Easy and Quick Dessert Recipes for Homemade Desserts- Peanut Butter Fudge, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Lemon Pie, and Fudge Pie

My regular followers no doubt know that my mom has a huge sweet tooth. I suppose I like sweets as good as the next gal, but I don’t need them every day. When I was growing up, Mom had a daily “sweets” habit. She was working shift work in the cotton mill, so I guess she didn’t have to worry about gaining weight.

Apparently Mom’s sweet tooth could only be satisfied by homemade desserts. I don’t really remember having many “store bought” cakes, cookies or pies in the house. It seemed like we always had a homemade cake or pie in the house though. I don’t know that my mom enjoyed baking so much as she just didn’t want to settle for less when it came time to feed that sweet tooth.

When I became a teenager, baking started popping up on my chore list. While I didn’t mind cooking dinner, I never enjoyed baking. To this day, I don’t enjoy baking. When I bake, I look for something easy and quick. I hope that’s what I’ve presented here: easy and quick dessert recipes for tempting homemade desserts.

Recipes in this hub:

Peanut Butter Fudge

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Lemon Pie

Fudge Pie

This was something I used to make for Thanksgiving and Christmas when I lived in Turkey.  I prepared the full Southern Feast by myself for my Turkish friends.  I liked this cheesecake because it is simple, and it left me more time for preparing the main dishes and side dishes. 

Ingredients

1 ½ sleeves of graham crackers

1 ½ sticks of butter

1 large can of pumpkin pie filling (No additional spices needed!)

3 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese, softened; low fat cream cheese, or a combination works fine

2 eggs

Instructions

1- Put graham crackers in the blender to make into crumbs. 

2- Melt butter.  Combine butter and graham cracker crumbs in a bowl.  Crumbs should be dampened. 

3- Press crumbs into the bottom of a 9” X 13” greased pan. 

4- With a mixer, combine pumpkin, cream cheese, and eggs. 

5- Pour mixture into pan. 

6- Bake at 350º for about 45 minutes, or until set. 

This used to be one of my dad’s favorites. I always made it for our family holiday treat-fest.

Ingredients

1 bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Baking Pieces (find them with the chocolate chips and other baking items)

1 can of Eagle Brand condensed milk

1 pinch of salt (If you have a 1/8 teaspoon measuring spoon, a pinch is less than this!)

Shortening

Instructions

1- Prepare your pan first. Grease a 8” X 8” baking pan with shortening. Press waxed paper to bottom and sides of pan. The shortening will help it stick.

2- Pour peanut butter chips in a saucepan. Heat over medium low, stirring constantly.

3- When chips are melted, add condensed milk and salt. Stir to thoroughly combine.

4- Pour mixture into pan. Allow to “set” for a couple hours.

5- Cut into 1” or 1 ½” squares. Keep refrigerated.

This is a quick and easy pie that my brother often makes in multiples for work gatherings- for his job or for me (when I was still active duty Air Force and working).  You can use lemons, limes, or key limes.  You can also use Real Lemon juice or Real Lime. 

Ingredients

½ cup lemon juice

1 can Eagle Brand condensed milk

2 egg yolks

1 teaspoon of lemon zest

1 graham cracker pie shell

Instructions

1- Preheat oven to 325º. 

2- Combine lemon juice, condensed milk, egg yolks, and lemon zest with a mixer. 

3- Pour batter into pie shell. 

4- Bake 10 minutes. 

5- Cool for about 1 hour.  Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. 

This is another quick and easy pie my brother often makes in multiples for short notice gatherings.  It is deliciously rich- a little dab’ll do ya’! 

Ingredients

1 stick butter, melted

½ cup cocoa powder

¼ cup self rising flour

1 cup sugar

¼ teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

1 unbaked pie shell

Instructions

1- Preheat oven to 350º. 

2- Using electric mixer, combine butter, cocoa, flour, sugar, vanilla, and eggs. 

3- Pour batter into pie shell. 

4- Bake 25 minutes, or until set. 

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