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Sawdust salad layered jello dessert with lemon-orange gelatin, pineapple custard, and cream cheese whipped topping. Vintage church potluck dish that’s sweet, light, and ready in stages.

Slow cooker halibut steaks in a creamy white wine sauce made with butter, flour, and milk. A hands-off way to cook tender, flaky fish with a rich, silky finish.

Marillen Knoedel are Austrian apricot dumplings made from potato dough wrapped around whole fresh apricots with a sugar cube center, boiled and served with cinnamon sugar.

Flour tortillas spread with a SPAM and cream cheese filling flavored with fresh dill and green onions, then rolled up with cucumber, sunflower seeds, and sprouts. A no-cook wrap that's great for lunches and picnics.

Depression-era eggless, milkless, butterless cake with brown sugar, raisins, ginger, and cinnamon. A simple wartime recipe that bakes into a spiced, dense loaf with minimal pantry staples.

A delicious cake is also easy to make, no wonder Queen Elizabeth even liked it.

Classic butter spritz cookies pressed into festive shapes with pure, simple flavor. Perfect for holiday cookie trays and gift boxes with traditional buttery taste.

New England clam chowder with bacon steams fresh littlenecks, then builds a creamy chowder with smoky bacon, onion, diced potatoes, and milk. Traditional white chowder, no shortcuts.

Slow cooker sauerkraut supper with Polish kielbasa, bacon, cubed apples, potatoes, and caraway seeds. A hearty Old World one-pot meal that cooks all day.

Beef taco skillet browns ground beef, then simmers it with tomato soup, salsa, and torn tortillas into a saucy one-pan supper crowned with melted cheddar. A 25-minute weeknight Tex-Mex dinner.

This pecan pie can be make a day ahead and stored in the refrigerator until about one hour before serving time.

Slow cooker cherry bread studded with maraschino cherries and crunchy pecans. This sweet, moist loaf bakes right in your crock pot with no oven needed.

Two-layer oat crumble cake with a pressed crust bottom, apple filling cooked with cornstarch until glossy, and buttery crumb topping. Bake for an hour and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Tortilla hot dog wraps a cooked frank in a flour tortilla with mustard. A kid's lunchbox swap for buns, ready in 10 minutes and easier to pack without going soggy.

Fairy gingerbread, a soft molasses and ginger cake baked in a shallow pan. An old-fashioned recipe with warm spice, buttery crumb, and no-fuss mixing.

Herbed tofu simmered in a creamy white wine sauce made from a simple roux with milk and a hint of ground cloves. Served over pasta for a quick vegetarian dinner.