Easy Desserts and Recipes That Work

Best Cookie Recipes

Family favorite cookie recipes – every flavor you can imagine! From chocolate chip cookies to peanut butter, shortbread, snickerdoodle cookies and more you’ll find easy recipes here perfect for every day or any holiday.

Hey, I’m Dorothy!

Welcome to Crazy for Crust

Why should you use my recipes? I’ve been creating recipes for over 15 years and have written two cookbooks. My recipes are mostly sweet, sometimes savory with easy to find ingredients and they work. Read More About Me

A smiling woman in a black shirt is all about perfecting her cupcake, spreading frosting with care in a modern kitchen. White cabinets and a sleek stovetop provide the perfect backdrop for her culinary creation.

Reader Favorites

Easy homemade recipes your family will love to make over and over again.

Most Popular Recipes

Reader Favorites all summer long!

My Ultimate Cookie Guide
Learn to bake the BEST cookies – for FREE!

My Thanksgiving Dinner

These are what I’m making for Thanksgiving this year!

Baking 101

Baking really is easy to do once you know the basics. This is your one stop resource for all the baking tips and tricks you need to make any dessert you love.

FREE Baking Resource

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6 FREE printables every baker needs

Learn to FREEZE Dessert

Did you know you can freeze almost every dessert? Learn how here and get all my best tips and tricks!

Brownies & Bars

My Cookbooks

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Crazy for Cookies, Brownies, and Bars Cookbook

85+ Recipes for the best cookies, brownies and bars on the planet. An Amazon Editors’ Pick in Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine.

The cover of the cookbook Dessert Mash-Ups by Dorothy Kern, featuring two stacked dessert bars with a creamy top and chocolate layer, on a plate, with milk and plates in the background.

Dessert Mashups: Tasty Two-in-One Treats

One dessert is good. Two desserts are even better, but a doubly delicious mash-up of both into one all-new concoction is the best! This book’s fifty-two inspiring recipes bring a new level of creative fun to your baking, with treats guaranteed to wow everyone at the table.

Breakfast Recipes

No Bake Desserts

How to Freeze Desserts

Want to know a secret? I freeze pretty much every single dessert I make for the blog. Want to know how…