1,652 dessert recipes

Cookie cutter brownies are firm fudgy bars baked flat, chilled, and stamped into hearts, stars, or letters with regular cookie cutters. The foil-sling method makes lifting and shaping clean every time.

Slice-and-bake chocolate walnut cookies built on a flourless-style dough with a pound of melted semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Crackly tops, fudgy centers, almost no flour.

Chewy cocoa brownies studded with crunchy nuts combine fudgy chocolate flavor with textural contrast in every bite.

A vegan pumpkin pie with a silky tofu-set custard, spiced with cinnamon, ginger and mace and sweetened with molasses, in a flaky from-scratch crust. An egg- and dairy-free holiday classic.

Mom's baklava layers buttery phyllo with a blend of ground almonds and walnuts, soaked in cinnamon-lemon honey syrup. The cool-syrup-over-hot-pastry trick keeps every flaky layer crisp.

Pumpkin pie with pan-browned pumpkin for deeper caramelized flavor and a sugar-flour barrier under the custard that keeps the crust crisp. Holiday classic, reimagined.

Super chocolaty brownies baked sheet-pan style with a pound each of bittersweet chocolate and butter, eight eggs, and a 24-hour rest before slicing into 2-inch squares.

Kahlua mousse brownies, a thin sheet brownie spiked with coffee liqueur and instant coffee for deep chocolate-mocha flavor. Bake in a jelly roll pan and sandwich with ice cream for a fancy dessert.

Fudge-pecan pie with bittersweet chocolate melted into a buttery corn syrup filling and loaded with chopped pecans. A holiday-table classic that splits the difference between Southern pecan pie and dense chocolate fudge.

Vegan pumpkin or squash pie with silken tofu, honey or maple, molasses, and a hint of coriander and almond extract. Egg-free and dairy-free, with custard-like texture from blended tofu.

Lower-fat fudgy brownies built on applesauce instead of butter, with cocoa, eggs, and a handful of chocolate chips. Dense, moist, and properly fudgy without any added oil.

Classic oatmeal raisin cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped pecans. Three full cups of quick oats for a chewy, hearty texture in every bite.

Fresh strawberries dipped in melted chocolate bark for a classic romantic treat. Includes a bonus technique for making a drizzled chocolate basket to serve them in. Two ingredients, ten minutes of prep, endlessly impressive.

Chocolate mint brownies stack a fudgy chocolate syrup brownie with cool mint buttercream and a glossy mint chocolate chip glaze. Three-layer Andes-style treat that slices into 36 squares.

Double Chocolate Fudgey Brownies with Walnuts recipe

Old-fashioned applesauce cake with cinnamon, cloves, and a hint of cocoa, studded with raisins and baked in a 9x13 pan. Tender, moist, and ready to slice in 50 minutes.