Quick Dessert Recipes

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  Individual Orange & Chocolate Bread Puddings
  

  The orange and chocolate balance each other beautifully in this dish, and as a bonus time saver, you can assemble the puddings up to a day ahead.

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  Creamy Lemon Parfait

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  Creamy Lemon Parfait
  

  You can make variations of this parfait with crushed cookies or slices of pound cake. You can also use the lemon cream, with or without the fruit, as a topping for pound cake or angel food cake.

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  French Apple Turnovers

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  French Apple Turnovers
  

  These classic pastries—made here with frozen puff pastry—are a terrific weeknight or weekend treat. For added flavor, mix in chopped raisins or add a splash of brandy with the cinnamon and sugar.

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  Roasted Red Grapes with Mascarpone and Rum

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  Roasted Red Grapes with Mascarpone and Rum
  

  If you’ve got 15 minutes, you’ve got enough time to make this nuanced dessert. And if rum is not your thing, Grand Marnier is a fine substitute.

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  Open-Faced Chocolate Banana-Cream Sandwiches

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  Open-Faced Chocolate Banana-Cream Sandwiches

  Store-bought tea biscuits act as the bread in these scrumptious little caramelized banana rum-spiked “sandwiches.”

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  Figs with Ricotta, Pistachios & Honey

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  Figs with Ricotta, Pistachios & Honey
  

  This dish just oozes with sex appeal. Sweet figs are split to reveal their tender centers, then filled with creamy, cool ricotta cheese, drizzled with golden honey, and jeweled with a crunch of emerald pistachios.

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  Mandarin Napoleons with Sugared Wonton Wrappers

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  Mandarin Napoleons with Sugared Wonton Wrappers

  Store-bought wonton wrappers make these simple but elegant mandarin orange and cream–filled Napoleons a cinch to prepare.
   

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  Strawberry Whipped Cream

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  Strawberry Whipped Cream

  If you’ve got strawberries, heavy cream, and confectioners’ sugar on hand, you’ve got what you need to make a sweet topping for vanilla ice cream, pound cake, or shortcakes.

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  Macadamia Lace Cookies

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  Macadamia Lace Cookies
  

  The combination of rich macadamia nuts and browned butter gives these pretty, delicate cookies an intense flavor.
   

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  Fastest Fudge Cake

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  Fastest Fudge Cake
  

  This could be the most-made chocolate cake on FineCooking.com; one reader alone has made it more than 30 times and calls it her “never-fail” chocolate cake.

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  Oranges in Cardamom Syrup with Honey Whipped Cream

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  Oranges in Cardamom Syrup with Honey Whipped Cream
  

  This five-ingredient dish proves that the right syrup and a sweet whipped cream can elevate simple fruit into an extraordinary dessert.
   

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  Phyllo Chips with Vanilla Ice Cream & Strawberry Mash Dip

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  Phyllo Chips with Vanilla Ice Cream & Strawberry Mash Dip

  Forget about nachos and salsa—for dessert lovers, this is the ultimate take on chips and dip.

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  Bittersweet Chocolate Pots de Crème

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  Bittersweet Chocolate Pots de Crème
  

  This is the perfect way to end a romantic dinner at home. The pudding comes together on the stovetop in minutes and then chills during dinner.

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  Warm Cinnamon Crisps with Hot Chocolate

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  Warm Cinnamon Crisps with Hot Chocolate
  

  Flour tortillas cut into small rounds and glazed with cinnamon sugar puff up and get caramelized and crispy in the oven. They are a delicious accompaniment to hot chocolate enriched with cream.

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