Recipes with sugar

Three-ingredient New England cranberry sauce with fresh cranberries, sugar, and water. Homemade cranberry sauce that thickens as it cools, ready in under 30 minutes.

Elegant chocolate mousse in a press-in chocolate pastry crust, topped with chocolate curls and powdered sugar stripes. A no-bake filling in a baked flan shell.

No-bake apple cheesecake set with gelatin, scented with cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with brown-sugar applesauce and toasted peanuts. A creamy autumn dessert with no oven required.

Apple Cake for the barbecue. This is absolutely the best apple cake that I have ever had, or made!

Sophisticated British cake layered with armagnac-soaked prunes, diced apples, and almond streusel topping. Prunes soak overnight for deep flavor. Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Make grandma proud with this simple and easy crockpot recipe that is perfect for feeding a hungry group of people.

Buttery oatmeal cookie pops on sticks, decorated with frosting, chocolate sprinkles, and gumdrops to look like little boy and girl faces. A fun baking project for kids.

Chow Gee Yok Har is a Chinese pork and shrimp stir-fry with Smithfield ham, bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, peanuts, and ginkgo nuts in a hoisin-soy sauce.

BBQ pulled chicken sandwich with dry-rubbed grilled whole chicken and a coffee-spiked vinegar barbecue sauce. Served on white buns with cole slaw, classic Southern style.

Buttery lemon anise biscotti: twice-baked Italian cookies flavored with bright lemon zest and warm anise. Crisp, dry, and made for dipping in coffee or sweet wine.

Overnight apple-orange coffee cake: a yeast-raised cake topped with juicy apples, raisins, and orange zest, then drizzled with orange glaze. Mix the night before, bake fresh in the morning.

Danish pastry twisted through with apricot preserves and topped with walnuts for a bakery-style breakfast treat that rises beautifully.

Fresh ginger cheesecake with a ground pecan crust, featuring three forms of ginger: preserves, ground, and fresh grated. A rich, spicy cheesecake baked low and slow, garnished with candied ginger.

Beef tenderloin steaks rubbed with a smoky brown sugar, paprika, and allspice blend then grilled to medium-rare in just 6 minutes. This 20-minute date night dinner for two is pure steakhouse class at home.

Fresh blueberry pie with a tangy sour cream custard binding the berries and a crisp buttered breadcrumb crumble on top. Summer dessert with bright berry flavor and creamy texture.

Easy crockpot Brunswick stew simmers chicken, ham, potatoes, lima beans, corn, and tomatoes into a hearty Southern slow cooker meal. Set-and-forget classic, feeds a crowd.