Italian desserts recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

Cantuccini with dates and thyme

Aromatic, dry and crunchy biscuits with no added sugar that ideally complement a cup of coffee or tea. Also, great nibbles to put into the school…

Almond Biscotti

Crunchy biscotti are my go-to coffee dunkers. The sweet toasts make a perfect hostess or holiday gift besides. This recipe features almonds but…

Italian Pepper Cookies

Sometime you may have had some Italian cookies and wondered about the piquant taste. They may have been pepper cookies which come from the far…

Cannoli

Ok, I was in Sicily for 2 weeks and had these every morning with coffee, I had to make them once I got home. They are lots of work, but so yummy,…

Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust

This cheesecake is one of my all-time favorite fall cheesecake. I can’t say it is my all-time favorite…

Olive Oil Cake

Regina Cookies (sesame Biscotti)

Crispy Italian Cookies...

HOT CHOCOLATE MELT PINE APPLE GRANITA

HOT CHOCOLATE MELT PINE APPLE GRANITA

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Biscotti

This Outrageous rich Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Biscotti is created from premade banana bread that starts…

CINNAMON POACHED PEAR WITH ALMOND PANNA COTTA, ORANGE SORBET

CINNAMON POACHED PEAR WITH ALMOND PANNA COTTA, ORANGE SORBET

Toasted Pfoo Almond Cookies

Not sure why these are called Pfoo cookies. Maybe because you eat a batch as they are coming out of the oven and scald your mouth. And then you…

Strawberry tart

A nice, fresh and easy to make tart with not too much butter content.

Chocolate Genoise

Light, crumbly and melt in the mouth cake.

Walnut Biscotti

Biscotti are dry, twice-baked biscuits that originated in Italy. The traditional recipes contain almonds, pistachios, hazelnut or pine nuts.…

Pumpkin Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta is an Italian dessert that has a dairy base combined with gelatin and sweetened. Basically it is a pudding and there are many varieties…