Dessert Recipes

Slice and bake ginger cookies with no butter and no eggs, plus the long bake that makes them snap and the glaze that needs more water than the recipe allows.

A gingerbread man turned upside down becomes a reindeer, plus why the black outline has to set before you flood and how much royal icing you really need.

Molasses cookies dimpled five times and filled with chocolate, plus the divot trick that only works while they are hot and how long this really takes.

A thin snapping ginger cookie from Trisha Yearwood, with the flour range explained, the meringue powder amount she leaves out and how crisp they really bake.

Molasses cut-out cookies that hold a sharp edge, plus why the butter is melted, the second chill nobody mentions, and how long this recipe really takes.

A molasses gingerbread cut from seven templates, with the roof measurement that does not match the walls and a safer swap for the raw egg white icing.

A cardamom and raisin yeast bread from Norway, baked as four round loaves, plus the serving count that misleads you and a swap for the hard-to-find fresh yeast.