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Classic pecan pie with dark corn syrup, melted butter, and toasted pecans, scaled for either a 9 or 10 inch shell. Five ingredients in the filling, no-fuss method, glossy candied top.

Golden brown coffee cake is a buttermilk bundt with a brown sugar and walnut crumb layer running through the middle and crowning the top. Tender crumb, caramel notes, breakfast-table classic.

Rich chocolate drop cookies loaded with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips, each topped with a pecan half. Melted unsweetened chocolate in the batter gives them a deep, fudgy flavor that tastes like a German chocolate cake in cookie form.

Cornish hens roasted over a toasted long-grain rice stuffing studded with pecans, raisins and orange juice. An elegant holiday-worthy dinner with juicy birds and aromatic fruit-and-nut rice.

Shrimp Creole omelets stuffed with a spicy tomato sauce built on the Cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper, and celery. Fold them soft, fill them hot, and serve with rice.

Sometimes old-fashioned means the best and the most delicious. Such as these cinnamon swirl loaves.

Old-fashioned looped jumble cookies with cinnamon dough rolled into ropes, shaped into loops, and topped with a poured chocolate glaze. A charming heritage cookie with a fun shape.

Pillowy drop cookies bursting with fresh orange zest and tang from sour cream, crowned with a citrus glaze that sets into sweet perfection.

Baked cheesecake with a buttery sugar cookie crumb crust and a creamy cream cheese filling lightened with sour cream, eggs and a touch of cornstarch. Topped with reserved cookie crumbs and baked in a 9-inch square pan.

Nicole's cheesecake features a sugar-cookie crumb crust, a cornstarch-stabilized cream cheese filling, and a sprinkle of crumbs on top. A quick 1-hour square cheesecake, no water bath needed.

After school bars are no-bake layered cracker treats with a buttery brown sugar coconut filling sandwiched between Club crackers and topped with sweet vanilla frosting. A retro lunchbox classic kids can't stop reaching for.

Chocolate pecan pie bars with a buttery shortbread crust and a gooey corn syrup filling loaded with chopped pecans and chocolate morsels. All the flavor of pecan pie, no pie dish needed.

Butter-simmered shrimp and crab with lemon, garlic, dry vermouth, and fresh parsley. An elegant seafood dish ready in under 10 minutes with just 7 ingredients.

Steamed cabbage wedges finished in butter with shallots, juniper berries, savory, and gin. An elegant, aromatic side dish that turns humble cabbage into something extraordinary.

Dried apple pie reconstitutes dried apple slices in fresh apple cider, then bakes them under a flaky double crust with cinnamon and nutmeg. The Appalachian winter pie made when fresh apples are out of season.