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Amish friendship bread cake with a cinnamon-oat-nut streusel layered through the middle and on top. Uses friendship starter for a tangy, moist crumb under a crunchy topping.

Soft whole wheat rolls with potato flakes for pillowy texture, brushed with egg wash and topped with crunchy rolled oats. Honey-touched dough makes 16 pull-apart rolls.

Lemon Lassie cookies, a Christmas classic with cinnamon-molasses dough wrapped around a tangy lemon-coconut curd filling, then sliced into bars before baking.

Bread machine orange bread made with fresh orange juice and orange zest for a fragrant, citrusy loaf. Just load the ingredients, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Chicken Marsala with mushrooms and shallots in a creamy marsala wine sauce. The chicken is pounded thin and quickly seared before simmering in the rich pan sauce.

Traditional lasagne from Bologna uses handmade egg pasta, a long-simmered pork Bolognese with white wine and cream, silky bechamel, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. No mozzarella, no ricotta, just the real deal.

Junior's cheesecake delivers the iconic Brooklyn-style dense, tangy cream cheese cake with a graham crumb base and golden brown top. Cornstarch keeps the crumb tight, vanilla and heavy cream lift it silky.

Bread machine blueberry oatmeal bread combines rolled oats, bread flour, and canned blueberries for a soft hearty loaf. Hands-off yeast bread with chewy oat texture and berry color.

Pearls and chocolate cookies are chewy dark chocolate drop cookies loaded with white chocolate chips (the pearls). A reverse-palette chocolate chip cookie, ready in 20 minutes.

Italian cheese biscuits made with Bisquick and sharp cheddar, brushed with garlic-herb butter while hot. Drop biscuits ready in 20 minutes, like Red Lobster's famous version.

A slow-braised Swedish beef chuck roast with an unexpected twist: anchovies, whiskey, vinegar, and brown sugar build a deeply savory pan sauce. Fork-tender after 2 hours. Add cream to the pan juices for a silky gravy.

Flourless-style chocolate almond cake made with toasted ground almonds, melted dark chocolate, and just a quarter cup of flour. Light, fudgy, and lifted by whipped egg whites for a fallen souffle texture.

Flounder Florentine with fish fillets rolled around a spinach, rice, and almond filling, baked in cream of mushroom sauce. An elegant make-ahead seafood dinner.

Whole rainbow trout baked in a creamy yogurt and herb sauce with parsley, chives, fennel, thyme, oregano, and tarragon. An elegant British-style fish supper ready in under an hour.

Why waste money on a romantic dinner when you can enjoy this tasty chicken dish in the convenience of your home!

Easy Hungarian-style beef soup with paprika, caraway, wide noodles, and a finish of sour cream. Made with canned tomato soup as a shortcut for weeknight goulash flavor without the long simmer.