10,000 fast food recipes

Award-winning ginger cookies built on a cooked sugar-and-spice syrup base. Roll, cut, paint, or hand-mold this stiff gingerbread dough into any shape, then bake into crisp golden spice cookies.

Paper bag apple pie: a vintage baking trick that wraps the whole pie in a brown paper bag during baking. Tender apples, golden streusel top, and an evenly browned crust without scorching.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake with buttermilk, cocoa, and a hot fudge icing poured over the warm cake. A 30-minute one-bowl chocolate sheet cake that feeds a crowd at potlucks and church suppers.

Layered beef and spinach casserole with lasagna noodles, cottage cheese, cream cheese, and a mushroom cream sauce. Topped with crispy French fried onions for the ultimate comfort bake.

Scallops Florentine with bay scallops baked in a creamy spinach-Parmesan sauce with pasta shells and nutmeg. A rich seafood pasta bake ready in under an hour.

Oatmeal millet muffins with rolled oats softened in boiling water and toasty whole millet for crunch. The morning muffin with two grains, golden tops, and tender, rib-sticking crumb. Freezes well.

Cheesy turkey and tomato pasta bake with cottage cheese, cheddar, and a buttery breadcrumb crust. Smart leftover-turkey casserole that feeds 12 from Thanksgiving's spoils.

If you need to make a quick but hearty dish, then try this scrumptious crockpot recipe that doesn't take a lot of effort.

This dish is very, very hot. It may not seem so at first, but the spices have a cumulative effect that builds up over the course of the meal.

Crustless German chocolate pie with toasted walnuts and a fudgy, brownie-like center. One bowl, no rolling pin, and an overnight chill that turns each slice into something between a pie and a flourless torte.

Luxurious amaretto-soaked brownies with chocolate amaretto frosting and white almond icing drizzle. Boozy, pecan-studded dessert bars that need overnight chilling for maximum flavor.

Sauteed crookneck squash with onions, golden water chestnuts and a splash of olive oil. A tender Southern side with surprise crunch in every bite.

An old Welsh steamed carrot pudding -- This is a good steamed pudding, despite the list of ingredients that are "good for you". The sauce (following the recipe) is not a necessity for good taste, only for authenticity, although I LIKE it with the sauce.

Crustless spinach quiche made with cream cheese, Parmesan, and eggs. No pie crust needed, just 5 ingredients and an hour from fridge to table. Low-carb and gluten-free friendly.

Old-fashioned chocolate layer cake leavened with both yeast and baking powder, plus stiffly whipped egg whites folded in for an unusually tall, tender, almost spongy crumb. Made with unsweetened chocolate and cake flour.

A buttery bundt pound cake with a tight, tender crumb, crowned with sweetened whipped cream and fresh sliced strawberries. Simple from-scratch baking at its finest.