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Italian Queen's biscuits (biscotti di regina) coated in toasted sesame seeds. Sicilian Christmas and wedding cookies with a tender, crumbly texture under the nutty sesame crust.

Leek and zucchini pasta tosses rotini with a tarragon-scented sour cream sauce of sautéed leeks, mushrooms, julienned zucchini, and tomato. A creamy white-wine vegetable pasta in under 30 minutes.

These delicious bars are packed with goodness. They are perfect for a grab-go breakfast or an energized snack during the day.

Classic chocolate chip cookies with equal parts brown and white sugar, a full bag of chocolate morsels, and the proven Toll House ratios. Crisp edges, soft centers, gone in a day.

Easy breakfast tortilla wrap-ups stuffed with scrambled eggs, melted cheddar cheese, crispy bacon bits, salsa, and fresh tomato. A quick, kid-friendly morning meal ready in under 20 minutes.

Angel food cake is the guilt-free dessert for most of us, it's light and delicious on its own, or serve it with your favorite fruit compote.

Easy vegetarian bean burritos: refried beans, seasoned taco filling, cheese, and taco sauce rolled in flour tortillas and warmed in minutes. A fast, freezer-friendly lunch or weeknight dinner.

Sooji idli, a quick and simple tea-time snack that is low in fat, this is a perfect option for health conscious people. I’ve used low-fat curds to impart a nice taste and to make the idlis soft. For a wholesome evening snack of just 150 calories, serve three idlis with green chutney, page. . . . Make sure that you make the idlis as soon as you have added the fruit salt to the batter to ensure a fluffy product.

Date nut bars combine sticky-sweet dates and toasted pecans in a brown sugar batter that bakes into chewy, butterscotch-edged bars. One bowl, one pan, ready in 30 minutes. Holiday cookie tin staple, dressed simply.

This is plain cornbread, not a corn flavored cake, so don't expect it to be fluffy or sweet. It's great with black-eyed peas, new potatoes, green onions, sliced tomatoes, and buttermilk, i.e., your basic Southern farm fare. It's also very nice cold, broken into bite-sized pieces in a glass of cold milk and eaten with a spoon.

Sunrise scones with sweet currants, a tender half-and-half crumb, and pretty scalloped edges. Small bakery-style scones cut with a fluted cutter for breakfast tea or brunch.

Homemade fortune cookies you fill with your own messages, crisp almond-vanilla wafers folded into that classic crescent while warm. A fun DIY project for parties, gifts, and special occasions.

Maple apple muffins sweetened entirely with pure maple syrup, studded with diced apples, and warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. No refined sugar, ready in 40 minutes.

This peach cobbler comes together in a snap and uses ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

Satisfy your need for sugar with these tasty treats that will have people reaching for the cookie jar after meals over and over again!

An incredibly tasty gravy, you can use the giblets or just some chicken stock if your prefer. My mother likes to use both beef and chicken stock to improve the color of the gravy.