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Irish soda muffins with buttermilk-soaked oats, brown sugar, and raisins. The oats soak overnight for a tender, hearty crumb that's ready to bake in 25 minutes.

Oatmeal cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, and 3 cups of rolled oats. Bake 8 minutes for chewy or 11 for crispy, a simple spiced classic you can customize.

Applesauce spice cake baked in canning jars and sealed hot for shelf-stable storage. A spiced cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nuts that makes a unique homemade gift.

Versatile pizza dough that doubles as Roman-style focaccia with garlic olive oil, rosemary, and kosher salt. Double-rise method for a chewy, airy crumb.

Malfatti (Italian spinach and ricotta dumplings) with Parmesan, nutmeg, and melted butter. Lighter than gnocchi and ready in 30 minutes. The key is squeezing every drop of water from the spinach.

Jewish apple cake baked in a tube pan with layers of cinnamon-sugar Granny Smith apples and a moist oil-free batter made with applesauce and orange juice.

Authentic New England double clam chowder built from fresh-steamed clams and bottled clam juice for layered seafood depth. Salt pork, potatoes, milk, and cream simmer slowly into a thick, traditional chowder.

Chocolate syrup brownies topped with a glossy cooked fudge icing that sets to a thin, snappy shell. A 9x13 pan that feeds a crowd and freezes well.

Creamy potato salmon chowder with carrots, peas, and celery in a homemade white sauce. A big-batch soup using canned salmon that makes 3 quarts.

Double chocolate oat cookies with melted chocolate in the batter and chocolate chips stirred in. Chewy, fudgy, and ready in 30 minutes from start to cooling rack.

Buttery slice-and-bake cookies studded with candied fruit, walnuts, and raisins. Freeze the dough ahead, slice thin, and bake for festive sparkle in every bite.

Oat-pecan praline cookies with molasses, maple extract, and brown sugar. Chewy oat cookies loaded with chopped pecans and topped with a pecan half, baked to a deep golden brown.

Double chocolate walnut biscotti with cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate chips baked twice for a crisp, crunchy cookie. Dusted with powdered sugar and perfect for dunking in coffee.

Mom's chocolate chunk cookies with chunky semi-sweet chocolate, toasted pecans, and a butter-margarine blend that gives crisp edges and chewy centers. Bakery-sized scoops.

Little fruit cake squares packed with chopped dates, candied cherries, and pecans, baked in a 9-inch pan and rolled in powdered sugar. Bite-sized holiday treats.

Soft chocolate chunk cookies with a hidden boost of peanut butter for tenderness, plus chunks of dark chocolate and chopped walnuts in every bite. Baked low and slow for chewy centers.