Apple streusel muffins with buttermilk, walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves topped with a brown sugar crumble. Warm, spiced, and bakery-worthy from a simple batter.
Chocolaty, creamy, smooth and absolutely delicious. This chocolate cheesecake is heaven.
Long life noodles with egg: blanched egg noodles topped with wilted spinach, a soft-poached egg, and a glossy soy-sesame chicken broth. Chinese New Year birthday tradition in a bowl.
Oxe frosted brownies are big-batch cocoa brownies studded with walnuts, baked in an oversize pan, and finished with a smooth cocoa fudge frosting. Three dozen fudgy squares for crowds and bake sales.
Apple cheesecake: a shortbread crust layered with a single-egg cream cheese filling and a thick top of sweetened diced apples and nuts. Sets overnight in a springform pan.
Polish nalesniki are delicate egg-white pancakes rolled around a lemon-vanilla sour cream pudding, baked until warm, then dusted with powdered sugar. An old-world dessert.
Baked ziti with ground beef, ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella in spaghetti sauce. A cheesy, meaty pasta bake that feeds a crowd and comes together with minimal prep.
Carrot snack cake made with cake mix, grated carrots, orange juice, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. Easy one-pan baking.
Cumulonimbus chocolate cake hides a secret ingredient: sauerkraut. Drained, snipped, and folded into a cocoa-and-coffee batter, it disappears completely and leaves behind a moist, fluffy chocolate cake. Frosted with a two-ingredient chocolate sour cream icing.
Peanut butter and jelly muffins hide a creamy PB and fruit preserve filling inside whole wheat breakfast muffins. The classic sandwich reimagined for the lunchbox or breakfast table.
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.
Old fashioned gingerbread cake made with a surprising secret: tomato soup replaces the liquid in gingerbread mix for an incredibly moist, spiced cake with raisins and walnuts.
Pressure-fried chicken sandwich with a crispy flour coating, dill pickles, and buttered buns. A fast-food copycat that cooks in just 3 and a half minutes.
Crab cakes cooked in a sandwich press with shredded crab, French mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay, and bread cubes. The Maryland classic in 16 minutes flat.
Hot and sour soup with shredded pork, chicken, tofu, cloud ears, and golden needles in a rice vinegar broth thickened with cornstarch and finished with egg ribbons.
Crispy chicken casserole with cream of chicken soup, mayo, hard-boiled eggs, walnuts, and a crushed potato chip topping. Retro comfort food at its finest.