Winter Dessert Recipes

There is nothing better than curling up by a fire on a snowy night with a plate full of homemade desserts for winter and a cup of steaming hot cocoa. Try a variety of winter dessert recipes this season to add a sweet touch at the end of every winter meal!

Winter dessert ideas that everyone will love:

• Apple Crisp with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
• Chocolate Bread Pudding
• Cranberry Pound Cake
• Baked Cinnamon Apples with Almond Ice Cream
• Pumpkin Pie

It's possible to make easy winter desserts. Try some of these very simple, but yummy, winter desserts recipes:

Blackberry Cobbler

• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp. lime juice
• 3 cups frozen or fresh blackberries
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 6 tbsp. chilled and cubed butter
• 1/4 cup boiling water

Combine cornstarch and cold water in a large bowl until dissolved. Add one cup of sugar, lime juice, and blackberries and stir gently. Place mixture in a large skillet. In another bowl, combine flour, left-over sugar, baking powder and salt. Slowly add in butter and add boiling water and stir until a dough forms. Bring the blackberries to a boil, stirring constantly. Drop tablespoons of the dough into the boiling blackberries and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees until the top is browned. Serve with whipped cream.

Apple Cake

• 3 apples, any variety, sliced thinly
• 2 cups yellow cake mix
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/3 cup plain applesauce
• 1/4 cup club soda

Add half of the apples to a skillet and cook over medium heat with butter. Stir often until they're soft and then set aside. Combine cake mix, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a large bowl. Add applesauce and soda and stir until there are no lumps. Add cooked apples. Transfer to a round cake pan (greased) and make sure all the apple is covered with batter. Lay the remaining apple slices on top and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Experiment with your favorite winter dessert recipe this holiday season by adding new types of fruit or making the crust on your own. As an extra special present, gift the desserts to family and friends!