Recipes with brown sugar, light

Hazelnut chocolate toffee layers crunchy buttery brown-sugar candy with toasted hazelnuts and a melted-on chocolate chip topping. Holiday gift candy that breaks into rough shards.

These are always a big hit. Sweet and spicy with crunchy edges and soft chewy center. Mmmm...

Rich devil's food layer cake: a deeply dark, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and buttermilk-style milk. The birthday cake blueprint.

Frosted orange cookies made with mandarin oranges baked into the dough, topped with an orange syrup glaze and fresh orange zest. Soft, fruity, and loaded with raisins and nuts.

White chocolate pecan chunk cookies baked low and slow at 300F for tender, soft-set centers. Hand-chopped white chocolate bars give bigger pools than chips, plus toasted pecans for crunch.

Fresh blackberries macerated in aged balsamic vinegar, layered with creamy Greek yogurt and honey, then topped with a crackly torched sugar crust. A no-bake crème brûlée that's elegant enough for a dinner party.

Chewy coconut cookies loaded with toasted almonds and sweet dates bake low and slow until golden-bottomed with crisp edges for 4 dozen treats.

A traditional British Easter fruitcake with a hidden almond paste layer, golden raisins, currants, and candied cherries. Topped with 11 marzipan balls for the Apostles.

Imagine, having all your favorite tastes...milk chocolate, peanut butter and jelly...rolled into one great snack!

Buttermilk walnut bundt cake baked over a brown sugar and Karo syrup topping with whole walnuts. A sticky-bottomed cake with a tender, airy crumb from whipped egg whites.

Spiced molasses hermit bars with apple butter, raisins, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Chewy, warmly spiced, and lighter than traditional hermit cookies.

PBO snackers: peanut butter oatmeal cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, and chocolate chips. Chewy-centered, crisp-edged lunchbox classics that bake up in 15 minutes flat.

Here's an easy and hearty casserole that makes it easy to feed the Independence day crowd.

Whole wheat cranberry bran bread folds chopped cranberries, raisin bran cereal, and orange juice into a moist, high-fiber quickbread loaf. Freezes well, perfect for breakfast or snacks.

A classic New England blueberry grunt made in the slow cooker. Berries simmer into a thick, bubbling sauce topped with fluffy biscuit dumplings and a sprinkle of brown sugar.

A sweet, buttery brown sugar sauce with vanilla, fresh lemon juice, and melted marshmallows spooned warm over Christmas plum pudding. A cherished family recipe ready in just 10 minutes.