Recipes with milk

Brazilian meat croquettes with roast beef, tomato, garlic, and parsley in a crispy double-coated shell. Fry them golden for a snack that shatters with every bite.

Lemon lush layered dessert with a buttery pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, lemon pudding, and whipped topping. A four-layer no-bake icebox dessert that chills overnight and cuts into clean squares.

Quick asparagus or spinach lasagne with ham, mozzarella, and a garlic-thyme white sauce, finished in the microwave. A versatile weeknight pasta bake ready in 35 minutes.

Warm cinnamon-spiced muffins packed with shredded tart apples and crowned with a crunchy pecan-brown sugar topping that caramelizes as it bakes.

Mom's creamy chicken gravy with celery, green pepper, and pimentos ladled over warm buttermilk biscuits. Old-school comfort food ready in 20 minutes.

A simple, no-frills biscotti recipe. My mother gave this recipe to me. It's easy, quick, easy, and one of my preferred Italian cookie recipes.

Flaky pastry squares layered with spiced apple filling and crumbly streusel topping, drizzled with vanilla glaze. These hand-held treats bake up golden and taste like portable apple pie.

No-bake chocolate rice crispy squares with dried apricots and raisins. Milk chocolate and marshmallows hold it all together. Makes 96 bite-sized treats for snacking, lunchboxes, or bake sales.

Rose geranium cookies made with rosewater and chopped geranium leaves baked into a soft, floral butter cookie. A unique garden-to-cookie-sheet treat.

A ridiculously easy chocolate cherry cake made with just cake mix, cherry pie filling, and almond extract. Holes poked in the warm cake let a boiled milk chocolate frosting sink in for poke-cake bliss with Black Forest flair.

Grandma's cabbage casserole: steamed shredded cabbage in a simple egg-and-milk custard with melty cheese and paprika. Old-school church-potluck comfort, six ingredients start to finish.

A masterchef-level dessert: espresso chocolate mousse over creme anglaise, served in flowerpot dishes and topped with handmade chocolate flowers.

German apple cream kuchen with yeast dough base, cinnamon apples, and creamy cheesecake topping for an elegant hybrid dessert best served warm from the oven.

A nice dessert, there are three great toppings on the top, mixing very well!

Mexican meatballs in chile sauce made with a three-meat blend of beef, pork, and ground ham, bound with milk-soaked corn tortillas and simmered in red chile sauce.

Salmon corn chowder with bacon, creamed corn, potato soup, and Old Bay seasoning. A thick, creamy chowder using canned salmon and pantry shortcuts for a fast weeknight bowl.