Recipes with sugar

The famous Neiman-Marcus cookie with blended oatmeal, two kinds of chocolate, chopped nuts, and both white and brown sugar. Makes a massive batch of 112 cookies.

Soda cracker pie is a vintage Southern meringue pie made with whipped egg whites, saltine crumbs, and pecans. No crust, no flour, just a crackly meringue that tastes like toasted pecan candy.

Deep chocolate cookies spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, made lighter with yogurt instead of butter. Crisp edges with chewy centers at just 41 calories per cookie.

Homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur with just four ingredients: instant coffee, sugar, vanilla, and vodka. A slow-simmered coffee syrup base that tastes like the real thing. Great for gifting.

Irish cream fudge uses mashed potato as the secret binder, giving a smooth, silky chocolate fudge spiked with Bailey's-style liqueur and crowned with a walnut on each square. A quirky candy-shop classic.

Savory cheese monkey bread: butter-dipped diamonds of cheddar yeast dough stacked in a ring mold and baked into a golden, pull-apart loaf. Perfect with soup or on the brunch table.

Grilled ham steaks with a brown sugar and whiskey pan sauce. Butter-brushed, grilled until charred, and served with a quick onion roux sauce spiked with whiskey.

Anything made with pumpkin,to me,is the all time best.These cookies are very good and be warned you cannot eat just one,so make them small.

Pickled sweet peppers brined overnight and canned in an apple cider vinegar brine with horseradish and garlic. A classic boiling-water bath canning recipe for colorful bell peppers.

Dr. Pepper cake is a Texas-born sheet cake using the soda for moisture and faint cherry-cola notes. Topped with warm Dr. Pepper cocoa frosting poured over the hot cake.

Heath Bar cake with nine chopped toffee bars, chocolate chips, and a buttery crumb topping baked in a buttermilk batter. A rich, crunchy coffee cake loaded with toffee and chocolate.

Cayenne corn bread made easy in a bread machine. Cornmeal and bread flour with a kick of cayenne pepper and a touch of applesauce for moisture. Just load the machine and press start.

Kahlua pumpkin pie with coffee liqueur in the custard and the whipped cream topping. Brown sugar and warm spices meet rich, boozy depth for a grown-up holiday pie.

Three-layer white chocolate cake with coconut, pecans, and buttermilk topped with a pourable white chocolate frosting. Includes the frosting recipe.

One-bowl chocolate sheet cake that bakes up tender and moist thanks to melted butter, cocoa powder and milk. Everything goes in one bowl, beat just until blended, then into a 13x9 pan. No mixer gymnastics, no fuss.

Dark pumpernickel bread for the bread machine with rye flour, cocoa, molasses, instant coffee, and caraway seeds. A rich, deeply flavored one-pound loaf on regular cycle.

Roma's white chocolate bread pudding: rich custard-soaked French bread baked into silky pudding, finished with warm white chocolate sauce and dark chocolate shavings. Restaurant-style indulgence.

Christmas hazelnut balls rolled in powdered sugar, a buttery shortbread-style cookie with ground hazelnuts and vanilla. No eggs needed, melt-in-your-mouth tender.

Slice-and-bake butterscotch cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, and a make-ahead frozen dough. Press into loaf pans, freeze, then slice thin and bake whenever the craving hits.

Irish freckle bread is a soft potato yeast bread studded with raisins. Made with mashed potatoes and potato water for an incredibly tender, moist crumb.

Whole wheat trail cookie bars with dried figs, golden raisins, walnuts, and wheat germ, sweetened with honey and molasses. A hearty, portable snack baked in one pan.

Classic old fashioned pound cake with lemon extract, fresh lemon juice, and zest baked in a tube pan. Dense, buttery, and rich with six eggs and evaporated milk.

Rice Krispie cookies with brown sugar, white sugar, cream of tartar, and 4 cups of crisp rice cereal folded into a buttery cookie dough. Crunchy, chewy, and old-school.

Very nice dessert, I make these biscuits very often, all my kids love them, my husabnd even love them too.

Spiced pumpkin cheesecake with a walnut graham crust and a buttery pecan praline topping. Thanksgiving-worthy dessert layered with cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and allspice.

Traditional Panforte di Siena with toasted almonds, hazelnuts, candied orange peel, citron, cocoa, and honey syrup cooked to soft ball stage. A dense Italian Christmas confection.

Pickled zucchini with onions and bell peppers in a sweet cider vinegar brine spiced with mustard seed, turmeric, celery seed, and cinnamon. A classic canning recipe.

Flourless-style chocolate decadence cake with bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate, espresso, and whipped egg whites. Dense, fudgy, and dusted with powdered sugar through a stencil.

Impossible blender coconut pie that forms its own crust while baking. Everything blended together and poured into a greased pie plate for a self-crusting coconut custard pie.

Rhubarb oatmeal crunch with a buttery oat-cinnamon crumble crust and a vanilla-glazed rhubarb filling. A classic farmhouse dessert served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Slice-and-bake coconut refrigerator cookies with a coconut-crusted exterior and a pecan half on top. Crispy, buttery, and freezer-friendly for up to three months of fresh-baked cookies on demand.

Barbecue baked beans with pinto beans, chili powder, brown sugar, mustard, and apple cider vinegar. Baked uncovered until thick and caramelized. Smoky, tangy, and completely meatless.

Croatian poppy seed povitica with a yeasted sweet dough stretched paper-thin and rolled around a honey-sweetened poppy seed filling. Traditional Eastern European holiday bread.

Three-layer toasted coconut cake with a buttermilk crumb, coconut and vanilla extract, and a cream cheese frosting loaded with toasted coconut. A classic Southern bake for birthdays and holidays.

Old-fashioned fruit-filled cookies with a soft sour cream dough and a homemade date-raisin filling. Sandwich-style cookies with a tender crumb and sweet, jammy center.

One-bowl orange marmalade tube cake with warm spices, chopped walnuts, and a hint of lemon. A bittersweet British-style tea cake that dusts clean from a vanilla-wafer-lined pan.

Irish soda muffins with buttermilk-soaked oats, brown sugar, and raisins. The oats soak overnight for a tender, hearty crumb that's ready to bake in 25 minutes.

Easy one-bowl bundt pound cake: butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla beaten together for 10 minutes into a tender, golden, sliceable cake. Six eggs, no creaming step required. Truly fool-proof.

Slice-and-bake almond cookies with toasted almonds in a buttery brown sugar dough. Four freezer-ready logs yield 80 thin, crispy cookies baked in 10 minutes.

Chewy bar cookies with crunchy bran flakes in the dough and a layer of strawberry jam baked in the center. Old-fashioned lunchbox treats that come together in 45 minutes.

Tangy buttermilk cheese bread for the bread machine. Sharp aged cheddar and cultured buttermilk give this yeast loaf bakery-level depth with zero kneading.

Hobo bread is a dense, moist quick bread made with boiled raisins, baking soda, nutmeg, and a sugar-nut topping. No yeast, no butter, baked in small loaf pans or even empty tuna cans.

Healthy sweet potato muffins with warm spices and minimal fat. Moist breakfast muffins made with skim milk and vegetable oil instead of butter.

A simple chocolate and nut pie made famous at the Kentucky Derby.

Whole wheat carrot cake sweetened with honey instead of sugar, spiced with cinnamon, and baked into a moist, dense sheet cake. A healthier spin on the classic.

Maple nut bundt cake with swirled layers of cinnamon-sugar nuts baked into a pudding-enriched batter, then drizzled with maple-vanilla glaze. Starts with a cake mix but tastes from scratch.

A simple bread machine recipe that makes a decadent pumpkin bread that can be served plain, or toasted.

Freezer pickles preserve cucumbers, celery, bell peppers, cauliflower, and carrots in a sweet vinegar brine. No-cook, no-can pickling method that yields ready-to-eat sweet pickled vegetables. Makes 8 quarts.