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By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern

Planning and preparing for a holiday party can be stressful. You’ve got to clean the house, rearrange the furniture, buy ingredients, and prepare food. Not to mention, you still have to take care of all of the other responsibilities of everyday life! To ease some of that stress of planning a party, Fill Your Plate has put together a collection of easy dessert recipes that look absolutely stunning, and will surely impress all of your guests!

• Cinnamon Panna Cotta – Easy Vegan Dessert – Bianca Zapatka | Recipes
• Baked Pears with Walnut Oat Crumble – USA Pears
• Stuffed Dates with Cream Cheese, Pistachios, and Honey (samdoesherbest.com)
• Chocolate Cranberry Christmas Mini Cakes (vegan, gluten-free, nut-free) – Nirvana Cakery
• Caramel Apple Mini Tarts – My Farmhouse Table
• Easy Salted Caramel Panna Cotta With Praline – Recipe Winners
• Mini Pavlova Recipe with Mixed Berries – Dessert for Two
• Dulce de Leche Verrine with Banana and Cream – between2kitchens
• Caramelised Fig Pavlova With Cardamom Cream – Rosanna ETC
• Easy Limoncello Crème Brûlée (no water bath) – Rosanna ETC

With one or a few of these desserts on your table, your guests will think you spent HOURS preparing them because of how elegant they look, when really, they didn’t take you long at all. But who has to know?

To make these recipes even more special, try using Arizona grown ingredients as much as possible! Arizona produces some of the best dairy products, fruits, and nuts, all of which are featured in the recipes listed above! For more information on where to find Arizona grown products, check out some of the resources on the Fill Your Plate website!