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Cornmeal buttermilk biscuits with a pinch of cayenne, cut butter, and an egg wash for golden tops. Gritty, tender, and puffed with a cornbread-meets-biscuit texture that's ready in under 15 minutes.

Vintage stuffed date drops from the 1950s: pecan-stuffed dates dipped in sour cream cookie batter, baked into tender little drops, and finished with a browned-butter golden glaze.

Sourdough doughnuts with buttermilk and nutmeg, deep-fried and rolled in sugar. A tangy, old-fashioned Montana ranch recipe that puts your sourdough starter to work.

Spiced peach nut bread with canned peaches (or apricots), warm cloves, raisins, and chopped nuts. A moist quick bread loaf using the canning syrup as part of the liquid for extra flavor.

Grandma's mincemeat cookies are a Christmas tradition: spiced dried-fruit filling folded into a tender shortening dough, dropped by the spoonful and baked golden in about 12 minutes.

RumChata fudge is a creamy white chocolate fudge spiked with the cinnamon-and-cream rum liqueur, swirled with marshmallow cream and studded with macadamia nuts. An easy microwave fudge for grown-up holiday gifting.

Quick turnovers use biscuit mix and apple juice for an easy hand-pie dough, filled with jam and baked or fried in minutes. A 30-minute pantry-staple dessert recipe.

Low-fat cranberry orange bran muffins with cinnamon and real cranberry sauce. Light, fiber-rich, and endlessly adaptable with banana-date, apple-raisin, and zucchini variations.

Pumpkin spice muffins with a cinnamon streusel topping, made quick with biscuit baking mix. Warm spices of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon in every tender bite.

If you love pastries, you will adore this scrumptious snack that will have you reaching for more.

Rhubarb hickory nut bread with sugar-steeped rhubarb folded into a tender quick bread batter. A tart, nutty Midwestern loaf with a clever juice-extraction technique.

Spiced fig drop cookies with stewed figs, raisins, walnuts, allspice, and cinnamon. An old-fashioned fruit-filled cookie that stores beautifully in a tin for weeks.

Raspberry bran muffins with a hidden pocket of raspberry jam in the center of each one. Eight cups of bran flakes cereal and buttermilk make them hearty and fiber-rich. Makes a big batch of 24.

Tender barley flour muffins sweetened with honey and enriched with buttermilk and cream. A wholesome, nutty twist on the classic muffin with just 8 ingredients.

Twice-baked Italian biscotti packed with chopped nuts, butter, and vanilla. A dunk-ready coffee cookie with a hard, crunchy snap and rich vanilla-nut flavor.

Whole wheat Banana Health Loaf sweetened with honey and studded with unsweetened coconut. No eggs, just 3 tablespoons of oil, 98 calories per slice, and better flavor after resting overnight.