Mom Confessions

Black Forest Freezer Pie
This layered dessert combines cream cheese, powdered sugar and whipped dessert topping over vanilla ice cream in a graham cracker crust. When you're ready to serve the pie, spoon on cherry pie filling, and drizzle with fudge topping.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/pie ... reezer-pie

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Sundaes
Quickly warm pineapple in butter and brown sugar, then spoon the softened fruit over crumbled pound cake and dulce de leche ice cream.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/pin ... e-sundaes/

Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
Layers of cheesecake, raspberry filling, almonds and coconut form dessert bars perfect for summer picnics and potlucks

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/coo ... ecake-bars

Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
Layers of cheesecake, raspberry filling, almonds and coconut form dessert bars perfect for summer picnics and potlucks

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/coo ... ecake-bars

Peach Upside-Down Cake
The family behind Illinois' Rendleman Orchards has amassed some great peach recipes in 135 years of growing peaches. This cake is no exception. Peach slices and brown sugar form a moist base for the tender, square cake -- and when flipped over, that base becomes the topping.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/lay ... -down-cake

Ice Cream Cookie Cake
We created Ice Cream Cookie Cake in honor of Indiana, the top ice cream-producing state in the Midwest. You can mix and match cookies and ice cream to make this frosty, no-bake treat that's also an easy make-ahead dessert.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/lay ... ie-cake-in

Lemon-Cream Cheese Pie
This creamy lemon pie, a longtime reader-favorite recipe, is a signature dessert at Al's Oasis,

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/pie ... cheese-pie

Peanut Butter-Fudge Pie
Vanilla ice cream, gooey fudge sauce and peanuts sit on a chewy rice-cereal crust. Trust us, it’s out of this world—perfect for potlucks or family dinners.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/pie ... -fudge-pie

Honey-Rosemary Shortbread Cookies
Chicago chef Myk Banas created these utterly delicious and subtly sophisticated cookies.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/coo ... d-cookies/

Creamy Peach Yogurt Pie
Juicy peach slices mix with peach jam to make an ultra-easy topping for this no-bake yogurt pie.

http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/pie ... ogurt-pie/