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Pillowy potato dumplings with cottage cheese and a whisper of nutmeg, boiled until tender and drizzled with melted butter. Eastern European comfort food from scratch.

Old-time potato sourdough starter made with just four ingredients: unbleached flour, potato water, sugar, and salt. No commercial yeast needed for this traditional wild-fermented starter.

This sugarless banana walnut cake uses only bananas to lightly sweeten the batter.

Shredded potato patties baked crispy with onion, parsley, and whole wheat flour. No oil, no eggs, just five ingredients. Vegan, diabetic-friendly, and golden.

Sweet! Super-Circle is made with honey, not refined sugar! Dense and intense, this 10-pounder is a scrumptious medley of flavors and textures. Can you say hearty, moist, chewy, crunchy, zesty and rich? The tangy frosting makes it sing!

Eastern European cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and sausage, simmered in sauerkraut with a smoked pork hock. Topped with paprika and sour cream for a true Old World feast.

Buttermilk corn muffins with a kick from green chilies and melted cheddar cheese. Soy flour adds extra protein to these quick and easy savory muffins.

Swedish rye bread for the bread machine with caraway seeds, orange zest, and honey. A Scandinavian-style loaf with a slightly sweet, aromatic crumb.

Green pea and peanut salad with Spanish peanuts tossed in a sweetened sour cream dressing. A no-cook retro side dish with festive red and green garnish, great for holidays and potlucks.

Speedy sheet-pan chocolate cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and a boiled butter mixture creating moist crumb: thin, tender, and ready for Rocky Road frosting while still warm.

Old-fashioned ginger snaps with molasses, butter, and ground ginger. A crispy, spicy cookie recipe that makes six dozen thin, snappy cookies.

Cuban black-eyed pea fritters fried golden, spiked with garlic and hot chili. Vegan, dairy-free, and the kind of crackling street snack meant to be eaten hot off the paper towel.

Try this simple and scrumptious bread that tastes amazing toasted or used as a sandwich!

Authentic springerle, the embossed German anise Christmas cookies. Egg dough pressed with carved molds, dried overnight, then baked low so the white design stays crisp. Aged to mellow the flavor.

A flexible basic vanilla cake template using cake flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, and your choice of mix-ins. The starting point for chocolate chip, fruit, or layer cakes.

Cheesehorns: soft whole-wheat yeast rolls wrapped around cheese slices and mixed herbs, baked into crescent-shaped savory horns. A make-ahead snack or dinner-basket bread.