New Year's Dessert Recipes

I use Indian River pink grapefruit. Serve with whipped cream.

Light, creamy, and delicious; impress your guests with this angel food cake and Mandarin orange trifle.

This is a delicious variation on a classic made with the light and heavenly Italian Christmas bread. Panettone is similar to brioche but studded with raisins and candied orange and lemon peel. A luscious sauce made with orange liqueur, makes this dish perfect for the holidays. Serve as a dessert or a sweet and decadent breakfast.

A festive sandwich style cookie. Excellent for Christmas or New years' celebrations.

This Italian butter cookie recipe is for traditional Italian-American bakery-style butter cookies, just like the ones you can buy from your favorite local bakery in New York! Fill them with raspberry or apricot preserves, or chocolate, or dip one side in chocolate and cover with sprinkles — or do both! Whatever you choose, these are sure to be your new favorite recipe for every holiday and celebration to come!

A finalist in the 2000 Share The Very Best Recipe Contest, this recipe was entered by Alma Carey of Sarasota, FL. Made with a genuine love of chocolate, this decadent brownie features vanilla-flavored white and semi-sweet chocolate morsels, chopped pecans and caramel layered within a rich cocoa batter.

You can vary what you top this festive cheesecake with: crushed candy canes are a must, but you can spread whipped cream on top before sprinkling with candy canes, or drizzle with some melted chocolate chips. Please add your comments as you find ways to improve this recipe!

This cranberry salad recipe is reminiscent of a Waldorf salad or a taffy apple salad. Sweet and creamy, this cranberry salad is supposedly a favorite among kids but all of the adults love it too!

Try this cognac- and creme de cacao-flavored pie that is great for company. Be sure to make it ahead of time so it has time to chill.

This is a wonderful cheesecake. The eggnog doesn't overpower the cheesecake and the cheesecake doesn't overpower the eggnog. The result is sinfully smooth and delicious!

This citrus-y tart with a shortbread crust is made with colorful blood orange juice, zest, and slices for garnish.

Refrigerator cookies with my favorite herb, rosemary! I developed the recipe for Christmas baking, but it would be wonderful any time of year!

This is a New Year's Eve tradition for my husband and I. It's an absolutely delicious new twist to the traditional peanut butter cookies, though they look almost exactly the same.

Cranberries and orange are a natural pairing, and I wanted to combine them in a cheesecake fit for the Thanksgiving table. The cranberry glaze is a really beautiful color, and the sugared cranberries are the perfect topping. Most of the work is done the night before, so it's not even that hard to make.

A cheesecake version of a classic holiday cookie! The cinnamon whipped cream is optional---but it really adds a nice touch!

This is a wonderful refrigerator cake for any time you can find eggnog at the grocery store. It is a beautiful and decadent cake for any holiday or New Year's party, but my family will eat it any time.

This is a yummy cake type cookie. it is not too sweet but is real good.

These adorable snowman cupcakes are the perfect decoration for your Christmas table or great treats to serve during Advent.

Perfect combination of chocolate and mint in a beautiful presentation for Christmas.

A delicious blend of chocolate and peppermint, a favourite festive mix. Creamy chocolate cheesecake, frosty peppermint and luscious whipped cream. A beautiful and delectable cheesecake recipe!

These pretty cookies are fairly labor intensive, but boy, are they worth it. A few of these festive blossoms on top of my Christmas cookie trays really make a festive presentation.

Traditional Greek New Year's Day recipe. Served as a coffee cake for breakfast. Each person in the family gets a slice starting with the youngest and progressing to the oldest. The person who receives the slice with the quarter in it will have good luck for the whole year!