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Four-ingredient stuffed mushrooms with Parmesan, chopped stems, green onions, and butter, broiled until golden and bubbly. Ready in 20 minutes, makes 30 bite-sized appetizers.

Mexicali pizza on flour tortillas with Monterey Jack, tomatoes, green chiles, bell peppers, and black olives. A crispy, cheesy Mexican-style flatbread in under 30 minutes.

Pita pizza bites loaded with mushrooms, red onion, bell pepper, and melted mozzarella. Split, top, and bake in 20 minutes for a quick vegetarian appetizer.

Buttery shortbread bites rolled in paprika, cayenne, curry powder, and cumin. A savory, spice-crusted appetizer that's totally unexpected and completely addictive.

Beef tenderloin steaks rubbed with a smoky brown sugar, paprika, and allspice blend then grilled to medium-rare in just 6 minutes. This 20-minute date night dinner for two is pure steakhouse class at home.

Pumpkin butter with brown sugar, orange juice, lemon zest, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves simmered until thick and spreadable. A fall breakfast spread for toast and English muffins.

Old-fashioned spiced peaches preserved whole in a brown sugar and vinegar syrup with cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. A Pennsylvania Dutch canning tradition.

Baked bananas in a Caribbean-style rum caramel sauce with fresh orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. A simple, warm dessert inspired by Grenada.

Sourdough starter from scratch in two days using water, active dry yeast, sugar, and flour. The fast-start version that skips the wild-yeast wait, refresh with flour and water as you use it.

Birnensuppe, a chilled German pear soup scented with cinnamon and star anise, studded with sherry-soaked raisins and brightened with lemon. Silky, elegant, and refreshing. Serves 2.

Raspberry angel food cake with fresh berries folded directly into the whipped egg white batter. Light, fat-free, and bursting with pockets of fruit.

Indonesian rujak fruit salad tosses cucumber, jicama, mango, papaya, pineapple, and Granny Smith apple in a chunky peanut, chile, palm sugar, and tamarind sauce. Sweet, sour, salty, fiery in one bite.

Spicy pear relish simmered with whole cloves, cinnamon, lemon slices, and sugar. A make-ahead condiment that pairs with roast chicken and turkey, or doubles as a warm dessert.

Sybil Carter's homemade barbecue sauce starts with bacon drippings and builds layers of tangy tomato, brown sugar sweetness, mustard bite, and hot pepper heat. Doubles easily and keeps in the fridge for weeks.

Cinnamon-spiced cranberry sauce made with whole cranberries, sugar and a cinnamon stick. Just four pantry ingredients and 20 minutes for a holiday side that beats anything in a can.

Candied spicy pecans coated in cinnamon sugar and egg white, slow-baked at low heat for one hour until crisp and caramelized. An addictive sweet-spiced nut snack or holiday gift.