Recipes with flour

Lentil tomato casserole simmers brown lentils with onion, carrots, herbs, and tomatoes, then bakes with a sherry-spiked white sauce and bread crumbs. A hearty vegetarian main dish.

A moist chocolate chip cake made with instant mashed potatoes, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Baked in a 13x9 pan with a powdered sugar finish, it travels beautifully to any potluck or picnic.

Sweet and sour chicken saute with orange juice, white wine, raspberry vinegar, and rosemary, finished with fresh orange segments and avocado. Bistro-style chicken with bright pan sauce.

Golden-browned chicken simmered in Riesling wine with shallots, garlic, and fresh thyme, finished with plump green grapes. An Alsatian-inspired dinner for two ready in just 40 minutes.

German-style apple cream cheese tart with a buttery pressed crust, raspberry jam layer, and cinnamon-spiced apples topped with sliced almonds. Baked in a springform for easy serving.

Gold Room scones with honey-brushed golden tops, plump raisins, and a tender egg-rich crumb. Tearoom-style drop scones served warm with butter, jam, and whipped cream.

Classic crockpot beef stew with potatoes, carrots, pearl onions, and celery. Flour-coated beef browns first, then slow cooks 8 to 10 hours until everything is melt-in-your-mouth tender.

Fudgy, low-fat chocolate mousse bars made with applesauce and yogurt instead of butter. Dense, rich, and guilt-free with just 1 tablespoon of oil.

Pork, ham, and shrimp jambalaya is a Louisiana-Creole rice dish layering sausage, cubed ham, and shrimp in a tomato-thyme broth. Three-protein one-pot meal with deep Southern roots.

Apple pie cake made with yellow cake mix and canned apple pie filling, topped with a buttery cinnamon crumb streusel. A shortcut dessert that tastes homemade.

Florentine-style fried chicken, marinated in olive oil, lemon, and parsley, then dipped in flour and egg and deep-fried golden. The original Tuscan take on fried chicken, long before Nashville hot.

Slow cooker cherry bread studded with maraschino cherries and crunchy pecans. This sweet, moist loaf bakes right in your crock pot with no oven needed.

Quick Mexican-style chicken tortilla soup with crispy fried corn tortilla strips, bell peppers, chili powder, and mixed vegetables. A warming, hearty bowl from pantry staples in 40 minutes.

Georgia peach cream pie with a stovetop vanilla custard layered between fresh peach slices in a baked shell, finished with sweetened whipped cream. Old-fashioned summer pie that lets ripe peaches do the talking.

Pork chops with apples in a sweet-and-sour sauce of red wine vinegar, honey, chicken broth, and tomato paste. A French-inspired skillet dinner in 40 minutes.

Tyler pie with a creamy egg-and-butter custard kissed with vanilla and lemon, baked into a flaky crust until set and golden. The old Southern chess pie variation named for the Texas town.