Recipes with milk

Baked pecan French toast soaked overnight in orange juice and custard, then oven-baked with butter, orange zest, and pecans. An easy make-ahead brunch.

Creamy chicken chowder with potatoes, carrots, and fresh parsley thickened with a flour-milk slurry. A hearty, from-scratch soup that's perfect for thermos lunches.

Vegetable cheese puff casserole layered with bread, American cheese, mixed vegetables, and an egg-milk custard, baked until puffed and golden brown.

Double chocolate drops with cocoa powder dough and semi-sweet chocolate chips, using butter-flavor shortening for thick, chewy cookies loaded with walnuts. Big bakery-style cookies in 35 minutes.

Sugar and spice apple cakes baked in muffin tins with whole wheat flour, nutmeg, and chopped apples, then dipped warm in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Like apple cider donuts in cake form.

Lemon sponge bakes in individual custard cups in a hot-water bath. The filling separates magically into a tangy curd layer below and a feather-light cake-like sponge on top.

Southern spoon bread made with stone-ground white cornmeal, eggs, butter, and milk. Custardy and soft enough to scoop with a spoon, with a golden crust on top.

Hearty raisin muffins with a soaked-cereal base for extra moisture, studded with raisins and walnuts. A quick, wholesome breakfast muffin that comes together in one bowl, best served warm from the oven.

Layers of raspberry jam and chocolate give a surprising tang to this dessert.

Homemade monkey bread from scratch with buttery yeast dough balls coated in cinnamon-brown sugar and layered with nuts in a tube pan. Pull-apart and caramelized.

Creamy orange smoothie made with frozen orange juice concentrate, milk, vanilla, and ice. Tastes like a melted creamsicle and blends up in minutes.

Traditional poppy seed kolachky filling made with scalded milk, sugar, and a full pound of poppy seeds. A simple three-ingredient Czech and Polish pastry filling.

Rollerblade cookies: boot-shaped honey-ginger cookies with toasted oats pressed on as skate wheels. A fun, low-sugar kid-friendly cookie cutout project.

Dutch poffertjes-style doughnuts made with a quick choux-style dough and fried into puffy, golden-brown bites with a crisp shell and tender, custardy center. A simple homemade Holland-inspired treat.

Poppy seed tea bread with a dense, buttery crumb and a gentle crunch from whole poppy seeds. Makes two loaves that store well and slice beautifully.

Old-fashioned griddle cakes from scratch with six basic pantry ingredients. Fluffy homemade pancakes with a hint of sweetness, ready in 30 minutes.