37 5-Ingredient Desserts That Will Save You a Trip to the Grocery Store
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We love a last-minute dinner party plan, but it can be tricky to figure out the final bites on the fly. These 5-ingredient desserts make sure that everyone’s sweet tooth is sated without too much fuss—or another trip to the store. Scroll down for简单的甜点食谱manbetx苹果下载that lean on kitchen staples, like foolproof chocolate mousse, flourless peanut butter cookies, and a bunch of ways to dress up store-bought cookies or frozen pastry sheets. You’ll find simple tarts and DIY truffles, silky puddings, and a few clever ways to dress up a carton of ice cream.
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3-Ingredient Flourless Chocolate Cake
What’s better than an array of 5-ingredient desserts that feelfancy enough for a party?A chocolate cake that only requires butter, eggs, and semisweet chocolate chips, plus a touch of salt
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Maple-Pecan Fudge
The toasty flavor of pecans shines in this maple-sweetened fudge; this is an easy option for a fallbake sale.
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Chocolate Mousse
Now is the time to get out your favorite vintage dessert cups and make this iconic—but simple—dessert fromGourmet. Top it with freshly whipped cream or just shave a little extra chocolate on top.
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3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Witheasy cookie recipeslike this one, there’s no reason to ever leave the cookie jar empty.
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Plátanos Horneados con Crema y Queso (Baked Banana With Crema and Cheese)
Baked (or grilled) heirloom bananas or small plantains become a simple dessert thattastes like banana crème brûlée. Drizzle with crema and add some crumbles of queso fresco on top.
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Hazelnut Cookies
These crispy, nutty little cookies just happen to begluten-free.
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Pumpkin Mousse
Looking forways to use up a can of pumpkin purée? This fluffy dessert can be prepped ahead for a fall gathering.
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Nutella Brownies
Chocolate-hazelnut spread gives these brownies a deep, nutty flavor, and you won’t have to melt any chocolate along the way.
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3-Ingredient Gingersnap Icebox Cake
Rustling up dessert is as easy as whipping some cream and layering it between store-bought cookies with tangy marmalade. The cookies have enough sweetness that you don’t need to add any sugar to the creamy layer; just make sure to prep this one at least 8 hours in advance so it can chill.
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Brown-Butter Shortbread
As a rule,brown buttermakes everything better. These simple cookies are lovely to serve with afternoon tea.
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Phyllo Cardamom Pinwheels
Store-bought phyllo doughgives you shatteringly flaky cookies with minimal effort. We love the fragrance of cardamom here, but you could substitute cinnamon if that’s what you have on hand.
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Fudge Pops
These simple homemade fudge pops get their creamy richness from a mix of coconut milk and sweetened condensed milk.
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Ginger Pudding
This silky ginger curd recipe makes a delicate pudding—and all you need to do is mix warm sweetened milk into the juice from freshly grated ginger. It sets softly in just ten minutes and can be served warm or chilled.
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Caramel Apple Tart
There’s a time forclassic homemade apple pie, and a time for this shortcut tart, which leans on sheets of thawed frozen puff pastry from the store and a jar of store-bought caramel sauce. Grab a mix ofapple typesfrom your local market for an impressive presentation.
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Chocolate Pots de Crème
These slowly baked pots de crème are a shock of chocolate flavor, since there’s no cornstarch to interfere.
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烤香草冰日期Cream and Mint
WarmingMedjool dateswith olive oil in a skillet until they lightly caramelize transforms this kitchen staple into something special.
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Bittersweet-Chocolate Truffles
If you’ve never made chocolate truffles before, you may be surprised at how easy the process is. You can even just serve this whole batch of ganache with spoons so everyone can make their own—while sipping afrozen amaro, of course.
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Mango Pudding
This light-as-a-feather star of the dim sum dessert trolley is simple to make at home.
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Maple-Pear Sheet Tart
A sheet-pan tart is a great way to highlight whatever produce is in season. Red-skinned pears look especially pretty here.
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Frozen Mud Pie
We’ve got nothing against serving ice cream for dessert. But ice cream spread into a pie shell with a drizzle of chocolate on top is the kind of move that makes any gathering feel like a celebration.
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Quick-and-Easy Hot Fudge Sauce
This soft and spoonable homemade hot fudge is quick to put together on the stovetop—but for a sundae that’sreallyurgent, we have amicrowave hot fudge recipeas well.
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3-Ingredient Cinnamon-Sugar Twists
These buttery, flaky bites are tossed in cinnamon sugar before they’re twisted and baked.
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Jam Floats
Choose any berry jam you like to capture the flavors of summer in these floats.
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Puff and Jam Flowers
These pastry blossoms transform the flavors of your morning toast into the perfect sweet accompaniment to your afternoon coffee.
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3-Ingredient Peach Crisp With Granola Topping
For times when making astreuselfeels like too much work, this recipes turns to store-bought granola instead. Peaches not in season? You can sub in whatever fruit is appealing at the market.
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Lemon Curd
While you can spread lemon curd onto cakes or cookies, it’s also delightful on its own in a little bowl, perhaps with a handful of berries.
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Banana Milkshake
Some folks might be partial tochocolate maltsorstrawberry shakes, but we think a banana shake is a soda shop essential.
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Caramel Apple Hand Pies
These littlefall dessertshave a spoonful of caramel sauce inside.
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Passion Fruit Whip
Passionfruit juice gives this whipped mousse tangy flavor and tropical fragrance.
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Peppermint Rocky Road Candies
Crushing peppermints (or candy canes) is one of the most enjoyable parts of making these chocolatecandies.
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3-Ingredient Ginger-Peach Ice Cream Floats
Cooking fresh peaches in ginger beer gives them a spicy-sweet flavor that’s great withvanilla ice cream. Save the peach-poaching liquid to add to cocktails or iced tea.
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Homemade "Dole Whip"
Grab yourfood processorto make this dairy-free soft-serve-like dessert from frozen pineapple chunks, unsweetened coconut milk, and a frozen banana.
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Microwave Caramel Sauce
Turn butter, brown sugar, and heavy cream into a sauce you can spoon over ice cream, mix into coffee, or drizzle onto waffles.
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Steamed Flan With Ginger
Cooking this fresh-ginger flan on the stovetop keeps your oven free for whatever you’re roasting.
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Sautéed Pineapple with Rum Sauce
Pineapple and rum are wonderful together; this recipe adds buttery walnuts to the mix.
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3-Ingredient Caramel-Pear Galette
Keeping a sheet ofstore-bought pie crust—or your own homemadepie dough—in your freezer means 5-ingredient desserts like this one are never hard to pull off.
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