molasses cookie a chewy cookie flavored with molasses.
no-bake cookie a cookie that requires no baking. An example is a cookie made from oatmeal, cocoa, and sugar.
oatmeal cookie a cookie made from rolled oats, shortening, sugar, eggs, milk, flour, and sometimes raisins, walnuts, or chocolate chips.
palmier a cookie in the shape of a palm leaf, made from sliced puff pastry and folded.
peanut butter cookie a cookie made from peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, and flour.
pignoli cookie a flourless cookie made from almond paste, sugar, confectioner's sugar, egg whites, and pine nuts.
ratafia a macaroon flavored with a sweet liqueur made from wine, brandy, and almonds.
rugulach a cookie made from cream cheese dough stuffed with chocolate or jam, nuts, raisins, etc. Also spelled rugelach.
shortbread a buttery but crumbly Scottish cookie that is sometimes flavored with almonds, cinnamon, lemon, ginger, and cumin.
snickerdoodle a crispy cinnamon cookie, sometimes textured with oatmeal.
spice cookie a cookie made from butter, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, flour, milk, and currants.
sugar cookie a cookie made from confectioners' sugar, brown sugar, butter, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, flour, and sprinkled with granulated sugar.
Toll House cookie a kind of chocolate-chip cookie, reportedly originating at the Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930.
tuiles paper-thin cookies flavored with almonds, vanilla, and lemon.
Other Desserts
apple pan dowdy an apple-pie-like dessert having a crust on the top but not on the bottom.
belle Helene a dessert of pears and ice cream covered in chocolate sauce.
charlotte a baked dessert of bread slices placed in a mold and covered with fruit.
chocolate mousse a light and fluffy but rich dessert made of eggs, whipped cream, sugar, and semisweet chocolate.
brown Betty baked apple pudding with bread crumbs.
clafoutis batter-topped fruit, especially cherries, baked until puffy.
creme brulee egg custard topped with caramel.
crepe a thin pancake folded and loaded with a variety of sweet fillings.
crepes suzette a crepe rolled in an orange sauce and served with flaming brandy.
croquembouche cream puffs dipped in caramel and stacked to form a pyramid.
flan an open tart filled with pastry cream and topped with fruit. Also, a baked egg custard covered with caramel.
gelato an Italian sherbet made from whole milk, eggs, and sugar.
melba a dessert comprised of pears or peaches with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce.
mincemeat pie a sweet and spicy pie made of a crust covered in a filling of raisins, chopped apples, wine, and beef fat.
shoofly pie an open pie flavored with molasses and brown sugar.
truffle a candy made of chocolate and butter, shaped in a ball.
Pastries
baklava a Greek dessert made of layers of flaky pastry filled with ground nuts, sugar, cinnamon, and butter and glazed with a honey syrup.
Banbury tart a small British pastry flavored with raisins or currants.
barquette an oval pastry shell that may hold a variety of fillings.
Bavarian cream a blend of pastry cream, whipped cream, gelatin, and a variety of fruit flavorings.
beignet a square doughnut covered with powdered sugar or a glaze of flavored syrup.
bumper a large turnover.
cannoli a deep-fried Italian tube-shaped pastry filled with ricotta cheese flavored with sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, chocolate chips, or candied fruit.
chantilly a sweetened whipped cream flavored with vanilla.
cornet a cone-shaped pastry shell, which may be filled with whipped cream.
cream puff a flaky pastry shell filled with whipped cream.
cruller a doughnut in the shape of a twist rather than a ring.
Danish a flaky pastry topped with icing and packed with a fruit filling.
doughnut a deep-fried ring of sweetened dough, which may be plain or glazed with various icings or flavorings.
eclair a pastry stuffed with custard or whipped cream and topped with frosting.
frangipane a pastry cream made from eggs, butter, flour, and either finely ground almonds or macaroons.
fritter fried batter containing fruit.
jelly doughnut a pillow-shaped doughnut stuffed with jelly.
linzertorte an Austrian pastry with a dough flavored with ground nuts and cinnamon, and a filling of raspberry jam, cranberries, or apricots, and sometimes a layer of almond paste.
marzipan an almond paste used in cakes and candies and sometimes itself molded into figures or animals and eaten as a dessert.
meringue a cake or pie filling or topping made from beaten egg whites sweetened with sugar and frequently browned in the oven. Also a hardened shell made from this and filled with ice cream or fruit.
mille-feuille small, rectangular puff pastry filled with pastry cream.
napoleon a puff pastry filled with custard.
pastry cream a custard mixed with flour.
patissier a baker who specializes in cakes and pastries.
phyllo very thin sheets of dough, used in a variety of pastries and desserts.
DINNER DISHES 191 profiterole a small cream puff.
schnecken dough rolled around a mix of cinnamon and nuts or other ingredients to create a spiral shape, and baked.
scone a biscuitlike pastry that is sometimes sweetened with currants.
strudel a baked pastry filled with cheese, cherries, and apple slices.
sweet roll a roll made of sweetened dough and flavored with seasonings, raisins, and nuts.
tart a fruit-, jam-, or jelly-filled pastry.
tartlet a small tart.
timbale a small pastry shell that can be stuffed with various minced or creamy fillings.
turnover flattened dough covered in filling and then folded into a triangular shape and baked.
DINNER DisHEs
beef bourguignonne beef, mushrooms, onions, and seasonings stewed in wine.
beef stroganoff sauteed beef, onions, and mushrooms in a sour cream sauce.
beef wellington a pastry casing stuffed with rare roast tenderloin and pate de foie gras.
boiled dinner a dish comprised of boiled potatoes, cabbage, turnip, carrots, onions, and often, ham.
Boston baked beans navy beans flavored with molasses and salt pork.
bubble and squeak a British dish consisting of fried potato, cabbage, and often, meat.
burrito a tortilla stuffed with meat, beans, or cheese.
cabbage rolls a mixture of rice and ground meat rolled in cooked cabbage leaves.
calzone a pizzalike turnover filled with meat, cheese, and sauce.
cannelloni tubular pasta in sauce.