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Everybody needs a treat now and then! Indulge your sweet tooth with these recipes for homemade desserts.
“Healthy dessert recipes” seems like a bit of an oxymoron, but it is possible to indulge your sweet tooth with real food ingredients.
Featuring sweet treats like cookies and cake, quick breads, and breakfast muffins, these recipes might become favorites at your house, too!
From fruit-laden healthy dessert recipes like this strawberry cobbler to my famous not-one-bit-healthy gourmet fudge, you’ll find a variety of flavors to please your tastebuds.
The common thread running through all of these dessert recipes? They’re homemade and feature real food ingredients that you can pronounce.
Some of these desserts and sweets are a great way to enjoy in-season produce (like my Grandma’s apple pie). Others are recipes that come out just once a year for holiday baking. And because at least a couple of people in my household avoid eating wheat, many of these recipes are gluten free, too.
This persimmon cookie recipe is an old family recipe. The cookies are a bit cake-like. Make them in the fall with fresh persimmons, or store pulp in the freezer.
Made with apples, eggs, and a bit of cream, this historic apple tansey dessert dates to the 1700s, but it deserves a place at your modern day dessert table.
Try this Vintage Apple Tansey Recipe Dating to the 1700sRead More
Looking for a dessert that’s simple but nice enough for company? Try this peach tart made with a sugar cookie dough crust. (And hey. Maybe make two.)
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This lemon blueberry loaf cake is a perfect solution to dessert when you need a sweet recipe to finish off the day. It holds up well as a finger food, too.
Make this Easy Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake for Dessert Tonight!Read More
This banana bread has a slight tang of sourdough and isn’t overly sweet. It’s mixed in one bowl, which means a nice healthy snack with fewer dishes to wash.
These double chocolate chip muffins are a sweet treat, great for packing into lunchboxes. A hot cup of coffee and chocolate-chocolate chip muffins FTW!
Decadent Double Chocolate Muffins with Chocolate ChipsRead More
This homemade marshmallow fluff recipe is so EASY, you’ll never buy the jars of fluff again. Learn how to make marshmallow fluff without corn syrup at home.
Homemade Marshmallow Fluff With Just 4 Ingredients and NO Corn SyrupRead More
Making pies from scratch is a worthwhile endeavor! I’ve modified Grandma’s pie crust recipe a bit but it’s still our go-to recipe for pie making.
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This easy peach pie recipe is perfect for harvest season. Fresh peaches are the star of this recipe for a peach pie with crumb topping. Brew some coffee!
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