American thanksgiving bake desserts recipes with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

Paul's Pumpkin Bars

Accountant Paul Rainbow was the featured "He Cooks" in a column of the November 1976 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. His recipe, Paul's Pumpkin…

Everything Goes Oatmeal Coookies

This is an original recipe. I was making them, years ago, because my children wanted a "loaded" oatmeal cookie…

Sage-Flecked Thanksgiving Sweet Potato-Apple Cake with Caramel-Bacon Crème

The down-home, yet elegant harvest tastes of sweet potatoes, apples, sage,…

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

My son made this with his second grade class last week. They had a great time and the muffins came out yummy!

Easy Candied Pecans

A snack for the gods! Sprinkle atop your favorite greens, blue cheese topped or chicken salad. For holiday entertaining leave the pecans in halves…

Blue Ribbon Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

These beautiful and delicious cranberry-white chocolate cookies are great one a Thanksgiving dessert table or…

Crowd-wowing Flat Apple Pie!

In my all time top FAVS of pie recipes, this pastry is like a Texas-size turnover! Baked in a jelly roll pan, it’s a cinch to transport to meetings…

Praline Cream Puffs

Yield: 12 cream puffs

Pumpkin Custard Spice Bundt Cake

This easy cake will just blow you away. It uses a cake mix and canned pumpkin. You won't believe how great it…

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Orange Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

For a Thanksgiving celebration at my daughter's school I made these pumpkin cupcakes. While they are…

Persimmon Pie

Best Blueberry Bread Pudding with Lemoncello Sauce

This is cooking school 101. Easy - and impressive, which takes it to graduate school! Besides, I also have…

Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies

We all know there are many recipes for chocolate chip cookies, with many things added to them. But for a soft,…

Skinny Fall Apple Cake With Caramel Glaze

What a super yummy, easy to make, apple cake. It’s loaded with great fall flavors including tons of apple…

Chef Gino's Peanut Blossom Cookies

Peanut Blossoms were developed by Freda Smith from Gibsonburg, Pa. in a National Pillsbury Bake-Offf…