Dessert Recipes

Easy Pie Dough

Old-Fashioned Flaky Pie Dough

This easy pie dough recipe doesn't require special equipment or training.

Quick and Easy Drop Biscuits

Just 25 minutes and five basic ingredients stand between you and these fluffy, tender drop biscuits.

Brown Butter Shortbread Cookies

A brown-butter twist on French sablés, with toasted sugar and malted milk powder for extra richness and complexity.

Extra-Smooth Pumpkin Pie

The secret to this pie filling’s unbelievable texture is the addition of cream cheese, which, happily, also helps keep the crust from getting soggy and adds a little pleasant tang.

Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

Fast, easy, and delicious.

Cook's Illustrated's Foolproof Pie Dough

The secret to this pie dough? Vodka.

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges, a rich, buttery, toffee-like flavor, big chocolate chunks, and a sprinkle of sea salt.

Silky Sweet Potato Pie

A fully DIY approach to a Southern classic.

Perfect Apple Pie

We’ve tested dozens of apple varieties, pie crusts, and baking techniques to develop the ultimate apple pie. Still easy as…you know.

Oreo Cake

Oreo cake. Oreo Frosting. You really can't go wrong.

Classic Pecan Pie

Our pecan pie calls for honey, brown sugar, vanilla, and freshly roasted pecans for deeper, richer flavor and a big nutty crunch.

Easy Dulce de Leche

How to make dulce de leche from a can of sweetened condensed milk.

Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies

Warm and chewy brown sugar cookies really hit the spot, and in only 30 minutes.

BraveTart's Butternut Pumpkin Pie

Roasted butternut squash and homemade condensed milk are the secret ingredients to the best pumpkin pie around.

Basic Italian Meringue

Perfect Swiss Meringue

An updated classic.

BraveTart's Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

A no-fuss method for classic apple pie.

Hello Dolly Bars

Coconut, chocolate chips, pecans, and a graham cracker base.

Sturdy Royal Icing for Gingerbread Houses

Make this mortar-like icing for assembling gingerbread houses.

Cook the Book: Paula Deen's Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes

Basic Crepe Batter

A simple crepe batter that'll allow you to whip up French crepes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Double-Chocolate Cream Pie

Done right, chocolate cream pie is a study in contrast: rich and light, creamy and fluffy, chocolate and vanilla too.

Easy No-Bake Cheesecake

Simple, low-stress, and eminently satisfying.