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French style herbed cheese spreads softened cream cheese with oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and milk into a five-minute Boursin-style appetizer for crusty bread or crackers.

Boiled shrimp stuffed with a spicy cream cheese filling made with pickled jalapenos, garlic, and fresh cilantro. A crowd-pleasing cold appetizer that's ready in 20 minutes with bold Tex-Mex flavors.

Lemon thyme butter cookies with a tender, crumbly texture from cream of tartar and dried lemon thyme folded into the dough. Chill overnight and bake into fragrant, herby rounds.

Fresh pear halves filled with raspberry liqueur cream cheese, topped with crushed pistachios and mint. An elegant no-cook appetizer or light dessert ready in 15 minutes.

Sinfully rich hot chocolate made from real unsweetened chocolate with a hint of cinnamon and vanilla. Ready in 20 minutes, this cozy homemade cocoa beats any store-bought mix.

Hungarian sour cherry soup (meggyleves): a chilled summer soup of cherries, sugar, cinnamon, dry red wine, and heavy cream. Served cold, sweet, and tangy as a starter or light dessert.

Chilled raspberry soup simmered with Burgundy wine and cinnamon sticks, strained smooth, and served cold with a swirl of cream. An elegant summer starter.

Light, crisp peppermint meringue cookies made with egg whites, sugar, and crushed candy canes. Slow-baked until dry and melt-in-your-mouth airy.

Caramelized bananas in brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and lemon juice. A five-minute warm dessert served over vanilla ice cream.

Strawberry ice cream pie with a spiced shortbread crust and a swirl of warm fudge topping. Make-ahead frozen dessert that comes together in under 30 minutes.

Classic bananas flambe with rum and banana liqueur, sauteed in butter and brown sugar with cinnamon. A dramatic tableside dessert served over vanilla ice cream.

Carrot snack cake made with cake mix, grated carrots, orange juice, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. Easy one-pan baking.

Frozen pumpkin pie made with vanilla ice cream, pumpkin puree, and brown sugar in a baked pie shell. Topped with meringue and flash-baked like a Baked Alaska.

Fried diamond twist cookies with egg yolk dough, deep-fried crisp and dusted with powdered sugar. Scandinavian rosettes-meets-krumkake pastry also known as chrusciki or rosettes in other traditions.

Mushroom Florentine casserole layers chopped spinach, cream of mushroom soup, and sliced mushrooms with a crunchy savory topping. A 5-ingredient weeknight side that bakes in 20 minutes.

Rotting Crone's Kisses Halloween appetizer with green-tinted cream cheese mouths, pimiento lips, and pea and raisin teeth on crackers. A creepy, fun no-cook Halloween snack kids love to make.