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Winter Dessert Recipes

With comforting flavors like peppermint, chocolate, ginger and caramel, we've collected our favorite winter desserts for you to indulge in.
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A red plate with two pecan pie brownies, served with a glass of milk, with another plate of pecan pie brownies in the background
Pecan Pie Brownies
78 mins
A bowl with five scoops of pumpkin ice cream
Pumpkin Ice Cream
30 mins
eggnog cookies on a plate
Eggnog Cookies
27 mins
Four glasses of lemon posset topped with fresh raspberries
Lemon Posset
20 mins
Peppermint Swirl Brownies
Peppermint Swirl Brownies
45 mins
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
12 Heavenly White Chocolate Recipes
Meyer Lemon Bars
Meyer Lemon Bars
55 mins
Glamorous Holiday Hosting
apple turnovers
Apple Turnovers
80 mins
honey pie
Honey Pie
80 mins
Snowball Cake
Snowball Cake
60 mins
apple streusel with ice cream
Apple Streusel
50 mins
chocolate cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes
35 mins
beer cake with caramel icing
Beer Cake
70 mins
Black Forest Cake Recipe
Black Forest Cake Recipe
75 mins
Confetti Ice Cream Sundae
10 3-Ingredient Desserts To Make On The Go
Homemade Graham Crackers
Homemade Graham Crackers
50 mins
Cranberry coffee cake
Cranberry Coffee Cake
80 mins
Dutch apple pie
Dutch Apple Pie
90 mins
Snow Ice Cream
Snow Ice Cream
5 mins
Peppermint Bark Cheesecake
Peppermint Bark Cheesecake Recipe
2 hrs
sugar cone Christmas trees
Sugar Cone Christmas Trees Recipe
30 mins
Instant Pot bread pudding with sauce.
Instant Pot Bread Pudding With Bourbon Sauce
65 mins
Hot Chocolate Cookies
Hot Chocolate Cookies
27 mins
Gingerbread Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting
Gingerbread Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting
65 mins
Snickerdoodle mug cake
Snickerdoodle Mug Cake
4 mins
hot chocolate mug cake finished
Hot Chocolate Mug Cake
7 mins
Japanese Christmas Cake
Japanese Christmas Cake
100 mins
Hanukkah doughnuts sufganiot recipe
9 Hanukkah Desserts Worth Celebrating
Eggnog Cheesecake
Eggnog Cheesecake
65 mins
Classic Sugar Cookies
14 Traditional Christmas Desserts To Make This Year
A giant snickerdoodle skillet cookie
Skillet Snickerdoodle Cookie
55 mins
Vegan Banana Cake on a blue plate
Vegan Banana Cake
60 mins
Traditional Yorkshire Parkin recipe
The Perfect Traditional Yorkshire Parkin
110 mins
Hot chocolate on a stick
Hot Chocolate on a Stick
15 mins
Czech Susenky Christmas Cookie (Vanocni Cukrovi)
Vanocni Cukrovi (Czech Susenky Christmas Cookies)
50 mins
Naples-Style Lemon Ricotta Cake (Migliaccio)
Naples-Style Lemon Ricotta Cake (Migliaccio)
75 mins
Indian Rice Pudding (Kheer)
Kheer (Indian Rice Pudding) Recipe
85 mins
Cranberry orange bread pudding
Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding
75 mins
Traditional Scottish clootie dumpling on a plate
Traditional Scottish Clootie Dumpling
3 hrs
All-Butter Scottish Shortbread Recipe
All-Butter Scottish Shortbread
45 mins
Gingerbread Men On Wax Paper
Dairy-Free Gingerbread People
25 mins
Baked S’mores Skillet Dip Recipe
25 mins
Gingerbread cookie iced with royal icing to look like a snowflake
The History of Gingerbread
New Orleans Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce on a plate
New Orleans Bread Pudding With Whiskey Sauce
88 mins
Cinnamon cake with icing
Cinnamon Dessert Bread With Icing
2 hrs
Royal Icing in a bowl alongside decorated gingerbread house cookies
Royal Icing Recipe for a Gingerbread House
10 mins
Baked gingerbread house pieces ready to be assembled
Sturdy Gingerbread House Dough
50 mins
Sicilian Fried Dough Balls with Honey and Pine Nuts
Pignolata (Sicilian Fried Dough Balls With Honey and Pine Nuts) Recipe
30 mins
Quince paste recipe
Quince Paste (Dulce de Membrillo)
75 mins
Croatian honeybread cookies recipe
Croatian Honeybread Cookies (Licitars)
18 mins
Three apple beignets served in decorative bowl. Icing sugar garnish. Decorative napkin and blue tablecloth
Dutch Apple Beignets (Appelflappen)
30 mins
Cranberry mini loaf gift breads recipe
Christmas Cranberry Mini Loaf Gift Bread Recipe
70 mins