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Dark pumpernickel bread for the bread machine with rye flour, cocoa, molasses, instant coffee, and caraway seeds. A rich, deeply flavored one-pound loaf on regular cycle.

This recipe can be made with the regular and rapid bake cycles.

Bread machine taco bread made with cornmeal, whole wheat flour, taco seasoning, and applesauce. A savory, spiced loaf that pairs with chili, soups, or sliced for sandwiches.

Armenian lavash cracker bread made with whole wheat and all-purpose flour, rolled paper-thin and baked until crisp and blistered. Topped with sesame seeds for a nutty crunch.

Dad's Saxon yeast is a heritage homemade yeast cake recipe from Transylvanian Saxon tradition, made by boiling hops, fermenting with rye flour, then drying into preserved cakes for bread baking. Old-world sourdough-adjacent craft.

Braided Sicilian bread made with half whole wheat, half white flour, brushed with egg white and topped with sesame seeds. A gorgeous, crusty loaf with just one rise.

Crunchy almond cookies shaped like eerie little fingers, these Dead Men's Legs are a spooky Halloween treat that stores for up to two months.

Mexican tortilla stack layered with seasoned pork tenderloin, kidney beans, corn, and melted cheddar between crispy fried tortillas. A bold cumin-and-chili filling meets a cool cilantro sour cream for one hearty pan dinner.

Hearty New Mexican green chile soup with fire-roasted Anaheim chiles, tender chicken and pork, and salt pork for smoky depth. A bowl of Southwest heat finished with avocado and sour cream.

High-protein wheat soy sesame bread with ground sesame seeds, soy flour, and whole wheat. A nutty, fiber-rich yeast loaf that makes two hearty loaves from scratch.

Crisp crust apple pie bakes thinly sliced apples in cinnamon sugar under a shortening-based pastry crust topped with more cinnamon sugar and butter pats. Cobbler-style with a shattering top.

Bread machine pain de mie with semolina flour and buttermilk for a tight, even crumb. A Pullman-style sandwich loaf that slices paper-thin for canapes and fancy sandwiches.

Sauce Aurore (Aurora sauce) made from a silky bechamel base with tomato paste stirred in for a blush-pink French classic. Seven ingredients, one saucepan, about 15 minutes.

Simple butter cookies that earned honorable mention: just butter, sugar, flour, and vanilla rolled in sugar and stamped flat, no chilling or cutting required for crisp golden edges.

Traditional Finnish rye bread (ruisleipa) with a tender crumb and golden crust. Choose beer, buttermilk, milk, or potato water as the liquid for different levels of tangy, sour flavor.

Nutty buckwheat crepes stuffed with spinach, Stilton blue cheese, and toasted walnuts, baked in a gratin dish and topped with a creamy Parmesan-mustard sauce. A proper British dinner party showstopper.