2,216 base recipes

Texas-style buttermilk pecan pralines with a caramel-colored, melt-on-your-tongue center. Makes nearly 4 dozen candies from a classic Cook 'Em Horns recipe.

Quick loaf bread made with Bisquick, candied fruit, walnuts, and a hint of anise. Mix, pour, bake. A retro holiday bread that couldn't be simpler.

These delicious green cookies are not just good at St. Patrick's Day, they are popular all the time!

You will spin around after you taste this scrumptious cake made with maple syrup and nut meats.

Roasted Cornish hens brushed with olive oil, parsley, and thyme, served with pan-gravy mushrooms, glazed carrots, and Brussels sprouts. A rustic Sunday dinner plate, scaled small.

Holiday master butter cookie dough combines flour, cornstarch, and creamed butter into a tender, rollable base for cut-outs, Linzers, thumbprints, and pinwheels. Chills up to 3 days or freezes up to 6 months.

Blueberry crumb cake squares from a jelly roll pan with a rich butter batter, a full quart of blueberries, and a cinnamon-nutmeg brown sugar crumb topping. Makes 24 generous squares.

Herman chocolate chip cookies, hearty and loaded with oats, peanuts, and chocolate chips, made with tangy Herman sourdough starter. A clever, chewy way to use up your friendship starter.

Poppy seed cake with lemon glaze baked in a bundt pan. Pureed apricots replace butter for moisture, egg whites provide lift, and a tangy lemon glaze drizzles over the top. No butter, no yolks.

Meringue pecan pie binds Ritz cracker crumbs and chopped pecans into a stiff egg-white meringue, then bakes into a chewy-crisp slice. No pie crust required. Top with ice cream or fresh fruit and whipped cream.

Wholegrain muffins with bran flakes, rolled oats, molasses, and brown sugar. A high-fiber breakfast muffin that mixes in one bowl and bakes in 15 minutes.

This scrumptious Irish cake is so tasty, the boiled raisins and currants with butter give the cake great texture and flavor.

Soft, moist velvet pumpkin cake made with Bisquick, canned pumpkin, and vanilla, served warm with sweetened whipped cream. A cozy fall dessert ready in one hour.

Honey poppy seed muffins with whole wheat pastry flour and sunflower oil. Boiling milk activates poppy seeds for intense nutty flavor. Naturally sweetened brunch muffins make 12.

Sea bass fillets braised in apple cider with tarragon, morel mushrooms, and shallots, served over an egg yolk sabayon with roasted tomatoes and apple slices.

Papaya cookies with amaranth flour, honey, and fresh papaya chunks pressed into each one before baking. Egg-free and naturally sweetened with a nutty, tropical flavor.