My Sweetnesses

Sweet stuffed dates filled with cashews, wrapped in a coconut and condensed milk mixture, and dipped in dark chocolate. These chilled bite-size treats combine chewy dates, creamy coconut, crunchy…

Chocolate sponge cake rolled with lightly sweetened vanilla whipped cream and finished with powdered sugar.

A homemade Hostess-inspired sandwich sheet cake with two rich coffee-enhanced chocolate cake layers based on Ina Garten's Beatty's Chocolate Cake, fluffy marshmallow filling, pourable brownie…

Moist pumpkin muffins warmly spiced with pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon and filled with a sweet cream cheese center. A high-temperature start helps the muffins rise before they finish baking at a…

A tender rhubarb cake filled with fresh chopped rhubarb and flavored with vanilla and lemon. A sweet topping finishes the cake and balances the rhubarb’s natural tartness.

Tender, buttery traditional Welsh cakes with warm nutmeg and cinnamon and sweet dried currants, cooked on the stovetop and finished with butter and sugar.

A moist whole-lime loaf made by boiling whole limes to soften the peel and pith, blending them into the batter, and finishing the cooled loaf with a bright lime glaze.

Crisp, golden Italian fried dough with a light, airy center, tossed in plenty of powdered sugar.

A one-pan banoffee-inspired tarte Tatin with caramelized bananas tucked beneath puff pastry. Butter, cream, vanilla, whipped cream, and shaved chocolate turn the upside-down tart into a rich…

Simple upside-down puff pastry tarts with ripe peaches, cinnamon-Demerara sugar, and cream cheese.

A crowd-size slab pie layering spiced pumpkin filling with a brown-sugar pecan topping.

A small baked lime cheesecake sized for a 6-inch oven-safe ramekin, with a graham cracker crust and bright fresh lime flavor.

Old-fashioned vanilla pull taffy cooked to hard-ball stage, hand-pulled until satiny, and wrapped in waxed paper.

Soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies with slightly gooey centers. This single recipe includes ingredient portions for 1 dozen, 2 dozen, or 3 dozen cookies.

Disney-inspired bite-size churros fried until golden and tossed in cinnamon sugar.

Peanut butter sandwich cookies with a creamy peanut butter filling.

This recipe for homemade peanut brittle is a buttery, crispy confection loaded with roasted peanuts. Break the brittle into bite sized pieces and serve for a simple yet satisfying dessert, or package…

A PlaneLocket test-kitchen oatmeal raisin cookie built for deeply browned edges, thick chewy centers, plump raisins, toasted brown-butter flavor, and warm spice. Version 1 — bake, evaluate, and tweak.

Strawberry-cheesecake-filled French toast roll-ups browned in a skillet and finished with powdered sugar.

Homemade vanilla wafers with crisp golden edges and rich vanilla flavor from both vanilla extract and vanilla powder.

A soft, buttery yellow cake with a tender, moist crumb. Choose either the smaller 9-inch square batch or the full 9×13-inch batch; do not combine the two ingredient groups.

A grain-free keto granola packed with almonds, pecans or walnuts, hazelnuts, coconut, seeds, and chia. The nut-and-seed mixture is sweetened and baked for a crunchy low-carb breakfast or snack.