22 jelly roll recipes

This over-the-top chocolate mousse cake layers brownie, whipped cream, and Tia Maria coffee liqueur inside a charlotte mold, then drips with silky chocolate glaze. Sinfully rich and worth every bite.

Showstopper pecan pie with homemade toffee crunch, caramel sauce drizzle, and pastry-leaf crust decoration. A Thanksgiving centerpiece that earns every compliment.

A thin, fudgy chocolate sheet cake with sour cream for moisture, topped with a warm boiled cocoa icing poured on while still hot. Bakes in a jelly roll pan and feeds a big crowd fast.

Chocolate snowy cake with a fluffy whipped cream filling between a cocoa sheet cake and a poured chocolate frosting. An eggless cake base with vinegar for lift.

French-style almond macaroons piped from almond paste, filled with rum-spiked chocolate ganache, and dipped in a semisweet chocolate glaze. An elegant three-part cookie.

Butter-toasted pecans coated in melted chocolate candy coating and dropped into crunchy clusters. Just 3 ingredients, 3 dozen pieces, and pure holiday candy tray gold.

A rich, fudgy chocolate sheet cake with sour cream baked in a jelly roll pan and slathered with a creamy peanut butter chip frosting. Feeds a crowd and travels like a dream.

White chocolate mousse cake layered between sheets of genoise with candied citrus peel, pine nuts and shaved white chocolate curls. An elegant layered dessert with bright grapefruit, orange and lemon zest running through every bite.

Versatile yeast dough that makes both buttery crescent dinner rolls and glazed cinnamon raisin rolls. One big-batch recipe, two classic results, 48 rolls total.

King cake for Mardi Gras, a sour cream yeast dough rolled with cinnamon-sugar butter, shaped into an oval ring, and decorated with purple, green, and gold sugars. New Orleans tradition at home.

Kahlua mousse brownies, a thin sheet brownie spiked with coffee liqueur and instant coffee for deep chocolate-mocha flavor. Bake in a jelly roll pan and sandwich with ice cream for a fancy dessert.

Nusskipferl are Austrian yeast-leavened crescent cookies filled with sweet ground nut meringue. A traditional Viennese coffeehouse pastry rolled jelly-roll style and curved into delicate horns.

Onion cheddar bread made with whole wheat flour, onion soup mix, and sharp cheddar rolled inside. A jelly-roll style yeast bread with cheese baked on top.

Yeasted coffee cake with a sour cream dough, sweet cream cheese filling rolled jelly-roll style, and vanilla glaze with sliced almonds. An overnight rise makes it brunch-ready.

Cream cheese pinwheel cookies with a cinnamon-walnut-orange filling rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into spirals. A make-ahead cookie that yields five dozen.

Poppy seed rolls with a rich sour cream yeast dough filled with honey-stir-fried poppy seeds, raisins, candied orange peel, and meringue, rolled jelly-roll style and iced with lemon glaze.