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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.
Chinese Chews
Chinese chews, a sweet treat made with chopped dates and walnuts, and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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.
Flourless Lemon Almond Cake
A gluten-free, light and airy lemon cake make with almond flour, eggs, and sugar.
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.
Hummingbird Cake
Classic Southern cake made with bananas, pineapple, chopped pecans, and topped with a cream cheese frosting. And more pecans.
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 Blueberry Ricotta Pound Cake
Delicious fine crumb pound cake with butter, eggs, ricotta cheese, sugar, flour, lemon zest, and blueberries.
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.
Raspberry Walnut Tart
Raspberry tart with a shortbread crust, chopped walnuts, raspberries, and custardy filling.
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.
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.
Walnut Mocha Torte
German-style torte made with ground walnuts, whipped eggs, and bread crumbs, and a mocha whipped cream frosting.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
White chocolate and macadamia nut cookies spiked with just a touch of coffee.
Zabaglione
Zabaglione recipe, a simple Italian custard dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine. Also known as zabayon or sabayon.
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