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.

Easy Homemade Caramel Sauce

Fast, easy, and delicious.

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.

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.

Oreo Cake

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

Easy Dulce de Leche

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

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.

Chewy Brown Sugar Cookies

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

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.

Basic Italian Meringue

Perfect Swiss Meringue

An updated classic.

American Buttercream

A fast and simple frosting with just five ingredients.

BraveTart's Butternut Pumpkin Pie

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

Hello Dolly Bars

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

BraveTart's Easy, Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

A no-fuss method for classic apple pie.

Basic Crepe Batter

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

Sturdy Royal Icing for Gingerbread Houses

Make this mortar-like icing for assembling gingerbread houses.

Easy No-Bake Cheesecake

Simple, low-stress, and eminently satisfying.

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