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Potato chip cookies: a six-ingredient sweet-and-salty shortbread-style cookie with crushed potato chips folded into a buttery vanilla dough. The salty crunch is the whole point.

Quick asparagus or spinach lasagne with ham, mozzarella, and a garlic-thyme white sauce, finished in the microwave. A versatile weeknight pasta bake ready in 35 minutes.

Asparagus-cheese casserole with hard-cooked eggs, sharp cheddar, minced almonds, and a mace-seasoned cream sauce. Topped with buttered breadcrumbs and Parmesan and baked until golden.

Appalachian ramp soup: wild leeks simmered with beef, potatoes, carrots, and celery, finished with butter-fried ramps for a pungent, garlicky spring broth.

Hasenpfeffer, the German-American marinated rabbit stew: rabbit pickled 2 days in spiced vinegar brine, browned in butter, braised in its own marinade, and finished with sour cream.

Falling chocolate cake with raspberry sauce: individual molten-centered chocolate cakes with a cracked top and gooey interior, served with bright raspberry sauce and ice cream.

A classic white layer cake made with egg whites for a pure, snowy crumb. Tender, light, and vanilla-scented, ready for your favorite frosting.

Chocolate pudding cake bakes covered to develop a moist, dense crumb that lands between cake and pudding. A buttermilk-cocoa dessert that holds at room temp or chilled.

Peixe Oporto is a Portuguese baked fish dish finished with a silky port wine sauce enriched with egg yolks and cream. Just 7 ingredients for an elegant seafood dinner.

Buttery chocolate shortbread with cocoa, melted unsweetened chocolate, and chopped walnuts baked low and slow into crisp, snappy wedges with a sugar-sprinkled top.

If you love the taste of onions, you will enjoy this scrumptious side dish that is sure to be one of your favorites to make and serve!

Old-fashioned Southern caramel nut frosting cooked to soft-ball stage with browned sugar for deep caramel flavor. Pecan-studded, glossy, and made for layer cakes.

Ground beef simmered in tomatoes with onion and green pepper, then tossed with spaghetti and cubed Swiss cheese that melts into every strand. Comfort food spaghetti with a cheesy twist.

Parosa, an Israeli-Greek cheese casserole with cottage cheese, yogurt, cinnamon, and whipped egg whites baked in a water bath until light and custardy.

Creamy corn chowder with potato, creamed corn, whole kernel corn, and an egg-thickened broth. A rich, old-fashioned soup that comes together in 35 minutes.

Baked beans heated with crispy bacon, onions, and a shot of Irish whiskey, served over honey butter toast. A boozy, savory twist on a British classic in under 30 minutes.