10 Easy Desserts

We love desserts as much as my kids love desserts. I especially love easy-to-make desserts, you know the kind that doesn’t take you hours to make yet taste just as yummy? Here are 10 easy desserts anyone can make.

Instant Pudding

It just takes two cups of cold milk, a whisk, and 5 to 7 minutes to make most instant puddings. Note: There are some that you may have to cook and serve that are still considered instant. Look for the label instant that doesn’t require cooking for the quickest pudding. Add some whipped cream and you have a wonderful smooth pudding for dessert.

Apple Crisp

Take a can of apple pie filling and add it to a baking dish. Then layer on top of it a box of yellow cake mix. Slice a quarter of a butter stick into pieces. Crumble these pieces up into smaller pieces and spread it around on top of the yellow cake mix. Put it in an oven on 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Fruit Salad

Fruit salad is any beginning chef’s dream dessert because it requires little preparation. You can buy already cut up fruit and just mix them together to make a great dessert for summer (or all other times as well).

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Pound cake makes a great dessert because it’s versatile. Add chocolate sauce, fruit, or icing for a richer dessert. Visit Martha Stewart.com to find a recipe that I use for cream cheese pound cake.

Banana Bread

Banana bread is a quick bread that can double as a dessert bread as well. It’s easy to make. I use Tyler Florence’s, from Food Network, banana bread recipe.

Zucchini Bread

I make zucchinni bread similar to the one that I use for banana bread except that I use the shredded zucchini and a small can of crushed pineapple (juice drained) in place of the bananas. I sometimes add pecans, walnuts or even once added chocolate chips to the zucchini bread.

Molasses Cookies

These yummy cookies are an excellent dessert in my house. I usually have to make two batches because one just won’t last long. My husband takes a whole bag to work (which usually contains about twelve cookies) and my kids love them so much they never last longer than a week.

Peanut Butter Cookies

I love peanut butter cookies. I love Hershey’s Peanut Butter Blossoms even more.

Scones

Scones are traditionally a British snack but are still popular in America in many places. It’s similar to a bisquit. They are quite yummy with dried fruit such as blueberries, raspberries, or cranberries.

Try some delicious cranberry-orange scones from Martha Stewart.com.

Dessert Pizza

The final dessert is a dessert pizza. You can take an already made pizza crust. Then take strawberry or cherry sauce in place of the tomato sauce on a regular pizza. Add various fruits on it and top it with icing or even whipped cream.