Amazing Recipes Anyone Can Make
A collection of amazing, made often and LOVED dessert recipes.
Salted Maple Mini Pies Maple syrup and brown sugar make a sweet filling for these small pastry pies. They bake in a regular muffin tin and get a light sprinkle of flaky salt after baking. Use pure maple syrup here. Amber syrup has a milder flavor, while dark syrup gives […]
Pecan Pie Thumbprint Cookies Brown sugar shortbread cookies with small wells of chopped pecans and syrup. Chill the filled cookies before baking, then let the sticky centers cool before serving. The dough uses softened butter, brown sugar, flour, vanilla and salt, with no egg. Beat the butter and sugar until […]
Pumpkin Spice Gooey Bars A spice-cake-mix crust topped with a soft pumpkin and cream cheese filling. These bars need time to cool and chill before cutting, so plan ahead. The cake mix goes into the crust dry, with melted butter and one egg. Do not prepare it using the instructions […]
The Ultimate Gingerbread Spice Mix A six-spice blend of cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and cardamom. Stir it together in five minutes and keep it in a dry, tightly sealed jar. Cinnamon and ginger make up most of this blend, with cloves, allspice and nutmeg adding a stronger spice flavor. […]
Caramel Apple Bark Fresh apple, soft caramel, and chopped nuts sit on a thin layer of chocolate in this chilled, no-bake bark. Make it the day you plan to serve it. This bark has the chocolate, caramel, and fresh apple of a dipped caramel apple, spread out on a tray. […]
Everything But The Lunchbox Cookies These oat cookies are packed with crushed pretzels, chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and candy-coated chocolates. The batch makes about 48 small cookies, so allow time for several trays. There is plenty going on in these cookies: chewy oats, salty pretzels, chocolate chips, and a little […]
Pecan Upside Down Cake This butter cake bakes over chopped pecans, brown sugar, and honey or maple syrup. Turn it out while the topping is still warm to reveal the sticky pecan layer. The pecan topping goes into the pan first, followed by the cake batter. As it bakes, the […]
Biscoff Tres Leches This Biscoff tres leches starts with a homemade sponge, soaked in three milks and cookie butter. Whipped cream, a little Biscoff drizzle, and cookie crumbs finish the chilled cake. The sponge gets its lift from beaten egg whites. Fold them into the batter gently so you keep […]
Apple Butter Cheesecake This baked cheesecake has a graham cracker base and a cinnamon apple-butter swirl. Make it ahead so the filling has time to chill and set before slicing. Apple butter is a thick, cooked apple spread, not dairy butter. It sits in small swirls across the top of […]
Reese’s Earthquake Cake This chocolate cake bakes over coconut and pecans, with spoonfuls of peanut butter cream cheese filling and peanut butter cups on top. It settles into uneven pockets as it cools. The cake starts with a boxed chocolate mix sized for a 9×13-inch pan. Follow that package for […]
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