Recipe Roundup

16 No-Nonsense Nut-Free Desserts

Perfect for an afternoon snack, school lunch, or bake sale, these portable treats are all totally nut-free.
A slab of salted caramel brownies with a chunk cut off and another chunk cut into smaller servings.
Photograph by William Meppem in The New Easy by Donna Hay
  • Leela Cyd
    3/13

    Meyer Lemon Bars

    Lemon bars are great. Meyer lemon bars are on a whole other level.

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  • Romulo Yanes
    4/13

    Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    These cookies just aren't the same without their finishing touch: a sprinkle of flaky sea salt, like Maldon, which pulls back the sweetness and amps up the chocolate.

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  • Peden + Munk
    5/13

    Little Apricot Cakes

    These sweet little cakes are flavored with lemon zest and vanilla and baked in a muffin tin. If you can't find apricots, plums make an excellent substitution.

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  • Tuukka Koski
    6/13

    Glazed Chocolate–Crème Fraîche Cookies

    The best things in life come in threes. Like these triple-threat cookies, which feature chocolate in three ways: chopped, melted, and drizzled.

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  • Linda Pugliese, food styling by Anna Hampton
    7/13

    Crunchy Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    Give these cookies an unexpected crunch by stirring in a handful of malted milk balls. If you love a gooey center (and who doesn't), freeze the portioned dough right on the baking sheet, and bake it straight from the freezer. You're not reinventing the wheel, just the chocolate chip cookie.

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  • Photo by Tara Donne, prop and food styling by Ali Nardi
    8/13

    Strawberry Buckwheat Bars

    Made with a mix of fresh strawberries and strawberry preserves, these bars get candy-apple red on the edges and gooey in the center as they bake.

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  • Tom Scherlitz
    9/13

    Cocoa Brownies

    These one-bowl brownies, made with natural unsweetened cocoa powder, are our go-to for easy weeknight desserts.

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  • Joy Wilson
    10/13

    Melty Chocolate-Truffle Cookies

    By under-baking these chocolatey truffle bites, you leave the center with a pudding-like consistency that practically melts in your mouth.

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  • photo by Con Poulos
    11/13

    Flourless Oatmeal Chocolate-Chunk Cookies

    Chocolate chunks are better than chocolate chips. (There, we've said it.) Make these flourless, chunk-studded cookies with ground and whole oats instead of flour for a crisper texture.

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  • Photograph by William Meppem in The New Easy by Donna Hay
    12/13

    Salted Caramel Chocolate Brownie

    You couldn't ask for a better combination of salty, buttery, and chocolate-studded. Cut into little squares and pack for a picnic.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Katherine Sacks
    13/13

    Pink Lemonade Bars

    A custardy lemon bar + raspberry purée = raspberry lemonade in dessert form. These tart, sugar-dusted squares would be great after a game.

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