3,424 batter recipes

Lemon icebox cookies with cornmeal and cardamom, sliced from a chilled log and baked golden, finished with tart lemon icing and chopped pistachios. Makes 6 dozen.

Spiced applesauce bread with cinnamon, cloves, plumped raisins, and walnuts. A moist quick bread loaf baked with real applesauce for tender crumb.

Buttermilk-soaked chicken breasts pan-fried in a seasoned flour crust, drizzled with honey bourbon butter sauce and topped with chopped pecans.

Minnesota-style clam chowder loaded with wild rice, potatoes, mushrooms, and cream. A Northwoods twist on New England chowder, finished with a splash of sherry before serving.

Orange custard cookies are mini tartlets with buttery shortbread shells filled with an almond-orange flower water custard, baked in muffin tins. Two dozen elegant bite-sized desserts with a Mediterranean fragrance.

Maple nut rugelach roll cream cheese pastry around a maple-walnut-cinnamon filling for buttery, crescent-shaped Jewish cookies. Sweetened with pure maple syrup instead of jam.

Oat wheat bread for the bread machine. Half whole-wheat flour, rolled oats, and a touch of sugar make a nutty, hearty loaf with a tender crumb. Dump, push start, walk away.

Kouloures is a traditional Greek Easter bread, sweet yeast loaves brushed with egg yolk, scattered with sesame seeds, and crowned with red-dyed eggs symbolizing the resurrection.

Schwarzwalder kirschtorte (Black Forest cake): a three-layer German chocolate-almond sponge soaked in kirsch, filled with whipped cream and sour cherries. The classic Schwarzwald showpiece.

Pumpkin pie with brown sugar, corn syrup, and a custard set by both eggs and evaporated milk for a creamier filling. Warm cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, finished with whipped cream and candied ginger slivers.

Fruit nut bran bread is a bread machine loaf packed with toasted bran, sliced almonds, dried fruit and a touch of brown sugar. Hearty, fiber-rich whole-meal bread that bakes hands-off in a few hours.

Julekage, the traditional Norwegian Christmas bread scented with cardamom and studded with dark raisins and candied citron. Made fast with a food processor instead of hours of hand-kneading.

Overnight souffle layers buttered bread, mushrooms, onions, bacon, Anaheim chilies, dill, and cheddar between an egg-cream-Dijon custard, then chills overnight and bakes into a puffy strata. The make-ahead brunch hero for holiday mornings.

Strawberry Dream Dessert layers an oat-brown sugar crust with a fluffy strawberry mousse of fresh berries, whipped cream, and egg whites. A cool, cloud-light icebox dessert for summer.

Cardamom wedding cookies: buttery shortbread balls rolled in powdered sugar with cardamom, citrus zest, and ground almonds. A fragrant twist on traditional Mexican wedding cookies.

Dainty sandwich cookies are tender butter rounds coated with almond-sugar tops and filled with raspberry jam or chocolate. A classic European tea-cookie tray pick.