Recipes with brown sugar, light

Glazed beets in a sweet orange sauce with brown sugar, ginger, golden raisins, and orange zest. A quick side dish that turns canned beets into something special.

Buttery yeasted beignets scented with orange zest and rum, fried until golden, dusted with powdered sugar, and served with a warm homemade butterscotch dipping sauce.

Pecan sweet potato casserole for two with a brown sugar-pecan streusel topping. A small-batch Thanksgiving side that scales down the classic marshmallow-free version into a 3-cup baking dish.

Baked pears with vanilla ice cream: firm pears poached in apple juice, lemon, and brown sugar syrup until tender, chilled overnight, and served cored-side up with a scoop of ice cream.

A staple at English boarding schools, these individual cakes are served with afternoon tea. They don't keep well; after a day they take on the characteristics of "rocks".

A nice change from oatmeal. Also good with dried cranberries. The ingredient Wizard did not recognize powdered milk, so entered it as "milk" with "nonfat dry powder" in the preparation line.

Sour cream apple pie with a thick walnut-cinnamon streusel topping. Granny Smiths in vanilla custard under a buttery crumble. The high-heat start sets the shell, the low finish cooks the apples through.

This chili is a very great combination, all kinds of nutritient ingredients mix well together.

A delicious variation on the traditional pound cake! As noted in the recipe, the main ingredient measurements are by weight NOT volume. You'll notice that they are all one pound each. THAT'S what makes a TRUE pound cake.

Presto praline cookies (graham cracker pralines): graham crackers baked under a buttery brown sugar pecan toffee. Five ingredients, 40 minutes, crowd-pleaser cookies for any occasion.

No-bake penuche drop cookies made with brown sugar, butter, oats, and chopped nuts. A stovetop candy-style treat ready in minutes with no oven needed.

Chocolate espresso cheesecake: dense, dark cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust, finished with a glossy chocolate-pecan glaze. Real brewed espresso amplifies every cocoa note.

You can try, but they taste great and your guests will have trouble figuring out what they are.

Thai-style spicy peanut sauce for satay: red curry paste cooked in coconut cream until oily, finished with thin coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, tamarind, and ground peanuts.

Deep-dish apple pie bursting with cinnamon-spiced fruit and plump raisins under a golden, flaky crust. Warm, comforting dessert with hints of lemon and nutmeg.

Brown sugar pound cake with a deep caramel note and a toasted-pecan frosting that drips down the sides. A dense, buttery tube cake from TV weatherman Willard Scott's kitchen.