999 doubly recipes

Homemade vanilla wafer cookies with butter, shortening and a generous double dose of vanilla. Crisp around the edges, soft in the middle. Better than store-bought.

Tourtiere is a traditional French-Canadian pork pie seasoned with cloves, mace, and marjoram in a flaky double crust. A Quebec holiday classic that's just as good warm or cold.

Flank steak marinated in dry red wine, olive oil, and onion soup mix, then grilled and sliced thin against the grain. The reduced marinade doubles as a savory pan sauce.

Old-fashioned oyster pie with freshly shucked oysters, scallions, butter, and a splash of Tabasco baked in a flaky double-crust pastry until golden.

Glazed coconut tube cake soaked in hot coconut sugar syrup for 4 hours. Buttermilk batter with flaked coconut, chopped nuts, and a double dose of coconut flavoring.

Shisky are Eastern European yeast doughnuts spiked with rum or whiskey, double-risen, deep-fried to golden perfection, and dusted with powdered sugar. Light, pillowy, and just a little boozy.

Fat-free orange poppy seed biscotti with no butter or oil, crispy-crunchy from a double bake. Bright citrus flavor from orange zest and concentrate with poppy seed crunch throughout.

Salmon fillets marinated in lemon, white wine, and capers, wrapped in blanched lettuce leaves and grilled. Served with a tangy homemade mustard sauce cooked in a double boiler.

Cinnamon Zucchini Raisin Bread: a double-spiced loaf with cinnamon, nutmeg, plump raisins, and chopped nuts folded through tender zucchini batter. Two-loaf yield for sharing.

New Brunswick chicken barley soup simmers bone-in chicken with pearl barley, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and peas. Maritime Canadian comfort soup that doubles as a complete meal.

Mrs. Fields $250 cookie recipe with ground oatmeal, double chocolate (chips and grated bar), two cups of butter, and chopped nuts. Makes 8 dozen legendary cookies.

Medieval-style salmon fish pie with figs, grapes, almonds, rosewater, and warm spices, tucked under a double pastry crust. A modern take on a vintage squid recipe.

Rhubarb strawberry pie with fresh orange juice, orange zest, and marmalade in a lattice-topped deep dish crust, thickened with instant tapioca. A spring classic with a bright citrus twist.

Apple praline pie layers Granny Smith apples with a spiced corn syrup filling and a brown sugar-pecan praline topping. A double-crust Southern dessert with cutout vents.

Bacon and onion muffins fold crispy bacon and bacon-fat sautéed onions into a tender sour cream batter, topped with toasted sesame seeds. Savory breakfast muffin that pairs with eggs or doubles as a brunch bread basket star.

French cream pie is a vintage sour cream and raisin filling spiced with cinnamon, cooked custard-style in a double boiler, then chilled in a baked shell and crowned with billowy whipped cream.