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Chocolate applesauce cake with just five pantry ingredients. No eggs, no dairy, no butter. Moist, fudgy crumb from unsweetened applesauce and real chocolate.

Crazy cake, also known as wacky cake, is an egg-free and dairy-free chocolate sheet cake made with vinegar and oil. Depression-era one-pan recipe that bakes in 35 minutes.

Simple German Vollkornbrot, a dense whole-grain bread with 7-grain cereal, whole wheat flour, and molasses. No-knead, no-yeast overnight soak method for hearty, dark, German-style bread.

Pan-seared sea bass fillets seasoned with a French herb blend of parsley, chives, marjoram, tarragon, and rosemary. Simple, elegant, and ready in under 40 minutes.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

Orange biscuits rolled jelly-roll style with butter, orange juice, and zest, then sliced into spirals and baked hot. The breakfast pinwheel that turns plain biscuit dough into citrus-perfumed swirls in 45 minutes.

Crazy cake mixed right in the baking pan with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Cocoa, vinegar, and oil create a surprisingly moist chocolate cake from Depression-era ingenuity.

English muffins baked as a loaf with yeast, baking soda, and cornmeal-dusted pans. No kneading, no shaping, no griddle. Slice, toast, and get those signature nooks and crannies.

Vegan garbanzo and oat waffles blended from oat flakes, chickpea flour, and water. Egg-free, dairy-free, and ready in 20 minutes with a nutty, crispy texture.

Pecan crisps made with butter, brown sugar, and vanilla, rolled thin and topped with a pecan half. A simple kneaded dough yields tender, nutty cookies with lightly browned edges.

Chewy walnut squares made with brown sugar, one egg, and just half a cup of flour. A no-butter bar cookie that stays soft in the center with a crackly top.

Singing hinny is a traditional Northumbrian griddle cake with flour, lard and currants, cooked in a hot pan until it sings and sizzles. Split, buttered and served warm with tea.

Diced bass mixed with tomato, onion, thyme, and bay leaves, wrapped in mashan leaves and steamed. A traditional Guatemalan fish tamale (tashmul) that's rustic, aromatic, and ready in 40 minutes.

Chocolate sugarplums are forgotten cookies: meringue rounds with chocolate chips that bake overnight in a turned-off oven. The residual heat slowly dries them into airy, crisp clouds with chewy chocolate centers.

Eggless cocoa cake made with no butter, milk, or eggs. A depression-era style chocolate cake using vinegar and baking soda for lift, baked in a tube pan. Naturally vegan.

Butterscotch shortbread cookies made with dark brown sugar and unsalted butter, topped with chopped walnuts or pecans pressed into the dough. Makes 72 bite-sized squares.