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Unlike New York style cheesecake, this cheese pie is much lighter and much lower fat; but it is still creamy, smooth and tasty, sour cream gives the extra zing, and the lemon zest brings the refreshing flavor.

Bread machine coffee bread with instant coffee, currants, toasted almonds, brown sugar, and applesauce. A lightly sweet loaf with warm coffee flavor and nutty, fruity bites throughout.

Granny's onion dill bread is a bread machine loaf enriched with cottage cheese, sour cream, fresh dill seed, and onion. Soft tangy crumb, perfect for sandwiches or alongside soup.

Upside-down apple tart with caramelized Golden Delicious apples on a flaky cake-flour crust, finished with a brown sugar yogurt drizzle. A lighter take on classic tarte Tatin.

Layered Austrian bar cookies with a buttery shortcrust, apricot preserves, a fluffy pecan meringue filling, and a lattice top. Old-world baking at its finest.

Crustless sweet potato pie with almond extract for a Southern-style dessert that bakes in 25 minutes. Mashed sweet potatoes, butter, and sugar create a custardy slice without rolling a single piece of dough.

Golden-browned chicken simmers with plump shrimp in a velvety red wine and tomato sauce laced with garlic, Italian herbs, and fresh parsley. A rustic Italian-American showstopper for date night or Sunday supper.

First prize chocolate fudge cake, a flourless-style dense chocolate cake with semisweet chocolate, coffee, and folded egg whites. An award-winning showstopper with deep fudgy texture.

Chewy butterscotch blondies loaded with Heath toffee brickle bits and a whisper of almond extract. Buttery, brown-sugary, and dangerously easy to eat straight from the pan.

Blackberry crumb pie with fresh berries under a tangy sour cream custard layer and a buttered bread crumb topping. A unique two-texture berry pie.

Savory garlic pancakes with a creamy ham and sage butter sauce. Three whole heads of boiled garlic turn sweet and nutty in the batter. Silver dollar-sized for brunch, lunch, or light supper.

A rich chocolate bar cake made with melted chocolate candy bars and chocolate syrup for double chocolate depth, plus buttermilk for a tender crumb and pecans for crunch. Baked in a tube pan, no frosting needed.

Old-fashioned cut-out sugar cookies brushed with egg-white glaze and sprinkled with nuts or sugar. A versatile rolled cookie that goes thin and crisp or thick and soft to suit any occasion.

Flour-dusted turkey cutlets sauteed golden in olive oil, then sauced with Marsala wine, chicken broth, scallions, garlic, and rosemary. This lighter spin on classic Marsala is on the table in 30 minutes with restaurant-worthy flavor.

Slow-simmered chicken and okra gumbo with a medium-brown roux, fresh tomatoes, and onions. The okra cooks down past the slime stage into a thick, velvety Louisiana classic served over rice.

Chewy almond paste macaroons with crackled tops and tender centers, baked from a homemade four-day-aged paste of blanched almonds and egg whites. The classic Italian-style cookie before the French sandwich version took over.