Recipes with salt

Cow chip biscuits: classic chuckwagon-style flat lard biscuits with flour, milk, baking powder, and salt. Six-ingredient pantry biscuits with crisp edges and tender centers.

Blueberry buttermilk muffins with browned butter, tangy buttermilk, and a juicy berry burst in every bite. A bakery-style classic that earns its golden domed top with a hot oven and a light hand.

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you can bake chewy or crunchy just by watching the clock. Two cups of rolled oats give them real heft while shortening keeps them tender. Pull them early for chew, longer for crunch.

Old-school peanut cookies packed with chopped peanuts, brown sugar, and vanilla. Crisp-edged, chewy-centered cookies that taste like a peanut butter cookie's nuttier cousin.

No fuss pecan pie: just six pantry ingredients stirred together and poured into a pie shell. Sticky, gooey, toasty-pecan classic with a perfect set every time. The holiday dessert that bakes itself.

Super blueberry muffins, packed with two full cups of fresh berries for maximum fruit-in-every-bite. A simple one-bowl recipe ready in 20 minutes for breakfast or snacking.

Classic biscuits made with cold butter cut into the flour for flaky, tender layers and a tall rise. Cream of tartar lends a subtle tang. Roll and cut, or drop by the spoonful for rustic drop biscuits.

Blueberry pancakes scatter fresh berries onto the cooking pancakes instead of mixing them into the batter. Bright blueberry pockets, no purple-streaked batter, ready in 30 minutes.

Ultra-fudgy brownies made with real melted chocolate and butter, packed with chopped nuts and just enough flour to hold their dense, truffle-like texture.

Frozen rhubarb mousse: tart rhubarb puree folded into Italian meringue and whipped cream with a splash of raspberry liqueur. Light, airy spring dessert that scoops like ice cream.

A bread machine coffee cake with honey, vanilla, and an egg-rich dough studded with brown sugar and crunchy walnuts. Warm from the machine, it fills the house with the smell of Sunday morning.

The quintessential Indian-Singaporean meal accompaniment. Unfortunately, all too often it is made using highly processed white flour and margarine. Here, the parathas are made with whole-wheat flour (you could also try using spelt flour) and stuffed with peas and potatoes, for a lighter but more wholesome take on the original. Serve hot with yoghurt and herbs.

Classic Buffalo wings with homemade tomato-based hot sauce and creamy blue cheese dressing. Deep-fried golden, tossed in tangy heat, served with chilled celery.

Classic homemade pumpkin pie with a from-scratch shortening crust and a custard filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Real evaporated milk and whole eggs, no shortcuts.

Classic homemade pumpkin pie with a from-scratch shortening crust and a custard filling spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Real evaporated milk and whole eggs, no shortcuts.

Homemade sweet cookies, crisp shortcrust cut-outs deep-fried golden, then tossed in a sugar syrup glaze. A fun, sweet, crunchy fried treat in playful shapes that kids love.