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Easy Desserts with 6 or Fewer Ingredients

Between two meetings, when the kids are home from school, or late in the evening, you often have one thing in mind: the need to satiate your sweet tooth. Thanks to these quick and easy desserts that contain just six ingredients or fewer, you’ll always have a decadent option on hand to satisfy your hunger.

1. No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream

To make traditional ice cream, you need an ice cream maker—but not for this recipe! Simply stir together whipped cream with sweetened condensed milk. The high sugar and fat content in this type of milk prevents the creation of ice crystals. Leave it to freeze for a few hours in the freezer, then serve in a pretty bowl.

2. Vanilla Shortbread

Inspired by the Scottish classic, these shortbread cookies are delicious with a good cup of coffee or a glass of milk. To make them, press the dough into a loaf pan, then remove it from the pan so that each cookie has straight, smooth edges. The five ingredients and 15-minute prep time will require just a moment of thinking over before you dive into making this recipe.

3. 3-Ingredient Dark Chocolate Mousse

To make this chocolate mousse, you’ll need only three ingredients, plus a little elbow grease to beat the eggs until the mixture forms a ribbon, i.e., they’ve gained volume. Incorporate melted chocolate at the very end to create a dense mousse. Pour the mixture into ramekins and leave them in the fridge for when you’re in need of a little weeknight treat.

4. 6-Ingredient Apple Cake

You could say that this cake is the apple version of banana bread. Not too sweet, it makes for the perfect afternoon snack. A generous amount of apples are used both inside the cake and as a topping. Cortland apples are your best bet for this recipe, given that they have just the right acidity and also soften nicely once baked.

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5. Microwave Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Happiness is a moist, super chocolatey cookie fresh out of the oven—the microwave oven, that is! Yep, we’ve developed a cookie recipe that can be made in a single bowl and that bakes in just 30 seconds. Chocolate-hazelnut spread already has all the sugar and oil necessary for the cookies to hold together, so all you need to do is add milk, baking powder and flour for a practically instant dessert!

6. Jam Jalousie

Puff pastry, jam and a little sugar come together in this pretty turnover, called jalousie in French. This expression refers to a type of window shutter, gelosia, which originated in Italy and whose openings can be adjusted to allow one to look out without being seen. The slits in the dough are reminiscent of these shutters. No doubt your colleagues will be jealous when they see your dessert at lunchtime.

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