Dessert recipe collection

Meringue madeleines made with whipped egg whites, cake flour, and melted butter. Light as air with crisp edges, best eaten warm straight from the oven.

Meringue pecan pie binds Ritz cracker crumbs and chopped pecans into a stiff egg-white meringue, then bakes into a chewy-crisp slice. No pie crust required. Top with ice cream or fresh fruit and whipped cream.

No-bake cheesecake filling on a cinnamon cookie crust, topped with golden meringue. The filling sets from condensed milk and lemon juice, no water bath needed.

Classic vanilla meringue kisses filled with silky chocolate ganache: crisp shells piped from star-tipped pastry bags, slow-baked low, then thumbed open and spooned full of melted bittersweet cream.

Brandy-soaked apple fritters in a light, airy batter with cinnamon and ginger, deep-fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Served warm with chilled whipped cream.

These bars have been a family favorite for Mary Wilhelm of Sparta for decades.

Chocolate crinkle cookies with a frozen marshmallow surprise hidden inside, rolled in sugar and baked until they just crack. Fudgy, gooey, and fun for holiday baking.

Mexican chocolate mousse with flambeed Jamaican rum that burns off the harsh edge and leaves deep, smoky-sweet flavor folded into clouds of whipped cream. A make-ahead dinner-party dessert.

Try this tasty and simple snack made of cheddar cheese and monterey jack cheese.

Mexican mocha balls: shortbread-style chocolate-coffee cookies with chopped walnuts and maraschino cherries, rolled in extra-fine sugar. Perfect for the holiday cookie tray.

Mexican polvorones, crumbly cinnamon shortbread cookies coated in a chocolate-cinnamon sugar. Baked low and slow for a melt-in-your-mouth traditional Mexican cookie.

No-bake Mexican chocolate and mascarpone cheesecake with a cinnamon-chocolate-pecan graham cracker crust. Mascarpone and cream cheese filling set with gelatin and folded with whipped cream.

Microwave grape jelly made in 30 minutes with four ingredients. No canning kettle needed, just grape juice, sugar, pectin, and a quick lemon juice brightener.

Microwave fudge with chocolate chips, marshmallow cream, and unsweetened baking chocolate. A foolproof candy recipe that skips the candy thermometer and takes just 10 minutes to cook.

Homemade apple jelly made in the microwave with apple juice, pectin, and red hot cinnamon candies for a spicy-sweet twist. Yields 6 half pints in under an hour.

Midori cheesecake with melon liqueur in the filling, sour cream topping, and a Midori-gelatin glaze studded with fresh honeydew melon balls. A stunning green-tinted dessert for melon lovers.