desserts

These make a nice change from the typical chocolate brownie. When I bake up a batch, they disappear quickly at my house.

For several years, our neighbor gave us a moist, whiskey-flavored cake. I’ve tweaked the recipe, and now my friends want this cake instead of platters of homemade cookies. Fair warning: This cake takes three days to make, but it is very easy to prepare.

This colorful fruit salad with poppy seed dressing pairs well with any morning entree and takes just 10 minutes to prepare. The subtle honey sauce in this salad steals the show.

Pour a cup of coffee and indulge! Crisp, crunchy biscotti cookies are perfect for dunking. Hazelnuts and almonds make my favorite version even better.

I keep these little bites on hand in my refrigerator and grab them for breakfast or a snack when I'm in a hurry. We have a lot of food allergies in our family and I like to keep healthy snacks around that everyone can eat. This recipe has no gluten, eggs, dairy or corn, so it's the perfect go-to treat in our house.

Monitor the lemon sheet cake to determine if it’s finished. You’ll know it’s ready once it rises and turns golden brown. You can also insert a toothpick into the cake; if it comes out clean (with no batter), the cake is ready to come out of the oven.

Homemade peanut butter cups that put Reese's to shame with a complex base of Thai flavors.

A sweet, nutty spread perfect for all your edible gifting.

If baking them on a dark, nonstick baking sheet, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees (this is a good general rule for all baking).

The best things about soda bread -- in cookie form.