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Hayes Street Grill apricot crisp tops tart apricots with a cinnamon brown-sugar crumble and bakes until the fruit bubbles golden. San Francisco restaurant classic dessert in under an hour.

Oven bag Italian chicken baked in spaghetti sauce with green peppers. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes for a hands-off weeknight chicken dinner served over spaghetti.

Almond krumkake: paper-thin Norwegian wafers pressed on a krumkake iron, rolled into delicate cones while warm, then filled with whipped cream or jam. The Scandinavian holiday cookie classic.

Mandelbrot almond bread with layered cinnamon, twice-baked into crisp toasted slices. A traditional Jewish biscotti-style cookie that's dense, crunchy, and dairy-free.

Chocolate diamond cookies with unsweetened chocolate, pecans, and vanilla. A fudgy, brownie-like holiday cookie baked in one pan and cut into festive diamond shapes.

Curried egg and artichoke dip, a quick chunky party dip with chopped hard-boiled eggs and artichoke hearts in a curry-spiced sour cream and mayo dressing. No-cook appetizer ready in 10 minutes.

Pecan pie pastry with finely chopped pecans mixed right into the crust dough, blind-baked in the microwave with dried bean weights. A nutty, flaky shell for any pie filling.

Buttery almond crescent cookies with oats, dusted in powdered sugar like fresh snowfall. A melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie that bakes in under 20 minutes.

Mexican wedding cookies (polvorones): tender almond shortbread balls baked low and slow, then rolled twice in powdered sugar for that signature snowy coating. Melt-in-your-mouth holiday classics.

Patty Ann's chocolate diamonds are dense, fudgy chocolate-pecan bars cut into diamond shapes. A short ingredient list and one bowl deliver brownie-like richness with a satisfying nutty crunch.

Simple Danish apple cake with diced apples, pecans, and cinnamon baked in one bowl, one pan. Barely sweet, warmly spiced, and calling for a dollop of whipped cream on top.

Old-fashioned date and pecan cake baked low and slow in a tube pan. More fruit and nuts than batter, with a dense, rich texture similar to fruitcake.

Pecan turtle bars with a buttery shortbread crust, bubbly brown sugar caramel layer, whole pecans, and swirled milk chocolate on top. Addictively rich cookie bars.

Butter-free pecan sugar cookies with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and allspice. Chewy with warm spice flavor and ground pecans in every bite.

Beverwyks are old Dutch spiced cookies with cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and chopped raisins rolled and cut into shapes. A traditional holiday cookie from New York's Dutch heritage.

Slow cooker carrot tea bread bakes a moist cinnamon-spiced loaf with grated carrots and toasted pecans inside the crockpot. A no-oven quick bread for hot weather or busy kitchens.