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Classic rolled sugar cookies with a buttery, tender dough that holds its shape when cut with pumpkin, leaf, or any seasonal cookie cutter. Sprinkle with sugar or frost after baking.

A classic oatmeal cookie recipe yielding chewy, golden treats with warm cinnamon notes. Optional add-ins like raisins or chocolate chips make it versatile.

German-style stuffed veal breast packed with bacon, mushrooms, ground beef, and fresh herbs, slow-roasted and served with a rich sour cream pan gravy. A show-stopping roast for 10.

Summer's best fresh peach pie with juicy fruit filling spiced with cinnamon, nestled in a buttery double crust that bubbles with sweet peach nectar as it bakes.

Pacific pot roast studded with whole garlic cloves, braised low and slow in a Dutch oven, then served with a tomato-spiked flour gravy over rice. Simple, old-school comfort.

Cream cheese pinwheel cookies filled with cinnamon, sugar, and chopped pecans. A tender, flaky dough rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into swirled rounds.

Cindy Schweitzer of Muskego offered this cherry twist on melt-in-your-mouth finger cookies.

Three-layer Southern banana cake with mashed ripe bananas folded into a buttermilk batter. Topped with confectioner's sugar frosting and chopped pecans for a true heirloom finish.

Beige brownies are old-school blondies built on brown sugar, vanilla, and chopped walnuts. One bowl, one pan, butterscotch-toned crumb. The chocolate-free brownie worth knowing.

Think of this soup as a dessert more than a soup. Indeed, you could serve it as a dessert or as an appetizer. This is summer comfort food at its best.

Old-fashioned cut-out sugar cookies brushed with egg-white glaze and sprinkled with nuts or sugar. A versatile rolled cookie that goes thin and crisp or thick and soft to suit any occasion.

Add some Spanish taste to your cooking with these scrumptious appetizers made with ground beef and hot chili peppers.

Tiramisu with espresso-soaked ladyfingers, a lightened cream cheese and sour cream filling, and a dark rum kick. No-bake Italian dessert that sets up beautifully overnight in the fridge.

The famous "Better Than Sex" chocolate cake: box mix doctored with pudding, sour cream, real coffee, chocolate chips, and toasted pecans. Tube-baked and drizzled with a glossy chocolate glaze.

No-wait wheat-oat bread skips the long rise and goes straight from kneaded dough to a tempered oven bake. Whole wheat, oats, wheat germ, and soy grits for a high-fiber hearty loaf.

Whole wheat funnel cakes swap white flour for nutty whole wheat and sweeten with honey instead of sugar. Crispy spiral fritters with that classic county-fair crackle, drizzled with maple or honey.