced apple filling tucked into a homemade dough, deep-fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Brown sugar blondies loaded with butterscotch chips and chopped nuts. No cocoa, all caramel and vanilla. The butterscotch cousin to classic chocolate brownies.

Banana chocolate marble cake swirls melted semi-sweet chocolate into a moist sour cream banana batter, finished with a glossy orange-scented chocolate ganache.

Homemade pizza dough that rises to crisp, chewy perfection on a hot stone. Six pantry ingredients, double-yeast for proper lift, makes two thin-crust 12-inch pies or one thick-crust pizza.

Apple bean bake with great northern beans, tart apples, onions, brown sugar, and a hint of cinnamon. A sweet-savory baked bean side that turns Sunday supper into something special.

Sweet, rich and delicious...a decadent ending to a light meal or, just as a snack. The kiddies will love these.

Filet mignon strips marinated in soy, sherry, garlic and ginger, then woven onto bamboo skewers for hot oil fondue. Served with a crunchy beansprout and Chinese leaf salad on the side.