10,000 fleur recipes

Lemon slice pie uses paper-thin slices of the whole lemon (peel and all) baked into a sugary egg custard between two crusts. Like a Shaker lemon pie with surprising bites of citrus marmalade.

Peaches and cream pie with sliced summer peaches baked into a single-crust shell with a sugar-flour layer and pure heavy cream poured over top. Five ingredients, summer in a slice.

Orange biscuits rolled jelly-roll style with butter, orange juice, and zest, then sliced into spirals and baked hot. The breakfast pinwheel that turns plain biscuit dough into citrus-perfumed swirls in 45 minutes.

Bread machine naan: yogurt-enriched Indian flatbread baked in a screaming-hot oven for puffy, blistered rounds brushed with butter and topped with onion. The home-kitchen cheat for restaurant naan without a tandoor.

Rich chocolate spritz cookies pressed through a cookie press into festive shapes. Unsweetened chocolate and shortening create crisp edges with tender centers in just 10 minutes.

Classic buttery shortbread squares with unsalted butter, powdered sugar, and a candied cherry on each. Tender, crumbly, and they improve with age stored in a tin.

Poppy seed loaf with a full cup of poppy seeds soaked in milk, folded into a buttery batter with beaten egg whites for a light, tender crumb. A sweet quick bread with nutty crunch in every bite.

Homemade English muffins griddle-cooked with cornmeal crust. A simple yeast dough rolled, cut into rounds, and browned slowly on a hot griddle for nooks-and-cranny texture.

Fruit buckle with a simple cream-and-egg batter, any fresh fruit you have on hand, and a crumb topping. An old-fashioned single-layer dessert ready in 25 minutes.

Potato kugel bread with mashed potatoes, bread flour, and wheat germ baked into a dense, chewy loaf. A Jewish-inspired yeast bread with a texture like a knish or kugel.

Old-fashioned oatmeal icebox cookies made with brown sugar, lard, butter, and buttermilk. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight for thin, crispy oat cookies.

Fig envelopes made from biscuit dough folded around chopped figs, brushed with egg wash, and baked until golden. A simple, old-fashioned fruit-filled pastry pocket.

Georgia Sally Lunn, a Southern quick bread made with cake flour, shortening, and eggs. Bakes in a shallow pan and served hot in buttered squares.

Classic anise cookies build a meringue-like base from eggs whipped with sugar for 30 minutes, then rest overnight before baking into pillowy, licorice-scented Italian cookies.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts with nutmeg and ginger, deep fried and tossed in cinnamon sugar. A simple from-scratch doughnut recipe that rests before frying for a tender crumb.

Flaky biscuit dough rolled with sour cherries, sliced into pinwheels, and baked golden. Served warm with a homemade cherry sauce and ice cream or sherbet.