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Kiseli kupus, traditional Croatian whole-head sauerkraut fermented in a crock with garlic, horseradish, bay leaves, and red peppers. Ready in 40 days.

Melomakarona: traditional Greek Christmas cookies made with olive oil, orange zest, and semolina, soaked in honey syrup and topped with walnuts. Fragrant, syrup-drenched holiday staple.

Loaded oatmeal cookies packed with bittersweet chocolate chunks, raisins, and pecans. Chewy centers with crisp golden edges from a brown sugar butter dough.

Marinated bean salad with five beans (yellow, green, kidney, lima, garbanzo) and bell peppers tossed in a sweet-and-tangy brown sugar vinaigrette. Make ahead for picnics, potlucks, and barbecues.

Date cookies with chopped dates, nuts, brown sugar, and cream of tartar in a slice-and-bake dough. Mix at night, chill overnight, slice and bake fresh in the morning.

Classic Midwestern longjohns: rectangular yeast-raised doughnuts fried golden and topped with a cooked brown-sugar maple frosting. Old-school bakery comfort.

Cinnamon roll bread made in a bread machine: all the swirl, spice, and sugar of a classic cinnamon roll baked into a soft sliceable loaf. Dump, press start, done.

Hearty lentil soup with bacon, shredded carrots, celery, and onions in a beef broth base. Simple ingredients, big flavor, and ready in about an hour.

Ginger-spiced broccoli peanut chicken baked with rice in one dish. Crunchy peanuts and tender broccoli make this a freezer-friendly weeknight winner.

Falafel golden domes fry chickpea-herb patties to crispy perfection, stuffed into pita with tomato, lemon, and drizzles of tahini sauce. The Middle Eastern street-food classic done right at home.

Portuguese fish stew layered in an earthenware dish with tomatoes, onions, garlic, white wine, and a splash of piri-piri. Topped with crusty bread and baked until tender.

Grandma's apple cake loaded with 4 cups of chopped apples and nuts in a moist, cinnamon-spiced oil batter. No mixer needed, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar.

Buttery slice-and-bake cookies studded with candied fruit, walnuts, and raisins. Freeze the dough ahead, slice thin, and bake for festive sparkle in every bite.

Boiled cocoa cookies: no-bake oatmeal drop cookies made on the stovetop with cocoa, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Old-school fudgy bites that set on waxed paper in minutes.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookies with rolled oats and your choice of chocolate chips or chopped peanuts. Chewy centers, crisp edges, and a 5-dozen yield from one batch.

James Beard's persimmon bread folds ripe persimmon puree into a spiced quick-bread batter with cognac, mace, raisins, and walnuts. Legendary holiday bread adapted for the bread machine.