Recipes: Desserts

Aunt Sally's Brownies
I first had these at a gathering hosted by my husband's Aunt Sally...

Back from the Brink Bananas
Try this recipe when your bananas are beyond ripe...

Blueberry Pie
This is one of our favorite pies...

Brownies, both cakey and fudgy
I've taken some liberties with a recipe found in our local paper...

Butterscotch Brownies
These brownies are based on a recipe, handwritten in pencil on a very yellowed well-used piece of paper, that I found after my mother passed on...

Cakey Cookies
These are almost like little mounds of cake...

Carrot Cake
I offer this recipe with great enthusiasm...

Cherry Pie
Finding the tart cherries needed for this pie may be the most difficult part of preparing it...

Chocolate Ganache
The simplest and most wonderful recipe for chocolate frosting...

Ginger-bread
This gingerbread has a more bready consistency than most...

Hot Fudge Sauce
Hot Fudge Sauce is a fairly frequent favorite treat...

Lemon Filling and Sauce
This filling works very well between cake layers, and also as a somewhat substantial sauce...

Lemon Star Cookies
2003 was the first Christmas I'd baked these...

Marble Brownies
These are a delicious version of a very popular brownie...

Mince-without-meat
Though I'll give the basic recipe, please remember there is room for virtually endless variety...

Oatmeal Cookies
These oatmeal cookies are dependably wonderful...

Pie Crust, Traditional
There are so many different recipes for a rolled pie crust...

Plum Tart
This is a wonderfully flavorful summer treat...

Pumpkin Pie Filling (9-inch pie)
It took me a while, but when this recipe finally happened, that was it...

Raspberry Filling
This intensely flavored filling can be used in a variety of ways, with cakes, refrigerated desserts, or just as a sauce with fresh raspberries added...

Raspberry Tarts
This is one of our holiday recipes...

Rolled Cookies
This is one of our treasured holiday recipes...

Schenkeli
These wonderful cookies bring me back to my childhood, specifically the weeks just before Christmas...

Susanina's Sandies
These cookies came about one afternoon, wishing to make a simple cookie, quickly...

White Chocolate/Cream Cheese Frosting
This is truly a wonderful frosting...

White Mousseline Buttercream
This buttercream is made with egg whites instead of the more classic buttercream made with yolks...

Yellow Cake, Basic 1-2-3-4 Method
One mid-August day, we ventured to NYC on a birthday visit to our daughter, no cake in tow...