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Oatmeal millet muffins with rolled oats softened in boiling water and toasty whole millet for crunch. The morning muffin with two grains, golden tops, and tender, rib-sticking crumb. Freezes well.

Honey bran muffins sweetened with honey instead of sugar, loaded with bran cereal and raisins. Low-fat, one-bowl, and ready in 30 minutes for a wholesome breakfast.

Hazelnut biscotti are twice-baked Italian cookies studded with whole hazelnuts, perfect for dunking in espresso or vin santo. A simple, butter-rich version with a crunchy bite.

Chewy oatmeal raisin cookies made extra tender with sour cream. Brown sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and plump raisins in every bite. Makes about 4 and a half dozen.

Rich mahogany chocolate pound cake with cocoa, sour cream, and both white and brown sugar, baked in a bundt pan. Dense, moist, and deeply chocolatey with an optional quick chocolate sauce.

Honey chicken muffins are savory cornmeal-flour muffins packed with cooked chicken, buttermilk, applesauce, dry mustard, and a drizzle of honey. A protein-rich grab-and-go lunch or snack from the muffin tin.

Packed with almonds, these glazed almond cookie slices make a great snack.

Molasses ginger bars with brown sugar, raisins, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Soft, chewy gingerbread-style cookie bars from a big-batch 13x9 pan that cuts into 36 pieces.

Phyllis's avocado quick bread with mashed ripe avocado, sour milk, pecans, and a mix of unbleached and whole wheat pastry flour. Faintly green, tender, and a clever way to use up an over-ripe avocado.

Apple cake with a cinnamon-nut streusel topping, chopped apples folded into a brown sugar batter with sour milk. A tender, spiced sheet cake for fall baking.

Rhubarb raspberry platz, a Mennonite fruit dessert with a shortcake base, tart fruit filling, and buttery streusel topping. Three layers baked golden in one pan.

Fat-free lemon poppy seed biscotti made with no added oil or butter. Crisp twice-baked Italian cookies powered by ground almonds, egg whites, and bright citrus.

This delectable cake is sure to impress your relatives at the next family gathering. Just make sure you make an extra one for yourself!

Pineapple zucchini cake loaded with crushed pineapple, grated zucchini, pecans, and raisins. A moist, oil-based sheet cake with tropical-garden flavor that uses up summer zucchini.

Chocolate zucchini cake with grated zucchini and buttermilk for an unbelievably moist crumb, warmed with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a whisper of orange zest. The garden surplus dessert that hides its vegetables.

Whole wheat zucchini bread sweetened with honey, loaded with wheat germ, bran, raisins, and nuts. A wholesome, no-refined-sugar quick bread that makes two loaves.