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Chewy oat crumble bars layered with a thick, glossy blueberry filling brightened with lemon juice. A nutty brown sugar base does double duty as the topping. Makes 15 bars.

Brown sugar pound cake with a deep caramel note and a toasted-pecan frosting that drips down the sides. A dense, buttery tube cake from TV weatherman Willard Scott's kitchen.

Milan-style braised chicken breasts with tomato, white wine, and a soffritto of carrot, celery, and onion. A 30-minute Italian one-pot dinner with rustic Northern flavors.

Sugar and spice apple nut cake, a one-bowl single-layer cake loaded with chopped fresh apples, warm cinnamon and nutmeg, and crunchy nuts, baked in a square pan.

Crispy, crunchy chocolate chip cookies with rice cereal folded right into the dough. Lighter and snappier than a traditional chocolate chip cookie. 30 minutes from bowl to cooling rack, and they freeze like a charm.

Jelly Christmas Eyes are sandwich cookies with a window cutout showing raspberry or strawberry jelly through the center, coated in sugar. A festive holiday cookie plate classic.

Spiced pizzelles flavor the classic Italian wafer cookie with warm nutmeg and floral cardamom. Crisp, lacy, and lightly spiced, perfect for stacking on a holiday cookie tray or sandwiching with mascarpone.

European-style apple tart with a buttery crumb crust pressed into a flan pan. Grated apples layered with cinnamon and sugar, topped with a pastry apple design. Best served cold for clean slicing.

Yeast-risen banana pecan bread with mashed bananas, evaporated milk, chopped pecans, and a cinnamon-sugar topping. A soft sandwich-style banana loaf, not a quickbread.

Homemade whole-wheat granola with oats, wheat germ, honey, coconut, almonds, and cinnamon. Baked low and slow with orange juice for crunchy, golden clusters.

Savory cottage cheese and rice pancakes with corn and mustard. A low-fat, protein-packed griddle cake for breakfast or a light dinner.

Plum torte presses Italian prune plums into a buttery cake batter, dusts with cinnamon-sugar and lemon juice, and bakes for an hour. The classic NYT September torte that freezes for winter.

Buttermilk cake baked over brown sugar and cinnamon-spiced apple halves, then flipped to reveal a sticky caramel apple top. Make-ahead friendly and serves 8.

Homemade chicken soup simmered with celery, bay leaf, and peppercorns, finished with tiny butter dumplings dropped right into the broth. Old-fashioned comfort in every spoonful.

Frijoles Puercos from Michoacan, loaded Mexican beans with bacon, chorizo, chicharron, queso anejo, and crispy tortilla squares. A rich, indulgent side dish with serious depth.

Classic lobster Thermidor: tail meat folded into a sherry cream sauce with cheddar and mushrooms, piled back into the shell and broiled with Parmesan and paprika.