Sweets and Desserts Index

cookies

Alfajores
Bacon Fat Spice Cookies 
Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies w/ Apples, Pecans, & Cinnamon Chips

Chickpea & Apricot Thumbprints

Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies
Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Cranberry, Pepita, & Almond Cookies 
Dark Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies
Gingersnaps

Mantecadas (Puerto Rican Shortbread Cookies)

Mexican Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Nutty Oatmeal Cookies

Olive Oil Cookies w/ Red Wine & Rosemary
Peanut Butter Nutella-Swirl Cookies
Snickerdoodles

Vanilla Shortbread

cakes & cupcakes (including coffee cakes & frosting)

Almond Cornmeal Cake
Apple Coffee Cake w/ Pecan & Bacon Streusel 
Apple Spice Cake w/ Roasted Garlic
Bacon-Laced Chocolate Cake
Banana Cake (or blondies)
Blue Sugar Plum Cake 
Blueberry Buckle
ButterCream Frosting (basic)
Caramelized Apple Upside Down Spice Cake (slow cooker)

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (seriously the BEST!)
Chocolate Cake w/ Chile & Espresso
Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Cake 
Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake w/ Milk Chocolate Sour Cream Icing/Frosting

Chocolate Stout Cake 
Cookie Dough Cupcakes 
Devil's Food Cake & Chocolate Frosting
Easter Egg Nest Cake
German Chocolate Cake 
Grapefruit Vanilla Bean Mini-Bundt Cakes

Key Lime Cake w/ Pepitas

Leftover Halloween Candy Bundt Cake
Lemon Apple Cake

Mexican Chocolate Streusel Cake
Mini Chamomile Cakes w/ Honey Frosting
Mocha Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting

Nutty Orange Coffee Cake 
Orange-Almond Olive Oil Cake
Pineapple, Cinnamon & Allspice Cake 
Pumpkin Cake w/ Buttery Cream Cheese Frosting
Pumpkin Spice Flan Cake 
Root Beer Cupcakes (and frosting)

Tiramisú
Thyme-infused Lemon Ricotta Cupcakes 
Tomato Soup Cake
Tres Leches Cake (Pastel de Tres Leches)

Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting

pies, tarts, cobblers, & crisps

Apple Cider Pie
Fresh Coconut Almond Tart
Grape Pie
Jam Tart
Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Tart 
mini Maple Walnut Phyllo Tarts 
Mixed Nut Pie (aka The Holidays are Making me NUTS pie)
Peach & Strawberry Crisp
Pear Crisp (skillet)
Pie Crust (works every time)

Pink Cloud Pie
Pumpkin Pie w/ Sesame Snaps
Rustic Plum, Ginger, & Almond Tart
Sour Cherry Tart w/ Rosemary & Ginger
Sweet Potato Pie
Tarte Tatin (apple, cranberry)
Upside Down Apple Pie

Why So Blueberry Pie

brownies & blondies

Brownie Pudding

Chocolate Chile Brownies
Chocolate Fudge Brownies w/ Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Espresso Brownies

Lemon Mascarpone Blondies

Outrageous Brownies

Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies
Raspberry-Spiked Brownies

Zucchini Brownies

ice cream, popsicles, & other cold things (& their condiments)

Apricot Ice Cream spiked w/ Cinnamon & Chile
Avocado Paletas (avocado popsicles)

Buttermilk 'n Fruit Popsicles 

Cinnamon Ice Cream w/ Cinnamon Raisin Bread Praline Crunch

Cheat's Dessert (Ice Cream w/ Ginger Snaps & Oranges)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Coffee Ice Cream
Fried Ice Cream 
Goat's Milk Caramel Popsicles (Paletas de Cajeta)
Hibiscus Popsicles w/ Mango (Jamaica Paletas con Mango)
Independence (Day) Popsicles (red, white, & "blue")
Lime Zest Ice Cream
Mango & Chile Popsicles 
Mexican Chocolate Ice Pops (paletas con chocolate)
Mixed Berry Ice Cream
Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sauce
Pomegranate Sherbet 
Rum Raisin Ice Cream w/ Cajeta
Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

everything else

Apple Dumplings 
Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding)
Bacon Fudge w/ Caramel Shards
Baklava
Bean Candy (Dulce de Frijol)
Beer-Orange-Vanilla Bean Caramel
Bite-sized Strawberry & Cherry "Pop Tarts"
Buñuelos 
Butternut Squash baked w/ Bay Leaves, Butter, & Brown Sugar
Cajeta (Goat's Milk Caramel)

Candied Cherries
Caramel Éclair "Thingies"
Caramel Pastry Cream

Cherry Almond Bars

ChocoFlan

Chocolate Dipped Pretzels w/ Sprinkles
Chocolate Marshmallows (homemade)
Cranberry Orange Pudding
Double-Vanilla Walnut Meringue w/ Vanilla-Sugared Cranberries

Flan 
Fried Nutella Ravioli
Gingerbread w/ Lemon Icing 
Honey-Poached Garlic Sauce
Jalebis 
Lemon Bars
Light Rice Pudding (Phirni)

Miel de Piloncillo (Mexican Raw Sugar Syrup)
Pastelli (Sesame and Pistachio Chews)
Pâte à Choux
Peanut Butter & Jelly Chocolate Bars

Peanut Butter Cups (homemade)

Peanut Marzipans (Mazapanes de Cacahuate)
Pukka Pineapple w/ Mint-Sugar
Rhubarb Ginger Compote (and Napoleons)

Roasted Plantains w/ Cajeta & Pecans
Rosewater-scented Rice Pudding
Sesame Seed Toffee Snaps (Brittle)
Sopapillas
Strawberries w/ Lemon & Mint (Fragole con Limone e Menta)
Strawberry Lemon Puddings
Strawberry Tamales
Struffoli
Tapioca Pearl Kheer (Indian-style Tapioca Pudding)