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Apple Almond Cranberry Pie

Cranberry almond apple pie recipe, using Odense Almond Paste, tart apples, cranberries, chopped almonds, with a streusel topping.

Apple Carrot Cupcake

Moist and delicious apple carrot spice cupcakes with a goat cheese and cream cheese frosting.

Apple Cobbler

Packed with green apples, not too sweet, and with a thick, delicious almost shortbread-like crust, this apple cobbler is a favorite dessert in our family.

Apple Coffee Cake

Delicious apple coffee cake recipe. Perfect apple cake for the Jewish High Holidays.

Apple Cranberry Currant Crumble Pie

Apple crumble pie with sliced apples, dried cranberries and currants, in a buttery crust with a brown sugar streusel topping.

Apple Cranberry Pie

This apple cranberry pie recipe is the perfect apple pie for Thanksgiving, and what we make every year. Flakey buttery crust, spiced apples mixed with dried cranberries and brandy.

Apple Crisp

Crunchy, crispy apple crisp recipe. Baked sliced tart apples topped with a streusel oat topping, with plenty of brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon.

Apple Upside Down Cake

Upside down apple cake with caramel sauce and apple wedges in a flour cornmeal batter.

Applesauce Spice Cake

Easy applesauce spice cake, made with applesauce, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, walnuts, and raisins.

Apricot Berry Cobbler

Apricot and berry cobbler with buttermilk biscuit cobbler topping.

Baked Apples

Classic baked apples filled with pecans, cinnamon, raisins, butter, and brown sugar.

Banana Sheet Cake

Easy banana sheet cake with cream cheese frosting, perfect for a large gathering.

Berry Almond Crumble

Easy-to-make summer dessert with mixed berries and a brown sugar almond crumble topping.

Berry and Banana Terrine

Beautiful summer berry and banana terrine recipe, a gelatin and white grape juice base, filled with fresh berries and bananas.

Berry Cobbler with Coconut Walnut Topping

A delicious blend of fresh blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries, and strawberries make up this berry cobbler recipe. Topped with a coconut walnut streusel topping.

Berry Tart

Summer berry tart with an all-butter crust, mascarpone cheese and whipped cream base, covered with raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.

Bisquick Apple Coffee Cake

Apple coffee cake recipe made with Bisquick baking mix, with brown sugar streusel topping.

Bittersweet Chocolate Cake

Bittersweet chocolate cake, adapted from the Silver Palate Cookbook. Almost a pound of chocolate, a dozen eggs, 2 cups of sugar, almost a pound of butter, a cup of flour.

Blackberry Cobbler

No time to make a pie? Make a cobbler instead! Blackberry cobbler with fresh blackberries and topped with a homemade biscuity cobbler topping.

Blackberry Frozen Yogurt

Creamy blackberry frozen yogurt with fresh or frozen blackberries, yogurt, lemon zest, cardamon, and cinnamon.

Blackberry Muffins

Rich, moist, lucious blackberry muffins recipe. A family favorite.

Blackberry Pie

The best blackberry pie ever. No kidding. All butter crust, loads of blackberries, spiced with a little lemon, cinnamon, and almond extract. Yum.

Blackberry Slump

Blackberries cooked on the stovetop with sugar and lemon, topped with dumplings.

Blueberry Buckle

Blueberry buckle recipe, an old-fashioned single layered cake, peppered with blueberries, and topped with a streusel topping.

Blueberry Cake

Lovely blueberry cake recipe, simple single layer cake made with two cups of fresh blueberries.

Blueberry Frozen Yogurt

Easy to make blueberry frozen yogurt, made with fresh or frozen blueberries. Light alternative to ice cream, intense blueberry flavor.

Blueberry Muffins

Fabulous blueberry muffins recipe - light, fluffy, and packed with blueberries. An all time favorite.

Blueberry Pie

Simple, classic blueberry pie recipe, perfect for the summer blueberry season.

Blueberry Shortcake

Like blueberries? Try them in a blueberry shortcake with biscuits and whipped cream.

Blueberry Sorbet

Smooth and ultra blueberry-y, homemade blueberry sorbet, perfect for a hot summer day.

Boysenberry Cobbler

Quick and easy, classic boysenberry cobbler recipe.

Boysenberry Pie

Homemade boysenberry pie recipe with fresh off-the-vine boysenberries, a cross between blackberries, loganberries, and raspberries.

Bread Pudding

Authentic New Orleans bread pudding with French bread, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, spices, and served with a Bourbon sauce.

Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Homemade butter pecan ice cream, made with a custard base, browned butter, and toasted pecans.

Buttermilk Pudding

Old fashioned buttermilk pudding, deliciously tart, sweet, and creamy.

Butterscotch Pudding

Rich and creamy old fashioned butterscotch pudding, made with butter, brown sugar, cream, milk, and egg yolks.

Buttery Apple Torte

Italian apple torte, a single layer buttery cake filled with apple slices.

Caramel Apples

Traditional caramel candy apples recipe. Sweet red apples on a stick, dipped in delicious caramel sauce. Perfect for Halloween.

Caramel Sauce

Classic smooth, creamy, and delicious caramel sauce recipe. Made with sugar, butter, and cream.

Caramelized Nut Tart

Do you love nuts? This nut tart recipe combines walnuts, pecans, and almonds, in a caramel filling, served in a buttery crust.

Cardamom Citrus Fruit Salad

Citrus fruit salad, perfect for winter citrus, pink grapefruit and navel oranges, sweetened with honey, seasoned with lime juice and cardamom.

Carrot Cake

Our favorite carrot cake recipe, with walnuts, coconut, and pineapple, and a cream cheese frosting.

Chai Ice Cream

Homemade chai tea ice cream, infused with star anise, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, peppercorns, cardamom, and black tea.

Champagne Sorbet

Champagne sorbet recipe, perfect dessert for the holidays or special occasions.

Cherry Clafouti

Fresh cherries baked in a custard-like base with slivered almonds and a splash of Amaretto, then lightly dusted with powdered sugar.

Cherry Frozen Yogurt

Enjoy the bounty of cherry season with easy-to-make frozen yogurt made with fresh cherries.

Cherry Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

Homemade cherry ice cream made with fresh, sweet cherries, milk, cream, sugar, with shaved bittersweet chocolate folded in.

Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

A truly special pumpkin pie with a jelled pumpkin and meringue filling and a gingersnap cookie crust.

Chipotle Flourless Chocolate Cake

Flourless chocolate cake spiced up with a bit of chipotle powder and cinnamon, a little like Mexican hot chocolate. Great kick at the finish.

Chocolate Bourbon Cake

Delicious chocolate bundt cake infused with bourbon whiskey.

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Chocolate covered strawberries, dipped first in white chocolate, then in dark chocolate. Tuxedo strawberries, a perfect treat for Valentine's Day.

Chocolate Fondue

Chocolate fondue is easy and fun to make, a party favorite. Dip fresh fruit and other dippables into the hot, melted creamy chocolate mixture.

Chocolate Ganache Torte

Over-the-top rich chocolate ganache torte recipe with up to two pounds of chocolate, a stick of butter and a cup of cream. Also called Death-By-Chocolate.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Rich and creamy homemade chocolate ice cream, with a custard base, milk, cream, sugar, chocolate and cocoa.

Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate mousse is a great dessert for entertaining because 1) it looks pretty, 2) everyone gets their own serving, and 3) you can make it a day ahead of time.

Chocolate Pudding

Homemade stovetop chocolate pudding. Enjoy chocolate pudding the way it is supposed to be made, from scratch, with cocoa powder, sugar, milk, egg, and chocolate chips.

Chocolate Truffles

Easy-to-make chocolate truffles made with chocolate and cream, assorted flavors, and coated with either cocoa or chopped nuts.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Tried and true moist chocolate zucchini cake with shredded zucchini, orange peel, pecans and a sugar glaze.

Cinnamon Ice Cream

Homemade cinnamon ice cream with a custard base, cream, milk, sugar, and cinnamon.

Cinnamon Sticky Buns

Cinnamon sweet sticky buns, with melted brown sugar and pecans.

Coffee Heath Bar Ice Cream

Inspired by Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream, this coffee-infused ice cream is mixed in with chopped Heath Bar toffee.

Coffee Ice Cream

Homemade coffee ice cream recipe using milk and cream infused with whole coffee beans.

Coffee Oreo Cookie Mount Gay Ice Cream

Outrageously good homemade icecream with a coffee custard base, oreo cookies, and Mount Gay rum.

Cranberry Sorbet

Bright pink and refreshing cranberry sorbet, made with fresh cranberries, sugar, cranberry juice, and orange zest.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Quick, easy, and delicious cream cheese frosting, for cakes and cupcakes.

Eggnog Ice Cream

Homemade eggnog ice cream, with egg yolks, cream, milk, sugar, and eggnog spices.

Eggnog Pound Cake

Crowd-pleasing holiday eggnog cake recipe with a pound cake base, eggnog, dried currants, rum, nutmeg and orange zest. Orange, rum, sugar glaze.

Extra Thick Apple Pie

Also called mile-high apple pie, this extra thick apple pie is stacked high with apples, not overly sweet, and has a buttery crust. The problem with baking thick apple pies is that the apples shrink as they cook, leaving a gap between the crust and the apples, which usually collapses upon cooling. The trick is to gently cook the apples first, so that they do their reducing before they go in the pie.

Fig Galette

Rustic fig galette with a simple butter crust, a layer of marmalade, and quartered fresh mission figs.

Fourth of July Buttermilk Pie

Classic American buttermilk pie, fancied up a bit with red, white, and blue (raspberries, whipped cream, and blueberries).

French Vanilla Ice Cream

Classic French vanilla ice cream, homemade vanilla ice cream using a custard base, sugar, cream, and real vanilla beans.

Gingerbread Cake

Old-fashioned gingerbread cake loaded with three kinds of ginger, spices, honey and molasses.

Grandma’s Pineapple Cucumber Lime Jello Salad

Wonderfully retro jello salad recipe made with pineapple, cucumber, horseradish, and lime jello.

Grandma’s Sunshine Salad

Classic retro sunshine Jello salad recipe, with lemon Jello, grated carrots, and crushed pineapple.

Grandma’s Zucchini Cake

My grandmother's recipe for a gently spicy sheet cake, made with freshly grated zucchini.

Grasshopper Pie

Chilled mint green grasshopper pie with an Oreo cookie crust. Grandma's favorite.

How to Make Butterscotch

When was the last time you tasted authentic butterscotch? A classic butterscotch sauce recipe with brown sugar, butter, and cream.

Indian Pudding

Traditional American Indian Pudding recipe from the Concord Museum cookbook, Concord, Massachusetts.

Kahlúa Brownies

Rich and fudgy chocolate brownies flavored with vanilla and Kahlúa liqueur.

Le Talleyrand

Simone Beck's flambeed cherry custard meringue dessert, named after 19th century French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord.

Lemon Tart

Positively scrumptious lemon tart with lemon curd, candied lemon peel, and an almond-hinted shortbread crust.

Lime Mango Sorbet

Luscious lime mango sorbet recipe, with fresh mangos, lime juice, simple syrup, and a dash of tequila.

Marion Blackberry Shortcake

Berry shortcake recipe made with sweet marion blackberries, or marionberries. Several biscuit recipes, including a scratch biscuit recipe, recipe for Bisquick biscuits, and a gluten-free biscuit recipe.

Marsala Poached Pears

Bosc pears poached in Marsala wine with star anise, cinnamon, and cloves.

Melon Sorbet

Honeydew and mint, cantaloupe and lime, refreshing melon sorbets. Perfect for summer.

Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream

Homemade chocolate ice cream flavored with cinnamon and a dash of spice.

Meyer Lemon Sorbet

Intensely lemony, this crisp Meyer lemon sorbet is like making lemonade with a detour through the ice cream maker.

Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream, made with fresh mint, milk, cream, a custard base, and semi-sweet or dark chocolate.

Mint Chocolate Pudding Cakes

Mint chocolate pudding cakes, mini volcanos of mint chocolate, warm liquid chocolate surrounded by chocolate cake.

Mint Julep Ice Cream

Enjoy this Southern classic, the mint julep, in its ice cream form. Homemade ice cream flavored with fresh mint, vanilla, and bourbon.

Mom’s Baked Apple Slices

Baked apple slices recipe with fresh apple slices, baked with sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon.

Mom’s Nectarines

How to preserve summer fruit such as nectarines and peaches, with just ascorbic acid and sugar.

Moroccan Orange Dessert

A traditional Moroccan dessert made with oranges, orange flower water and cinnamon.

Mrs. Adams’ Delicious Pound Cake

A truly delicious pound cake recipe made with 1 lb of Imperial margarine, 6 eggs, 1 lb of sugar, and 3 cups of cake flour.

Mrs. Paxton’s Raw Apple Cake

Spicy bundt cake made with chopped fresh apples, grated coconut, and walnuts or pecans, topped with a sugar glaze.

Nectarine and Peach Cobbler

Sweet, Southern-style nectarine and peach cobbler recipe. Fresh nectarine and peach slices baked with a cobbler topping.

Old Fashioned Apple Pie

Old fashioned apple pie recipe with 3 pounds of sliced cooking apples, sugar, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and brandy, baked up in an all-butter crust.

Orange Cornmeal Cake

Orange cornmeal cake recipe, kind of a cross between a coffee cake and cornbread. Light, moist, not too sweet.

Pavlova

Recipe for individual servings of Pavlova, the egg white meringue dessert named after Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.

Peach Blueberry Cake

Elegant peach and blueberry cake with a rich, buttery, biscuit-like crust.

Peach Cobbler

Peach cobbler, easy and delicious, prepared with ripe yellow peaches, lemon, nutmeg, and a crumbled dough topping.

Peach Galette

Peach galette rustic tart made with slices of fresh yellow peaches in a simple butter crust.

Pear and Cranberry Rustic Tart

Rustic tart with Bosc or Bartlett pears, fresh cranberries, ginger, and a touch of almond.

Pear Ginger Maple Pie

Pear pie with streusel topping, filled with chopped pears and accented with candied ginger and maple syrup. A perfectly delicious autumn pie.

Pear Tart

Delicate and delicious pear tart, thinly sliced Bosc pears arranged over frangipane almond paste, glazed with apricot jam, in an all-butter crust.

Pecan Pie

Traditional pecan pie recipe using fresh pecans, molasses, corn syrup, brown sugar, and eggs.

Peppermint Ice Cream

Homemade peppermint ice cream, perfect for the holidays. Step-by-step instructions with photos.

Perfect Cheesecake

Beautiful, classic cheesecake, tangy and sweet, with a velvety smooth and rich texture.

Perfect Pie Crust

Several pie crust recipes - an all butter pie crust, or pate brisee, an all butter crust with almonds, combining butter and shortening crust, and how to pre-bake or blind-bake a pie crust.

Persimmon Pudding Cake

Rich and wonderful persimmon pudding cake, made with hachiya persimmon pulp, eggs, butter, milk, vanilla, flour, sugar, spices, and chopped nuts.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

The best pineapple upside down cake recipe ever. No kidding. Caramel topping with pineapple rounds over a dense cake with almond flour.

Plum Cobbler

Easy and delicious classic plum cobbler, using Santa Rosa plums, topped with a biscuity cobbler topping.

Plum Galette

Bright and delicious rustic plum tart, using a variety of tart plums, raisins, and pecans.

Plum Sorbet

Simple plum sorbet recipe made with fresh sliced plums, lemon juice, sugar, and a little Grand Marnier.

Plum Upside Down Cake

Delicious individual sized upside down cakes made with plums.

Pumpkin Bread

What to do with leftover pumpkin? Make pumpkin bread of course! Easy pumpkin bread recipe with pumpkin puree and walnuts, and spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice.

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Tall and creamy pumpkin cheesecake with a graham cracker crust.

Rhubarb Berry Pie

Rhubarb berry pie recipe. A perfect blend of tart rhubarb and the sweet marionberry blackberries.

Rhubarb Crumble

Bright pink and fruity rhubarb, baked with sugar, vanilla, and cardamom, with brown sugar, butter, and flour crumble topping.

Rhubarb Ginger Galette

Rustic rhubarb tart recipe, easy to make, perfect for spring. Slice rhubarb with candied ginger and sugar filling in an unstructured butter-crust.

Rhubarb Meringue Pie

Tart and tangy rhubarb meringue pie with orange zest, cinnamon, ground ginger, piled high with a light and fluffy meringue.

Rhubarb Sorbet

Welcome spring with fresh and fruity rhubarb sorbet, made with vibrant pink rhubarb stalks, orange zest, and fresh ginger.

Rice Pudding

Classic, creamy rice pudding recipe. Boiled rice with milk, cream, egg, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and raisins.

Ricotta-Mascarpone Mousse with Balsamic Strawberries

A beautiful blend of fresh strawberries, aged balsamic vinegar, and a hint of sugar, topped with a ricotta-mascarpone mousse.

Root Beer Float

The quintessential summer treat, a root beer float, with scoops of vanilla ice cream floating in bubbly foamy root beer.

Rose Petal Flan

Light caramel flan with a hint of roses, custard made with whole milk, sugar, and eggs.

Rustic Apricot Tart

Rustic apricot tart, with cardamom and chipotle powder to give it its unique flavor. Baked on the grill, perfect for a hot summer day when you don't want to heat up the kitchen.

Sour Cream Apple Pie with Streusel Topping

Absolutely delicious sour cream apple pie with a brown sugar, flour, and butter streusel topping.

Spritz Cookies

A classic Christmas cookie, originated in Germany and Scandinavia. Spritz is a simple butter cookie pressed into festive shapes and topped with all sorts of garnishes.

Strawberry Cream Cake

Beautiful three-layer strawberry cream cake for that special occasion. Rich pound cake cut into three layers, filled with fresh strawberries, whipped cream, and strawberry puree. Topped with whipped cream and strawberries.

Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Easy to make frozen yogurt recipe with fresh fresh strawberries. Lighter than ice cream but still creamy, and packed with strawberry flavor.

Strawberry Mascarpone Tart

Tart with fresh strawberries, macerated in sugar, over a creamy mascarpone base and brushed with a balsamic glaze.

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

Easy-to-make strawberry rhubarb cobbler. Strawberries, rhubarb, sugar, orange peel baked with a biscuit-like cobbler crust topping. Serve with whipped cream.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Classic and delicious strawberry rhubarb pie recipe. Sweet fresh strawberries paired with tart rhubarb and a hint of orange zest.

Strawberry Rhubarb Terrine

Molded strawberry rhubarb dessert terrine, with fresh strawberries, rhubarb, lemon juice, and orange zest.

Strawberry Shortcake

Old-fashioned strawberry shortcake recipe, with fresh strawberries, sliced and macerated in sugar, spooned over freshly baked biscuits, topped with whipped cream.

Strawberry Shortcake Sliders

Mini strawberry shortcakes, finger food, perfect little single bite servings, great for parties.

Strawberry White Chocolate Mousse

Smooth and creamy strawberry mousse made with fresh strawberries, cream, gelatin, sugar, lemon juice and white chocolate.

Sugar High Friday – Cooking Up Custard

Sugar High Friday Custard round-up with links to 60 great custard recipes.

Super Easy, Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

Easy to make, unusually moist chocolate cupcakes and no mixer required! No eggs either, the recipe uses a combo of baking soda and vinegar for leavening.

Suzanne’s Best Brownies

The best chocolate brownie recipe, with flour, cocoa, eggs, sugar, butter, pecans, and a touch of almond extract.

Suzanne’s Chocolate Cake

Rich, moist, three-layer chocolate cake with a butter cocoa frosting.

Suzanne’s Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie

Easy and delicious traditional pumpkin pie recipe with fresh or canned pumpkin puree, cream, brown and white sugar, eggs, and pumpkin spice.

Sweet Cherry Pie

Cherry pie made with fresh, sweet cherries, baked in a buttery crust.

Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping

Holiday sweet potato pie with a pecan topping. Sweet potatoes baked with eggs, brown sugar, maple syrup and spices into a pre-baked butter pie crust, topped with pecans.

Tangerine Sorbet

So easy! Tangerine sorbet made from fresh tangerine juice, lemon juice, and sugar.

Tapioca Pudding

One of our favorite desserts growing up. This tapioca pudding recipe uses small pearl tapioca, milk, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

Triple-Layer White Cake with Orange Curd Filling

Triple-layer white cake recipe with orange curd filling. Over-the-top delicious.

Walnut Maple Pie

Walnut pie, similar to pecan pie, with fresh chopped walnuts, in a custardy base, sweetened with maple syrup.

Zabaglione

Zabaglione recipe, a simple Italian custard dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine. Also known as zabayon or sabayon.