Milk Pudding with Rose Water Caramel and Figs

Native American people made these with cornmeal dumplings, simmering them with wild grapes, which were harvested at their peak sweetness.

Make this versatile caramel at home with our slow-simmered method using milk and sugar—or take one of two sweetened condensed milk shortcuts.

Layer homemade custard, ripe bananas, and vanilla wafers under clouds of whipped cream for this iconic dessert.

Tangy and sunny, this curd can be made with either fresh or frozen pulp.

Fluffier, fresher, and fancier than anything from a tub or can.

Reminiscent of a classic diner dessert, this chocolate cream pie offers pure comfort in a cookie crust.

Yes, it's a shortcut in a microwave. It's also a gooey, fudgy, wildly good chocolate cake.

This cake was created from thrift and was supposedly named after its appearance, which reminded people of the muddy Mississippi River bottom.