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    Home » Desserts

    Dessert Recipes

    This is the umbrella for all of the sweet and scrumptious dessert recipes on Cooking On The Weekends. Cookies, cakes, breads, bars, ice-cream, fruit . . . and then some! Start with the Easy Peanut Butter Cookies, and work your way to Espresso Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache.

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    • Cakes & Pies
    • No-Bake Dessert Recipes
    • Frozen Desserts
    • Cookies, Bars & Brownies
    • Chocolate Dessert Recipes
    • Desserts with Fruit
    • Gluten-Free Desserts
    • Vegan Desserts

    Top 10 Dessert Recipes

    • Stack of 5 cinnamon raisin cookies with cinnamon sticks around them.
      The Best Cinnamon Raisin Cookie
    • Close up of the edge of No-Bake Espresso Cheesecake with Ganache on white plate.
      Espresso Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache
    • Large glass goblet with caramel-colored rim, filled with passion fruit mousse, with a purple cloth behind it.
      Passion Fruit Mousse
    • Small white espresso mugh holding 3 chai cookies with cinnamon sticks and green cardamom pods.
      Chai Chocolate Chunk Cookies
    • One slice of Peanut Butter Chocolate Meringue Pie on a white plate with fork
      Peanut Butter Chocolate Meringue Pie Recipe
    • One slice of meyer lemon flan on a white plate with a twisted lemon slice.
      Meyer Lemon Flan Recipe
    • Turmeric Blood Orange Upside Down Cake with one slice removed and on a metal spatula
      Turmeric Cake with Blood Oranges
    • close up of a slice of pumpkin pie
      Pecan Crusted Caramel Pumpkin Pie
    • close up of tall stack of olive oil chocolate chip cookies
      Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • 2 Gluten-Free Coconut Flour Brownies on parchment paper
      Best Gluten-Free Brownies (with Coconut Flour)

    All Dessert Recipes

    • Stack of 4 pecan cranberry cookies with orange, with a few dried cranberries and pecan halves around them.
      Cranberry Pecan Cookies with Orange
    • Four stacked slices of persimmon cake with three whole persimmons behind it.
      Spiced Apple Persimmon Cake
    • Passion fruit ice cream scooped into three individual halved passion fruit skins, with the seeds on top.
      Passion Fruit Ice Cream
    • Close up of one pastry-wrapped Asian pear half, surrounded by maple leaves.
      Honey Baked Asian Pears
    • One whole fanned port wine poached pears on white dish with bits of pistachio.
      Port Wine Poached Pears
    • Small brown ceramic bowl with orange-patterned stem, filled with baked caramel apples and hazelnuts.
      Baked Apples (with Honey and Hazelnuts)
    • Large slice of chocolate zucchini bundt cake on a golden-colored, ceramic plate.
      Chocolate Zucchini Cake
    • A few scoops of Espresso Gelato with Kahlua in a cream-colored bowl with two bowls below it.
      Kahlúa Espresso Gelato
    • Stack of 3 granola cookies with a square of parchment between each one.
      Spiced Granola Cookies
    • A few scoops of lychee ice cream in a pink-rimmed ceramic bowl with pink Gerbera daisies in the background.
      Lychee Ice Cream
    • Tall stack of chocolate chip cookies with black peppercorns.
      Black Pepper Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Close up, cross section of a loaf of banana cake with chocolate chips.
      Gluten-Free Banana Cake with Chocolate Chips
    • Stack of 4 Salted Dulce de Leche Coconut Macaroons, witht he bottoms covered in chocolate.
      Dulce De Leche Coconut Macaroons
    • Small stack of almond flour cocoa cookies with melting chocolate chips.
      Almond Flour Cocoa Cookies
    • Stack of chocolate chip cookies with pink (ruby) chocolate chips, with the top cookie broken in half, surrounded by more chips.
      Ruby Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Tall stack of Chestnut Cookies with chocolate chips on raw chestnuts next to them
      Chestnut Cookies with Chocolate Chips
    • One jumbo-sized blueberry chocolate chip muffin made with blue cornmeal.
      Blueberry Chocolate Chip Muffins with Blue Corn (Gluten-Free)
    • Chai Cake with Apples
    • One square passion fruit chocolate bar with a dark chocolate heart in the center, on white crimped paper cup.
      Chocolate Passion Fruit Bars
    • Cream-colored plate on top of a blue-rimmed plate with layered lemon blueberry cookies.
      Lemon Blueberry Cookies
    • Scoop of beautiful cinnamon ice cream with cinnamon sprinkled on top and with a cinnamon stick in the bowl.
      Cinnamon Ice Cream
    • Top view of Strawberry Swirl No-Churn Ice Cream in a small white mug with strawberry on top.
      Strawberry Swirl Ice Cream
    • Top view of an open jar filled with pink-orange orange slices with rosemary.
      Marinated Oranges with Honey
    • One slice of a basil cheesecake with a small basil sprig on top, on a white plate.
      Sweet Basil Cheesecake with Lemon Crust
    • Clear drinking glass with several creamy coffee ice cubes in it.
      Creamy Sweet Coffee Ice Cubes
    • Three small slices of upside down carrot cake on white plates with a dollop of whipped cream on each one.
      Olive Oil Carrot Cake (Upside Down!)
    • Stack of 5 magenta chocolate chip beet cookies with one broken in half leaning on the stack.
      Chocolate Chip Beet Cookies
    • Golden roasted Hasselback Asian pear with a rosemary sprig on a blue and white plate.
      Hasselback Asian Pears with Rosemary Syrup
    • Cranberry Amaretto Crème Brûlée -- It's rich, creamy and full of delicious bites of fruit. Beautifully presented, this is an elegant and festive dessert for the holiday season.
      Cranberry Crème Brûlée Recipe with Amaretto
    • Top view of Cranberry Orange Cake on white platter
      Cranberry Orange Cake with Amaretto Glaze
    • Sliced loaf of persimmon gingerbread.
      Ginger Persimmon Bread (Gluten-Free Option)
    • Stack of five gluten free pumpkin cookies with mini pumpkin behind it.
      Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
    • One slice of peach cheesecake on a dark blue plate with sunflowers in the background.
      Peach Cheesecake with Almond Crust
    • A few slices of peach cake on a white plate.
      Peach Cobbler Pound Cake (With Fresh Peaches)
    • Grilled strawberries in a white bowl with fresh basil leaves.
      Grilled Strawberry Basil Kebabs
    • Three small bowls made of tangerines with creamsicle ice cream, on wood counter.
      Creamsicle Ice Cream with Tangerines
    • Tangerine Cheesecake with Ojai Pixies
    • Stack of three cappuccino chocolate chip muffins in paper liners on a red-checked cloth.
      Cappuccino Muffins with Chocolate Chips
    • Stack of 3 Nutella Brownies with a heart cut out and filled with Nutella on top, on red and white napkins.
      Nutella Brownies (Gluten-Free)
    • Several Meyer Lemon Crinkle Cookies surrounded by lemons.
      Meyer Lemon Crinkle Cookies

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    Hi, I'm Valentina, certified chef, owner, recipe developer and photographer at Cooking on the Weekends. I'm also a mom of two boys and a Los Angeleno. I use seasonal whole foods to create unique and comforting recipes for casual entertaining.

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