10,005 dessert recipes

Swiss Leckerli cookies: honey-spiced almond bars with candied citrus peel and kirsch, finished with a hardening sugar glaze. Traditional Basel Christmas market sweet that improves with age.

The name of these triple chocolate cookies says it all- or almost. Serve them only to guests who you don't want to have leave- ever!

A simple 4-ingredient cookie pie crust made with flour, melted margarine, and powdered sugar. Bakes up crisp and buttery in just 10 minutes. No rolling pin needed.

Apple dessert bars with a buttery shortbread crust, cinnamon-lemon apple layer, and a rich coconut-nut custard topping that bakes into chewy squares.

Apple praline cheesecake layers spiced sauteed apples into a cream cheese filling, then bakes under a buttery brown sugar pecan praline crust. Fall dessert showstopper.

Danish almond cookies (Mandel Kager) with cardamom and cinnamon, brushed with egg wash and topped with a blanched almond half. A traditional Scandinavian Christmas cookie.

A no-churn frozen chocolate dessert made with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, condensed milk, and toasted almonds. Silky, scoopable, and effortlessly elegant with just 5 ingredients.

Crisp, crumbly Swedish coconut cookies leavened with baker's ammonia for an ultra-light snap. Rolled into walnut-sized balls and baked until golden. Makes 4 dozen buttery, coconut-flecked treats in under an hour.

Betty Crocker mint swirl chocolate cake, that's easy to make using box cake mix and turns out very pretty.

Buttery carob pound cake made with whole wheat flour and honey instead of refined sugar. Baked in a tube pan until dense, moist, and rich with warm, toasty carob flavor.

Irish cream balls combine crushed vanilla wafers, toasted pecans, cocoa, and Irish cream liqueur into no-bake boozy bites rolled in powdered sugar. The grown-up holiday cookie tray staple.

Vanilla sheet cake split and filled with a whipped butter-shortening cream made with evaporated milk. Cut into squares for individual cream-filled cakes that taste like homemade Twinkies.

Marshmallow clouds wrap chocolate-pecan cookie dough around frozen mini marshmallows for soft, pillowy cookies with surprise sweet chewy centers. Better than s'mores, baked at home.

Traditional German sand tarts rolled paper-thin, cut into diamonds, brushed with egg white, and topped with cinnamon sugar and a pecan half. Crispy, buttery holiday cookies.

Lemon blossom pie with tall and tender meringue: a classic Southern-style bright lemon curd filling in a flaky baked pie shell, crowned with a sky-high, cloud-soft meringue that slices clean without weeping.

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with milk chocolate chips, chopped toffee bars, and maple syrup. Rolled into balls and baked until just set for a soft, chewy center.