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"For most events that call for dessert, a simple pie or cake will do. But when you&amp;#039;re baking for a crowd \u2014 a serious crowd \u2014 you need to step it up. You can&amp;#039;t be in the kitchen all day making four cakes! You&amp;#039;re a modern woman with a job and friends you meet up with at the bar and cat videos to post on several social media accounts. So when you need to make a dessert for a whole crew, and some day you will need to, you need a go-to dessert recipe. Here are 13 of them. 1. Apple Tart With a Cornmeal Crust Get in touch with your rustic side with this eye-catching apple tart made with a flaky, cornmeal-flecked crust.  Get the recipe from  Brooklyn Supper. 2. Blueberry Rye Slab Pie Though delicious, blueberry pie can present a serious dilemma when it comes to your filling setting properly. Spare yourself the angst and make a slab pie instead. Not only is it incredibly good, the thinner layer of blueberry filling will be amazing without any of the fuss.   Get the recipe from  Food52. 3. Peach Slab Pie Summer peaches are at their peak right now, so this pie basically tastes like sunshine. This thing might just make you a legend.  Get the recipe from  Brooklyn Supper. 4. Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars If you were born on the southern side of the U.S.-Canada border, you may not be familiar with the Nanaimo bar. But our neighbors to the north have done the world a great service in creating this no-bake dessert. One bite and you&amp;#039;ll be hooked.  Get the recipe from  Crumb Blog. 5. Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake You can rarely go wrong with cake. So it stands to reason that a giant cake with cream cheese frosting that&amp;#039;s also scattered with crumbled Oreos will transform you into a baking legend. Don&amp;#039;t deny your destiny.  Get the recipe from  Two Peas and Their Pod. 6. Slab Tiramisu An entire tray of tiramisu can be yours (and yours alone), though you should probably/maybe share.   Get the recipe from The View From Great Island. 7. Chocolate Sheet Cake If you want to make cake for a crowd but you&amp;#039;re a little worried about your butter intake, try this version, which swaps out Greek yogurt for some of the butter without sacrificing any chocolaty wonderfulness.  Get the recipe from  I Heart Eating. 8. Cherry Almond Sheet Cake Sheet cakes are a great way to feed a bunch of people at once, but in the summer, frosting can have a tough time holding up. Luckily this cherry almond sheet cake doesn&amp;#039;t need frosting to be a hit.  Get the recipe from  Bake or Break. 9. Lemon Shortbread With Chocolate Drizzle An elegant, understated dessert that shows just how sophisticated your palate is. Also: lots and lots of butter.   Get the recipe from  The Lemon Bowl. 10. Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bars This is like a homemade ice cream cake but without all the effort. And ice cream cakes and lack of effort are two of your favorite things! (Right?)  Get the recipe from  Chelsea&amp;#039;s Messy Apron. 11. Apple Slab Pie Though cinnamon can be a divisive spice, it&amp;#039;s a proven fact that everybody loves apple pie. And an actual slab of apple pie is so good that you might not be prepared for all the adoration you&amp;#039;re about to receive.   Get the recipe from  Brooklyn Supper. 12. Peanut Butter Caramel Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars This is pretty much everything people like in a dessert except fruit: peanut butter, caramel, toffee, chocolate, and cookies. So it&amp;#039;s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.  Get the recipe from  Mom in Time Out. 13. Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars On the surface, the perfect lemony treat may not seem likely to instigate fighting or ill-will, but trust me when I say these lemon squares are cut into predetermined portions for the good of your guests. (But try to have some extras stashed away. Just in case.)  Get the recipe from  Two Peas and Their Pod. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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