707 cracked recipes

Traditional Swiss Basel Leckerli: honey-spice cookie bars with cinnamon, cloves, candied peels, kirsch, and almonds under a crackly sugar glaze. Makes 50 to 60 bars that keep for weeks.

Traditional New York cheesecake with zwieback crust, cream cheese filling enriched with heavy cream and lemon zest. Baked at high heat then low, cooled in the oven for crack-free perfection.

Flourless chocolate cake with bittersweet chocolate, ten eggs, butter, and orange liqueur. Dense, fudgy, and gluten-free with a brittle, crackly top.

Chicken breasts marinated in Louisiana cane syrup, hot sauce, and Worcestershire, then smoked over pecan wood with root beer in the water pan. Pure bayou-born flavor.

This cinnamon-orange marinade, characteristic of Balkan cooking, is a specialty of Georgia in south-central Russia.The tabaka marinade is usually used with chicken and game hen, but it also goes nicely with swordfish.

Angus Barn chocolate chess pie copies the famous Raleigh steakhouse dessert: rich, fudgy filling baked into a crackly-topped pie that's somewhere between brownie and pudding. Seven ingredients, no fancy steps.

Breton brittle, also known as Christmas crack: layered stone-ground wheat crackers under a brown sugar butter toffee, topped with melted chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Five ingredients, irresistibly snappable.

Molasses cookies with a surprising hit of mint extract, warm cinnamon, ginger, and clove. Crackly sugar-rolled tops and chewy spiced centers.

Kilawin is a Filipino pickled pork snout dish cured in palm vinegar and soy sauce with garlic, jalapeños, onion, and fried tofu. A tangy, spicy nose-to-tail appetizer or pulutan.

Sweet pineapple preserves and apple jelly glazed with horseradish heat over cream cheese, perfect party dip for crackers in 5 minutes

This relish is based on a prize-winning English recipe of more than a generation ago. It is less sweet than traditional chutneys; most of its sweetness comes not from sugar, but from apples, dates, and parsnips. I generally use Winesap apples but any well-flavored, crisp eating apple will do.

New York-style sour cream cheesecake on a graham cracker almond crust with lemon juice and almond extract. Slow-cooled in the oven to prevent cracking.

Old-fashioned popcorn balls made with molasses, corn syrup, and butter cooked to hard crack stage. A five-ingredient treat kids can help shape with buttered hands.

Old-fashioned sugar cookies with a dual-sugar dough of granulated and powdered sugar, flattened with a sugar-dipped glass. Tender, crackly-topped, and buttery.

Classic old-fashioned fruit punch with cold tea, fresh-squeezed orange and lemon juice, ginger ale, and soda water. Garnished with orange slices and fresh mint. Makes 40 cups for a crowd.

Creamy New York-style cheesecake with a graham cracker crust and tangy sour cream topping. Baked low and slow at 300F for a crack-free finish every time.