10,005 dessert recipes

Maple oatmeal drop cookies with real maple syrup, sour cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, and ginger. Soft, cakey, and finished with a cinnamon-sugar sprinkle.

Greek kadaifi pastry with shredded dough layered around a cinnamon-almond filling, baked golden and soaked in honey-lemon syrup. A baklava cousin.

Fresh fruit pie with blueberries, strawberries, or peaches set in cornstarch-thickened glaze: whipped cream lining the crust, fruit filling on top, chilled until firm and sliceable.

I made this with the shortbread crust recipe and it was fabulous! Will make again many times... everyone loved it!

Four-layer spiced chocolate torte filled with apricot jam and frosted with a cocoa-espresso ricotta cream. Warm cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg give this butterless cake a complex, grown-up flavor.

I have made this pie several times, and everytime is a hit. The pineapple and coconut is a great combination. Very tasty pie.

Real-meat mincemeat in a manageable 20-serving batch. Beef, suet, apples, raisins, citron, and orange zest simmer with strong coffee, molasses, and warming spices into a deeply flavored holiday pie filling.

Pawpaw chiffon pie or parfait with North America's native tropical fruit folded into a gelatin-set egg white mousse. A taste of the Eastern woodlands in cool, custard form.

Haselnussmakronen, traditional German hazelnut macaroons: a cocoa meringue folded with crushed hazelnuts and lemon zest, baked low into chewy, flourless cookies. A naturally gluten-free holiday treat.

Hazelnut and anisette biscotti are twice-baked Italian cookies flavored with toasted hazelnuts, anise seed, lemon zest, and espresso powder. Crisp Christmas cookies for dunking in coffee.

Authentic biscotti di Prato from Tuscany. Twice-baked Italian almond cookies with toasted almonds, a pinch of saffron, and the traditional pasta-board well method. Crisp, dunkable, and built to keep.

A refreshing frozen citrus ice made with orange, grapefruit, and lemon juices thickened with gelatin and sweetened with sugar substitute. Light, tangy, and practically guilt-free, this diabetic-friendly dessert is pure frozen sunshine.

Moist, buttery and chocolaty cake looks so appealing as well. A perfect dessert when you have company coming over.

Absolutely Deep Dark Chocolate Fudge Biscuits recipe

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

No-bake chocolate cheesecake with melted chocolate chips, cream cheese, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Silky smooth with zero oven time needed.