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If you want to add an exotic touch to dinner, try this scrumptious side dish that will have you savoring every bite.

Wild blackberry pie with a homemade boiling water pastry crust, cinnamon-sugar filling, and lemon juice. A double-crust fruit pie with a tender, flaky dough from scratch.

Cream of mussel soup is a classic Irish-style chowder built on a butter-flour roux and mussel liquor, finished with single cream. Briny, silky, and ready in 30 minutes.

Microwave brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped pecans in just 20 minutes total. Fudgy, rich, and no oven required.

Treat yourself when dessert comes around with this rich and decadent cake that will have you hooked!

This is sort of a huge piece of French toast in a baking pan that looks like a roller coaster. It is fun to watch if you have a glass door oven. If not, it is a big surprise when you take it out!

Wisconsin-style butterburgers with cottage cheese mixed into the patties and cooked in a generous pool of melted butter. Buns dipped in the pan drippings and broiled.

Easy fruit cobbler with a self-rising batter that puffs up around any sweetened fruit. Six ingredients, no mixing with the fruit, and the batter magically rises to the top as it bakes.

Crumb-topped baked French toast dips bread in a vanilla custard, coats in cornflake crumbs, and bakes hot for extra crunch. Served with homemade almond-cinnamon syrup for a brunch upgrade over pan-fried French toast.

Puliszka is a traditional Hungarian polenta layered with feta cheese, sour cream, butter, and fresh dill. Hearty cornmeal dish topped with crispy fried onions for a rustic Eastern European meal.

Whipped shortbread cookies that practically melt on the tongue. Beaten with cornstarch and powdered sugar for a cloud-light, almost feathery crumb. Top with a candied cherry or pecan half.

Easy coffee cake builds a quick monkey bread-style bundt from refrigerated biscuits dipped in melted butter and pecan-brown sugar, then baked into a sticky pull-apart loaf. A four-ingredient brunch shortcut for sleepy mornings.

Zucchini in mock cream sauce uses the vegetable's own extracted juices to make a thick, creamy sauce with no cream at all. A clever lacto-vegetarian technique with garlic, butter, and optional Asiago.

Biersuppe is a classic German beer soup thickened with browned butter and flour, warmed with cinnamon, and enriched with egg yolks and milk. Served with toasted bread in 30 minutes flat.

No-cook chocolate walnut fudge made with just cocoa, powdered sugar, hot butter, and chopped walnuts. Rich, dense, and ready to set in the fridge with no candy thermometer.

Spiced brown sugar bundt cake with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and cloves, baked with chopped pecans and finished with a butterscotch glaze. Holiday-table ready.