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Slow cooker robusto chicken: chicken breasts braised in Italian dressing, then served over creamy parmesan-sour cream egg noodles. Five ingredients, dump-and-go weeknight dinner.

Norwegian cookies (biscotti-style) with chocolate chips and a cinnamon sugar topping. Dough baked in long rolls, then sliced diagonally into crisp strips. One batch makes four dozen.

A Southern sweet potato pone made with raw grated sweet potatoes, allspice, cinnamon, and a simple batter. Baked in a square pan until golden. Old-fashioned comfort at its finest.

Ham and hominy chowder with cubed red potatoes, sweet peppers, green chilies, and creamy milk. Southwestern-style chowder that doubles as leftover ham repurposing.

Homemade fig newton bars with fresh fig filling inside a cinnamon-laced brown sugar dough, folded like a letter and baked golden. Better than store-bought.

Napoleon's Hat cookies are Scandinavian butter cookies shaped like tricorn hats with a ground almond meringue filling peeking from the top. A traditional Swedish holiday cookie.

Curry-dusted chicken and cubed sweet potatoes simmer in apple juice with a fresh chili kick and a touch of apple jelly for sweetness. A 30-minute one-skillet dinner that's fruity, warming, and totally unexpected.

Makana bread is a rich banana bread made with pureed overripe bananas, buttermilk, walnuts, and shortening baked in a tube pan. Hawaiian-inspired and incredibly moist.

Vegetarian sesame pie with a nutty brown rice flour crust and a sautéed vegetable filling seasoned with tahini, ginger, and soy sauce. Hearty, wholesome, and naturally egg-free.

Brown sugar raisin walnut drop cookies for the holiday cookie tin. All brown sugar (no white) for deep caramel chew, packed with raisins and walnuts in every bite. Three dozen from one bowl in twenty minutes.

The following is a Sugar Pie recipe that came from Northern Indiana and is an old Amish recipe. It is very, very good - and different. This will not be a firm custard, so don't despair if it doesn't look like the custard pies you are accustomed to!

Pissaladiere-style pizza with caramelized leeks, roasted eggplant, roasted peppers, capers, basil, and balsamic vinegar on a homemade whole wheat crust. Vegan-friendly.

Chilla puri are savory Indian whole wheat crepes studded with grated onion, green chili, and fresh cilantro, cooked on a griddle with ghee. Serve hot with mint chutney or pickle.

A warm-spiced apple loaf cake with mini chocolate chips baked in, a buttery streusel crumb topping, and a drizzle of melted chocolate. Fall baking at its coziest.

Crazy cake (also called wacky cake or depression cake) needs no eggs, no milk, no butter. Mixed straight in the pan with vinegar for chemistry-class lift. A Depression-era favorite.

Chocolate-strawberry scone cake with a layer of chocolate chips sandwiched between two buttery scone rounds, served warm with fresh strawberry whipped cream.