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Old-fashioned lemon crackers made with baker's ammonia for an ultra-crisp, snappy texture. A heritage cookie recipe rolled thin and pricked with a fork before baking.

Sun-dried tomato beer bread made with self-rising flour and no yeast. No kneading, no rising, no waiting. Mix, pour, and bake for a savory loaf in about an hour.

Easy fruit cake made with applesauce instead of butter for a lighter, lower-fat version. Packed with mixed dried fruit, baked low and slow. No oil, no egg yolks. Makes one dense, fragrant loaf.

Pan-seared rabbit braised with crispy bacon, mushrooms, and onions in rich beef stock, then finished with a velvety sour cream sauce. Rustic game cooking at its finest.

Deep-dish peach pie with a tangy cream cheese pastry top draped over six cups of fresh peaches, brown sugar, and nutmeg. The cream cheese makes the crust shatteringly tender and golden under the egg wash and sugar.

Pan-seared chicken breast topped with thin prosciutto and melted fontina cheese in a buttery broth sauce. A classic Northern Italian dish from the Aosta Valley, ready in 40 minutes.

French chicken wrapped in bacon, seared golden, and oven-braised with onions and garlic, then served with a rich Roquefort cream sauce made from the pan drippings. Bold, savory, and deeply satisfying.

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.

Bacon-wrapped chicken breasts layered over savory chipped beef, then smothered in a rich mushroom-sour cream sauce and baked low and slow until fork-tender. A retro comfort food casserole that practically makes itself.

Banana chip streusel loaf made with cream of wheat cereal for a hearty crumb, finished with cinnamon-mini chocolate chip streusel. A cholesterol-free quick bread that uses egg substitute and ripe bananas.

Light, fluffy cornmeal dumplings that cook right on top of your soup, stew, or stock in just 15 minutes. Small-batch recipe for one serving, easily doubled. Includes a cheese variation.

Pureed green bean soup made in the microwave with onions, chicken broth, and milk. A smooth, creamy vegetable soup ready in about 20 minutes with minimal cleanup.

Tender sliced pears baked beneath a rich cocoa batter with dark brown sugar and golden syrup. This British-style chocolate pear pudding serves 8 and comes together in about an hour.

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

Crispy golden fried oysters, dredged in seasoned flour, egg, and crumbs, then deep-fried hot and fast. Plump and briny inside, shatteringly crunchy outside, and made for dunking in tartar sauce.

Apple-bacon quiches layer Canadian bacon and tender sliced apples with Swiss cheese in a savory caraway-and-mustard custard, baked in individual tart shells. A brunch crowd-pleaser.