10,000 sugar recipes

Raspberry cranberry mousse: silky pink dessert with pureed raspberries, cranberry concentrate, whipped cream, and beaten egg whites. Light, tart, and ready for the holidays.

Buttery chocolate madeleines with a Kahlua syrup brush for extra moisture. These shell-shaped French cookies stay fresh for days and freeze beautifully.

Mandeltorte is a German almond torte with a buttery pastry shell, rich almond filling, raspberry jam layer, and piped lemon icing. An elegant European bakery-style dessert.

Mom's chocolate chunk cookies with chunky semi-sweet chocolate, toasted pecans, and a butter-margarine blend that gives crisp edges and chewy centers. Bakery-sized scoops.

Yeasted waffles with a lemon-scented buttery batter, cooked golden and crisp, then sandwiched with piped sweetened whipped cream. European-style brunch elegance.

Hot fudge sundae cake that bakes its own chocolate sauce underneath the cake layer. Pour hot water over the batter before baking, and the oven creates a fudgy pudding sauce beneath a light chocolate cake.

Two-layer cheesecake with a cream cheese filling baked first, then topped with a tangy sour cream layer and baked again. Simple, creamy, and foolproof on a graham cracker crust.

An elegant French toast with a touch of lemon, for a company brunch.

Thick, chewy white chocolate macadamia nut cookies baked low and slow for soft centers with golden, crispy edges. Bakery-sized cookies loaded with buttery macadamias and creamy white chocolate chunks.

No-bake strawberry cheesecake with cream cheese, whipped cream, and frozen strawberries set with gelatin on a graham cracker crust. Light, creamy, and smooth.

Soft chocolate chunk cookies with a hidden boost of peanut butter for tenderness, plus chunks of dark chocolate and chopped walnuts in every bite. Baked low and slow for chewy centers.

Apple coffee cake studded with fresh apple chunks, moist and flavorful, perfect for a fall morning.

Chocolate chunk cookies with hand-cut semi-sweet chocolate pieces and walnuts, topped with a melted chocolate glaze. Triple chocolate intensity in every cookie.

Mocha truffle cake: a flourless dark chocolate cake built with a pound of chocolate, a pound of butter, eight eggs, and strong coffee. Chilled overnight and frosted with vanilla whipped cream.

Pumpkin squares blend canned pumpkin with mincemeat, nutmeg, and allspice in a tender bar cookie, then frost with cream cheese icing. A holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Soft sour cream cookies loaded with fresh orange juice and zest, topped with a bright orange icing. Drop cookie simplicity with bakery-level citrus flavor.