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Mom's apple cake loaded with five fresh apples, crushed nuts, and cinnamon in a one-bowl oil batter. No eggs, no butter, and incredibly moist. Swap applesauce for oil for a lighter version.

French pear fondant tart with chunks of unpeeled pear baked into a tender egg-rich batter. Rustic country dessert sometimes called clafoutis aux poires.

Sugar-free cinnamon drop cookies made with just 7 ingredients and a sugar replacement. Light, simple, and ready in 30 minutes for diabetic-friendly snacking.

Sourdough pancakes with applesauce folded into the batter for fruity sweetness and extra moisture. Tangy from the starter with a fluffy lift from baking soda.

Old-fashioned gingersnap cookies with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon, rolled in sugar and baked until crinkly. Oil-based for a chewy center with crisp edges.

Purple prune plum pie with halved plums arranged in overlapping circles on a cinnamon-sugar base in a single pie shell, dotted with butter. A rustic, open-face fruit pie for plum season.

Deep-fried Hanukkah cookies with lemon zest, dusted in cinnamon sugar while still warm. Crispy on the outside and soft inside, these traditional fried dough balls celebrate the holiday's oil tradition in every golden bite.

New Year's bread made with sourdough starter, butter, eggs, cinnamon, and orange zest in the bread machine. A festive, enriched celebration loaf with citrus and warm spice.

No-egg raisin cake with brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and ginger baked low and slow. A Depression-era pantry cake that's moist, spiced, and surprisingly rich.

Molasses snap cookies made with mashed potato, ginger, and cinnamon, pressed thin and baked crisp. An eggless, butterless cookie with a chewy center and snappy edges.

Classic double-crust apple pie packed with tart, juicy apples and warm cinnamon and nutmeg, baked golden until the filling bubbles through the vents. The from-scratch fall pie done right.

Crispy coconut-crusted jumbo shrimp fried golden and served with a tangy pineapple cocktail dipping sauce. This Hawaiian-style appetizer is ready in 20 minutes and feeds a crowd.

A delicious corn bread that tastes great served with chili or soup.

Simple bread machine focaccia studded with quartered fresh apples, plump raisins, and a hint of cinnamon for a sweet Italian-inspired breakfast bread.

Swedish meatballs in a creamy allspice-spiked gravy made from beef bouillon, evaporated milk, and a touch of lemon. The retro homestyle version that lands over buttered noodles.

A faux quark spread made by blending yogurt and sour cream with sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Tangy German-style breakfast cream stand-in for fruit, toast, or pancakes in five minutes.