Recipes with sugar

Buttery spritz-style cookies flavored with vanilla, lemon and almond extracts. Tender, golden and ready to be pressed, cut, or tinted for holiday cookie trays. A family classic with a triple extract twist.

Vegetable lo mein with dried mushrooms, celery, and bamboo shoots tossed with fresh wheat noodles in a light broth. A classic Chinese wok technique that beats takeout in under 30 minutes active time.

Bread machine Christmas bread: a sweet cardamom-scented yeast loaf with cinnamon, sugar, and chopped nuts. Scandinavian holiday baking made hands-off.

Gingerbread cut-out cookies with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, plus a homemade egg white decorating frosting. A classic holiday cookie for decorating with kids.

Chinese-style prawns stir-fried with fresh ginger in a rice wine, soy, and sesame sauce. From wok to plate in under 5 minutes of cooking time.

Upside-down rhubarb cobbler with the biscuit batter on the bottom, sugared rhubarb piled on top, and a buttery streusel crown. The cake rises up through the fruit during baking.

Spiced pumpkin bread baked and sealed in mason jars for long-term storage. Cinnamon, cloves, and nuts in a moist, dense loaf that keeps up to a year.

Light strawberry Bavarian cream with fresh berries, gelatin, whipped cream, and folded egg whites for an airy mousse-like dessert. Spoons into glasses and chills overnight.

Mom's strawberry rhubarb pie: tart rhubarb and sweet strawberries thickened with tapioca and flour, baked under a sugar-crusted double crust until the filling bubbles. The classic spring pie.

These are delicious. And no one ever guesses how easy they are.

Vegan grilling sauce with tomato, molasses, soy sauce, chili powder, and mustard. A sugar-free BBQ-style marinade designed for seitan and tempeh on the grill.

This is a easy and tasty dessert, you can always server it after dinner.

Cheesecake cookie bars with a whole wheat walnut crust and honey-sweetened cream cheese filling flavored with lemon, vanilla, and fresh nutmeg. Cut into squares.

Little boats in sauce are old-fashioned pastry dumplings shaped like boats, baked in a sweet brown sugar and molasses sauce. A nostalgic Canadian dessert.

Homemade peach fruit leather: just ripe peaches and sugar, sun-dried or oven-dried into chewy strips. Two-ingredient snack that keeps for months.

Old-fashioned sour cream cookies with raisins, nuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Soft, cake-like drop cookies made with brown sugar and cake flour for an extra tender crumb.

Peanut butter rolls with peanut butter and nutmeg worked into a soft yeast dough, risen until tripled, and baked in a hot oven. Fluffy dinner rolls with a subtle nutty, warm flavor.

Traditional German springerle cookies with anise and lemon, stamped with intricate designs using a springerle rolling pin. A classic holiday cookie that air-dries overnight for a crisp, white finish.

Surprise devil's food cake with hidden beets: a deeply rich, moist chocolate cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and grated beets stirred in for extra tenderness. Kids will never guess.

White chocolate truffles with orange liqueur and zest, rolled in powdered sugar. Only 5 ingredients, no baking required, and they freeze beautifully for weeks.

German beer-braised carrots (Karotten in Bier Gedunstet) with butter, a pinch of sugar, and salt. A simple 5-ingredient side that turns humble carrots into a malty, glossy vegetable.

Peanut butter cup muffins with chocolate cocoa batter and pockets of melty peanut butter chips. A bakery-style breakfast or after-school muffin that tastes like a candy bar.

Sweet and spicy dill pickles made by slicing store-bought dills and repickling them in a hot sugar-vinegar brine with mixed spice and onion. Ready in 24 hours.

Very distinctive, thse macroons are not too sweet, but are crunchy and chewy and rich with the exotic flavor of toasted pine nuts.

Favorite fruit muffins: simple seven-ingredient base recipe that takes any fruit you have on hand. Raisins, berries, or chopped stone fruit all work. Twenty-muffin batch.

Pumpkin raisin cookies with canned pumpkin, cinnamon, and raisins, topped with a simple butter-vanilla frosting. Soft, cakey fall cookies that stay moist for days.

Triple chocolate pie with a from-scratch chocolate crust, airy chocolate chiffon filling with unsweetened chocolate, and grated semi-sweet chocolate on whipped cream. Three chocolates, one show-stopping pie.

Cold cucumber beet soup with a rosy pink color from pickled beets, blended with sour cream and chicken broth. No cooking required, just chill and serve.

Focaccia with Parmesan, rosemary, and olive oil baked on a cornmeal-dusted sheet until golden and crusty. A simple yeast bread with a one-hour rise and just a handful of ingredients.

Muddy Buddies made with Chex cereal coated in melted chocolate chips, peanut butter, and powdered sugar. A no-bake snack that takes 12 minutes and disappears even faster.

Chocolate peanut butter shortbread baked in a tart pan with a cocoa crust, creamy peanut butter filling, and a chocolate Kiss topped with a whole peanut on every wedge.

Lemon coconut squares with a buttery shortbread crust and a tangy lemon-coconut custard filling. Bright, chewy, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Crunchy Italian orange almond biscotti, twice-baked for that signature snap and loaded with toasted almonds and bright orange zest. A no-butter cookie made for dunking in coffee or vin santo.

Cast iron green chile cornbread loaded with roasted chilies, corn kernels, pimiento, and layers of melted cheddar. Southwestern comfort baked in bacon drippings.

Mexican chocolate sauce made with unsweetened chocolate, Kahlua coffee liqueur, cream, butter, and corn syrup. Rich, pourable, and keeps in the fridge for up to three months.

Homemade cherry butter with pitted cherries, crushed pineapple, and lemon juice cooked low and slow until thick and spreadable. A fruity preserve for toast, biscuits, and more.

Cinnamon and cloves perfume these twisted Greek sesame cookies with golden crusts and soft centers. Makes 72 cookies perfect for Mediterranean holiday cookie exchanges or gift tins.

Wholesome apple muffins lean on rolled oats, applesauce, and apple juice for moisture, with cinnamon and nutmeg warming a low-fat, egg-white batter. Tender breakfast muffins topped with extra oats.

Chocolate walnut torte is a flourless-style European cake built on bittersweet chocolate, butter, ground walnuts, and whipped egg whites. Dense, fudgy center with just enough flour for structure, finished with a chocolate rum glaze.

Easy graham peanut butter bread made with graham flour and peanut butter in a simple one-bowl quick bread. No yeast, no kneading, just mix and bake for a nutty, wholesome loaf.

Butter-dipped carrots coated in crispy cornflake crumbs and baked until golden. A retro side dish with a crunchy coating that makes carrots irresistible to kids and adults alike.

Master white bread recipe from 1941 with just six ingredients: flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt, and shortening. A classic two-loaf recipe with three rises and a hot oven bake.

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with chopped dates, coconut, and walnuts or pecans. Brown sugar and orange juice add a caramel sweetness with bright citrus notes.

These bars are very pretty with their dark chocolate swirls throughout. The dessert is a sweet treat to any lunch-bucket meal.

Julekage, the traditional Norwegian Christmas bread scented with cardamom and studded with dark raisins and candied citron. Made fast with a food processor instead of hours of hand-kneading.

Pickled shallots in red wine vinegar with bay leaf and thyme. Crunchy, rosy-pink no-cook refrigerator pickle that brightens salads, sandwiches, and cheese boards.

Hazelnut butter balls: tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookies loaded with chopped toasted hazelnuts, rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A buttery, nutty riff on the classic snowball cookie that disappears off any holiday tray.

Classic rolled sugar cookie cutouts with a tender butter-and-cream dough, sprinkled with red and green colored sugar before baking. Holiday cookie-tin staple.