Sugar

Ever wanted to use your herbs in sweet dessert? Check out "Sugar" as Anna Olson makes lemon-thyme shortbread. Then, by adding honey and cheese, she transforms the cookies perfect to serve at your next dinner party. Also on the dessert menu is a lavender Riesling cheesecake that's easy and elegant.

Be sure to join pastry chef Anna Olson as she cooks with classic vanilla. First, Anna makes everyone's favorite French vanilla ice cream. Stay tuned as Anna takes vanilla ice cream and turns it into an awe-inspiring baked Alaska bombe. It wouldn't be a vanilla show without a recipe for classic crème brûlée.

Don't miss a minute as pastry chef Anna Olson makes a beautiful one-step cherry pie perfect for any night of the week. Later, Anna takes the cherry pie and pairs it with sugared almonds for a spectacular end to a Saturday dinner, followed by a black forest molten cake that oozes with chocolatey goodness.

Pastry chef Anna Olson takes brown sugar to the next level with a brown sugar pound cake great any night of the week. Then she elevates it for entertaining by adding caramelized pineapple. You'll also learn how to make a fabulous sticky bun pudding.

Anna Olson shows how to whip up great desserts with mascarpone. First, there'll be mascarpone with pastry dippers that will later become mascarpone petit fours. Then, the showstopper: a mascarpone charlotte.

Ahhh, the smell of cinnamon. Tune in as host Anna Olson creates delicious desserts using this fabulous spice. First, a creamy cinnamon custard that later becomes a cinnamon brûlée. Last but not least: cinnamon profiteroles.

Join Anna Olson as she highlights one of summer's best fruits by creating a quick-and-easy peach foster that will be re-invented as a peach fondue. Then, feast your eyes on a delectable peach and blackberry pie.

Watch Anna Olson as she puts a new twist on an old favorite by making white chocolate brownies, then later adds a hazelnut sour cream to serve on the weekend. Anna will also make a frozen white chocolate soufflé that will make a stunning statement at your next dinner party.

Join host Anna Olson as she whips up dulce de leche ice cream perfect for any night of the week. Then, watch as she transforms the ice cream into an elegant hazelnut terrine. You'll also learn how to make Napoleons flavored with caramel.

Join pastry chef Anna Olson as she makes orange-almond biscotti. Watch as she transforms the biscotti into a weekend delight by dipping them in caramelized sugar. Then, a sophisticated recipe for ricotta-almond cake.

Tune in to watch host Anna Olson make vanilla-roasted apricots that are easy enough to make on Tuesday and elegant enough to serve on Saturday. Later, she'll bake an apricot Linzer torte.

If you've ever wondered what to do with buttermilk, stay tuned as host Anna Olson makes buttermilk crêpes perfect for a weeknight, then reinvents them into a crepe gateau for a Saturday. Keep watching as Anna makes delicious buttermilk panna cotta with sugared frazzles.

Anna Olson shows how easy it is to take lemons and turn them into dessert. First, Anna makes lemon thumbprint cookies with a sparkling lemonade float that will become a kitchen classic. Then, indulge in a luscious, warm lemon sponge cake.

If you want to do more with honey than add it to your tea, stay tuned as pastry chef Anna Olson creates wonderful honey-roasted fruits and pairs them with a reduced syrup to create a weekend dessert. Later, Anna makes panforte with crème fraiche.

Relax while Anna Olson shows you how to turn some of your favorite brewed teas into dessert sensations. Earl Grey tea loaf will taste so good on a Tuesday night that you'll make it again on Saturday with added scented melon and pineapple. Stay tuned as Anna whips up an incredible jasmine tea pudding.

Blueberries are the ingredient of the day on "Sugar." Watch as Anna turns them into three delicious desserts. First up, a blueberry buckle. Then, she whips up a delicous cheesecake and reveals a killer recipe for blueberry ricotta blintzes.

Join Anna Olson as she bakes up a batch of pecan scones that you can serve plain or fancy with macerated fruit. Then, Anna gives you an unbelievably gooey recipe for a decadent pecan pie.

It's that time of year again when the humble pumpkin becomes the best dessert ingredient! Join pastry chef Anna Olson as she shows you how to create a pumpkin-cranberry loaf easy enough for a Tuesday night. Then, with the addition of crystallized ginger syrup, Anna transforms the loaf into a Saturday night stunner. You'll also get a lesson in a pumpkin mousse that your friends will love.

If you love the taste of apples, then you'll love this show. Pastry chef Anna Olson shows you how to cook baked apples two ways: one for a weeknight treat, and the other for something a little more special. She'll also give you a knock-out recipe for apple tarte Tatin we're sure you won't want to miss.

Join pastry chef Anna Olson as she whips up a delectable chocolate-orange pudding that's perfect for any day of the week. Then, watch as Anna transforms that same pudding into a chocolate-orange cream pie that you could serve on Saturday. You'll also learn how to make an elegant milk chocolate semifreddo.