North american summer desserts recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake

Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies

*Using shortening instead of butter produces a thicker more ‘cake-like’ cookie. Don’t use margarine or butter substitutes!

Sunflower oil pie crust

This pie crust is ideal for vegetarians AND vegans. Sunflower oil is used instead of lard. It has now become my goto pie crust recipe for all my…

Quick & Easy Fruit Compote with Vanilla Sauce (and a no-added sugar or low-sugar variation)

A fruit compote on the table in 15 minutes? Here's a dessert kids (and…

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

A nice breakfast bar or snack, these granola bars start with ready-made granola to save time. Make them chewy…

Potluck Apricot Cobbler

An old-fashioned cobbler makes a hit with crowds and one of my favorite cobbler fruits is apricots. These perky golden first fruits of summer have…

Layered Banana Cream Pie

This pie is smooth and creamy and, oh so, rich! It makes everyone happy!

Tiramisu Brownie Cake

A great make ahead option to prepare a dessert in advance. It’s a divine combination of a chewy, fudgy, brownie and an authentic Italian tiramisu.…

Macaroon Kisses Cookie

Coconut kisses are so good. It's a holiday favorite.

Coconut Layer Cake with Fluffy Coconut Icing

A light and moist yellow coconut layer cake with a hint of apricot preserves under fluffy white boiled icing…

Fruit Cocktail Cake

This is a delicious, moist cake recipe made with fruit cocktail. It will become one of your favorite fruit cakes, trust me.

Lemon Gateau Shenandoah

I created this lovely masterpiece in honor of my daughter Shenandoah whom has chosen to follow in my foot steps. As a child she loved lemons, and…

MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE PIE

I NEVER THOUGHT I,D BE USING A MICROWAVE TO MAKE A GOOD PIE OF ANY FLAVOR! TRULY THIS RECIPE MAKES A DELICIOUS PIE AS LONG AS YOU STRAIN THE PIE…

Homemade Chunky Monkey Ice Cream

Let me tell y'all, it's not easy taking a picture of ice cream in Texas in July. It's a good thing I got this…