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    Grits and Pinecones » Recipes » Desserts

    Dessert Recipes

    Check out my collection of over 80 top-rated quick and easy dessert recipes. No meal is complete without dessert and these sweet treats are perfect for any occasion from simple weeknight meals to fancy holiday dinners.

    From my most popular dessert, Southern Pecan Praline Cake, to desserts with fresh fruit like Southern Peach Cobbler, Pear Pie, and Strawberry Pie, to roundups like 45 Dazzling and Delicious Easter Desserts and 31 Best Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, I've got you covered.

    Pistachio pudding topped with a cherry in a glass dish.

    The Best Pistachio Pudding Dessert Recipe

    A slice of green tomato pie on a bronze plate.

    Green Tomato Pie Recipe – Tastes Like Apple Pie

    A peach pie in a clear glass pie plate ready to serve with a stack of plates.

    Easy Peaches and Cream Pie Recipe

    A glass of milk and blueberry thumbprint cookies on a plate.

    Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies with Lemon Glaze

    White chocolate bark topped with Easter candy.

    Easter Bunny White Chocolate Bark – A Sweet Treat

    Best Ever Carrot Cake with Easy Cream Cheese Icing

    A white bowl with chocolate dump cake topped with vanilla ice cream and cherries.

    Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake – Fudgy Deliciousness

    A slice of kumquat pie garnished with candied kumquat slices.

    The Best Kumquat Pie – Easy and Delicious!

    Blueberry delight on a white plate with a fork.

    Blueberry Delight – An Easy Blueberry Dessert

    A beautiful cranberry pie on a dessert table with white plates in the background.

    Christmas Cranberry Pie with Orange Marmalade

    Forgotten cookies on a small plate on a red, white, and green napkin.

    Forgotten Cookies, aka Forgotten Kisses

    Seven Oreo cheesecake cupcakes on a white serving dish with a fork.

    Easy Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

    Featured image for roundup post 27 Sheet Cake Recipes with four pictures of sheet cakes.

    28 Incredible Sheet Cake Recipes – To Make Now

    Lemon shortbread cookies on a bronze metal plate with lemon slices.

    Lemon Shortbread Cookies Recipe: Plus Genius Cookie Hack

    A piece of pear pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.

    Easy Pear Pie Recipe

    Rocky Road Ice Cream topped with marshmallows and pecans in a glass serving dish.

    Rocky Road Ice Cream – No Churn {With Video}

    A white plate with madeleine cakes.

    Easy Lemon Madeleine Cakes a la Julia Child

    Lemon bread with lemon glaze being poured over it.

    Unforgettable Lemon Bread with Lemon Glaze

    A dollop of whipped cream on a piece of Georgia Cornbread Cake.

    Georgia Cornbread Cake AKA Pecan Cake

    A stack of three homemade copycat kit kat bars and a glass of milk

    Homemade Copycat Kit Kat Bars

    Cranberry Cake with Hard sauce in a Christmas bowl.

    Cranberry Cake with Hard Sauce

    Easy Chocolate Whoopie Pies with a candy cane filling on a plate.

    Easy Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies

    Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing with Christmas candy.

    Christmas Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

    Christmas Red Velvet Cake Trifle with festive candy cane colors ready to serve in a trifle dish

    Easy Christmas Red Velvet Cake Trifle

    Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe

    Apple Pie Cheesecake with Caramel Topping on a cake stand

    Apple Pie Cheesecake with Caramel Topping

    Easy Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes and Icing with a spider web in the background

    Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes and Chocolate Buttercream Icing

    Stacks of Old Fashioned Crunchy Gingersnap Cookies on a cooling rack

    Old-Fashioned Crunchy Gingersnap Cookies

    Southern Style Easy Fresh Peach Pie in a pie plate with fresh peaches behind it.

    Southern-Style Easy Fresh Peach Pie

    Two servings of Homemade Fresh Peach Ice Cream with peaches in the background

    Homemade Fresh Peach Ice Cream Recipe

    Red White and Blue Ice Cream Pie full of strawberries and blueberries

    Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Pie

    Caramel Corn with Chocolate Drizzle in a pink and white polka dot box

    Caramel Corn with Chocolate Drizzle

    Orange cupcake with orange cream cheese icing and a orange slice on top

    Orange Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Orange Frosting

    Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake ready to serve topped with pineapple slices and cherries

    Pineapple Upside Down Cake – Super Moist and Flavorful

    Four Chocolate Cherry Brownie Parfaits ready to serve for Valentine's Day

    Easy Chocolate Cherry Brownie Parfait

    Confectioner's sugar being sifted on Luscious Southern Meyer Lemon Bars

    Luscious Southern Meyer Lemon Bars

    Dark Chocolate Billionaires Candy piled in a bowl and ready to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth

    Easy Dark Chocolate Billionaires – Homemade Christmas Candy

    A slice of Southern Pecan Praline Cheesecake ready to serve with a dollop of whipped cream

    Southern Pecan Praline Cheesecake Recipe

    A slice of old-fashioned sour cream pound cake topped with whipped cream and sliced strawberries.

    Minnie Lee Croley’s Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

    Easy Watermelon Lemonade Ice Pops stacked and ready to enjoy

    Easy Watermelon Lemonade Ice Pops

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    Hello, I'm Sharon Rigsby, blogger, recipe developer, videographer, and photographer for Grits and Pinecones®. I have over 50 years of experience in the kitchen, and I like nothing better than developing and reimagining recipes for my family, friends, and you!

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    Celebrate Easter with these easy recipes:

    • Two lamb chops cut from a rack of lamb on a cutting board.
      Roasted Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs
    • Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.
      Baked Pineapple Cheese Casserole
    • A clear glass trifle dish with layers of angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream.
      Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake
    • Baked Ham topped with pineapple rings and cherries.
      Baked Ham with Pineapple and Cherries
    • A rectangle white baking dish full of sweet potato casserole.
      Southern Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole
    • Fresh strawberry pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.
      Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie with Jello

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    Most popular recipes:

    • A white bowl full of creamy potato salad topped with paprika.
      Classic Southern Potato Salad
    • Sliced baby back ribs on a cutting board.
      Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs and Dry Rub
    • Six hoecakes or fried cornbread on a white plate.
      Quick and Easy Hoe Cakes (Fried Cornbread)
    • Easy Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets on a plate garnished with parsley and lemon
      Oven-Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets Recipe – Quick and Easy
    • Fried shrimp and a bowl of cocktail sauce on a white plate.
      Easy Crispy Pan-Fried Shrimp
    • Pan Seared Red Snapper fillet covered with Mango Salsa on a white plate.
      Easy Pan-Seared Red Snapper

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