Dessert

Use this classic recipe to make decorated snowflakes, gingerbread men, and trees for Christmas—or even skeletons for Halloween.

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Just add whipped cream.

This vintage pear pie recipe from “Gourmet" was inspired by the classic 1940s film noir "Mildred Pierce." Years later, it still delivers.

Freeze-dried blueberries sweeten this ricotta-enriched loaf cake.

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With so many tempting Thanksgiving dessert ideas, how will you choose just one?

The understated, familiar flavor of these delicate sugar cookies will take you straight back to your childhood.

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We love pumpkin pie, but there are so many more places that can of pumpkin purée can go. Find our best pumpkin purée recipes here.

These fudgy rye-flour olive oil brownies are sweetened with dates.

Have another slice… and then follow these pie storage instructions.

This chocolate-drizzled caramel nut tart offers a refreshing pivot from the standard Thanksgiving pies.

This eggnog pie recipe appeared as a part of Gourmet’s 1975 Thanksgiving menu.

Rum-soaked currants, a hint of cinnamon, and a flourish of lemon add dimension to the cranberry and apple filling of this tart.

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From creamy coconut pie to a moist and fluffy coconut-carrot cake, these are desserts you'll never flake out on.

Unlike the Pennsylvania Dutch version, the filling in these apple dumplings is made with diced apples.

Don't keep corn syrup in the house? Don't want to use it? No problem.

There is nothing quite like this Scandinavian-style cake tower. For Christmas, the Kransekake is decorated to look like a Christmas tree.

This rich and silky chocolate mousse recipe is really just two easy recipes—chocolate custard and whipped cream—combined to make one elegant dessert.

This fruitcake-like dessert is finished with generous dose of dark rum.

This pudding is used as a cake filling at a famous New York bakery, but it's also a brilliant back-pocket dessert.

Don’t skip a recipe just because it calls for special flour.

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