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Miniature nut-filled pastries with a sour cream butter dough wrapped around pecans or walnuts in dark corn syrup. Bite-sized, flaky, and they store beautifully.

Paper-thin, crispy lace cookies loaded with chocolate chips and chopped pecans. Just half a cup of flour lets the batter spread into delicate, golden wafers with lacey edges. Soft out of the oven, shatteringly crisp once cooled.

Belgian spice crisps are paper-thin, shatteringly crisp cookies scented with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, lemon, and rum. A European Christmas classic rolled ultra-thin for maximum crunch.

Tiny cheesecakes built on a single vanilla wafer crust and finished with a candied cherry. Four-ingredient mini cheesecakes that bake in muffin liners for instant holiday party trays.

Zero-fat pumpkin carrot muffins with warm fall spices. Sugar-free option perfect for healthy breakfast meal prep or Weight Watchers.

Pumpkin cheesecake with canned pineapple and warm pie spice, baked in a water-bath oven for a silky, crack-free finish. A crustless fall dessert with tropical flair.

Chocolate, cream cheese, coconut, sour cream and brandy make this delicious cheesecake.

A tasty make ahead vegetarian burger mix. Make in advance and have vege burgers ready in a flash for a quick and healthy snack or meal.

Almond fortune cookies are crisp homemade Chinese-American cookies with almond extract, hand-folded around paper fortunes while still warm. Bake one sheet at a time for fresh, customized messages.

Simple butter cookies that earned honorable mention: just butter, sugar, flour, and vanilla rolled in sugar and stamped flat, no chilling or cutting required for crisp golden edges.

Chocolate chip cookies upgraded with wheat germ, walnuts, coconut, and a butter-shortening combo for the chewiest centers and crispiest edges. A loaded everything-cookie that hides nutrition behind chocolate.

Fresh fruit pie with blueberries, strawberries, or peaches set in cornstarch-thickened glaze: whipped cream lining the crust, fruit filling on top, chilled until firm and sliceable.

Emma Lynn's pound cake with heavy cream, six eggs, and cake flour baked in a tube pan. No leavening needed. A classic Southern-style pound cake with a tight, buttery crumb.

Puccia, traditional Italian olive-studded bread rolls from Puglia made with biga starter and whole wheat flour. Crusty, airy rolls with a long rise for deep flavor.

A chocolate cherry fruitcake made easy with quick-bread mix, maraschino cherries, pecans, chocolate chips, and a splash of kirsch. Fruitcake even skeptics will love.

Homemade pastry stuffed with potato - "knish upon a star" and your dreams will come true.