Recipes with sugar

These beautiful and buttery snow flake cookies will impress everyone at Christmas day.

Peter Island banana pancakes are fluffy tropical breakfast cakes laced with mashed banana, served with rum-spiked maple syrup. A Caribbean resort favorite at home.

Strawberry shortcakes have been one of my favorites for over years. Every year when the strawberry season hit, we always go to farmers' market and get lots of fresh and sweet strawberries, then strawberry shortcakes are always one of the recipes we make. The shortcakes are super easy to make, they are buttery and flaky, which is delicious with sweet whipped cream and fresh-juicy strawberries. Haven't heard there is someone who doesn't like it. An absolute keeper!

Tender cake studded with juicy blueberries meets tangy cream cheese batter under a buttery lemon-sugar crumble. This coffee cake balances sweet, tart, and rich in every generous slice.

Warm, juicy and fruity. These warm crepes are served with freshly made blueberry-raspberry sauce. Delicious and also good for you.

Homemade birthday cake better than any store bought cake.

My grandma used to make this carrot cake for me every year when I was at her place during summer vacation. It was the best carrot cake ever because it was packed with love :)

It was very tasty and I also used this as a base for squash soup with maple-apple flavored chicken sausage as part of a new recipe

A coffee fudge popsicle recipe asked for condensed milk that I didn't have on hand, but I did have a few cans of evaporated milk sitting in the pantry. Then I made my very first condensed milk, it came out surprisingly delicious, and those coffee fudge popsicles were absolutely the best on this planet.

Domatoules Glyko (Spicy Cherry Tomato Preserves) recipe

Mango chutney with brown sugar, vinegar, ginger, coriander, and cayenne. A quick-cook Indian condiment that improves with age. Makes 8 cups for pairing with curries and grilled meats.

Chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies with oatmeal, milk chocolate chips, and a splash of buttermilk for tenderness. Bakery-style cookies that stay soft for days.

Tender banana bread made in the bread machine with applesauce and egg substitute for a lighter, no-fuss loaf perfect for breakfast.

Chocolate fudge pound cake is a low-fat bundt cake using egg whites, nonfat yogurt, and cocoa powder for deep chocolate flavor without yolks or butter. Dense, fudgy, and naturally lower in saturated fat.

Kentucky biscuits use Bisquick, sour cream, and club soda for tall, fluffy biscuits in under 30 minutes. A 4-ingredient Southern shortcut with tender, pillowy crumb every time.

Cranberry cocktail meatballs: ground beef bound with cornflake crumbs, briefly baked, then simmered in a sweet-tart cranberry-chili sauce. The classic holiday party appetizer.