818 golden recipes

Pecan cinnamon muffins with brown sugar and chopped pecans, ready in 30 minutes. Tender, golden, and warmly spiced with a nutty crunch in every bite.

Wheel cookies with ground almonds, currants, anise seeds, and cinnamon in a buttery dough. Pressed with a fork and baked golden in just 12 minutes.

Homemade butterhorn rolls shaped into buttery crescents from a soft yeasted dough with eggs, milk, and shortening. Light, flaky, and golden after a double rise.

Crispy fried samosas using egg roll wrappers filled with spiced potatoes, peas, cumin, coriander, and fresh cilantro. A shortcut Indian appetizer fried golden in minutes.

Highland sausage roll wraps minced venison and pork belly with port-soaked seasonings and tea-plumped prunes inside golden puff pastry. A rustic Scottish showstopper.

Potato soup with lemons: a bright, golden purée flavored with lemon zest, ginger, and slow-simmered onion. A naturally creamy potato soup with zero dairy.

Parmesan-crusted cube steaks breaded with cracker crumbs and cheese, pan-fried golden, then simmered in pizza sauce. A fast Italian-style weeknight steak dinner in 30 minutes.

Golden flour-dredged chicken breast simmered in Italian plum tomatoes with mushrooms, peppers, onion, and oregano in an electric skillet. Served over spaghetti, this one-pan cacciatore is a reader favourite.

Crispy homemade flatbread made with flour, cornmeal, and margarine, rolled paper-thin and baked until golden. A simple cracker-style bread with a light cornmeal crunch.

Pecan macaroons with oat bran, amaretto, and almond extract folded into stiff meringue and baked until golden. Naturally gluten-free cookies with crispy edges and a chewy center.

Toasted quinoa salad with seared scallops and snow peas tosses dry-toasted quinoa with soy-ginger-sesame dressing, crisp snow peas, red pepper, and golden pan-seared scallops. A protein-rich Asian-inspired grain bowl.

Old-fashioned fig-filled cookies with a honey-sweetened butter dough, rolled into strips or sandwich rounds and baked until golden. Makes 5 dozen with two shaping options.

Old-fashioned Southern crackling bread made with cornmeal, buttermilk, and crispy pork cracklings. Shaped into oblong cakes and baked golden, this is country cooking at its finest.

Homemade sweet bread with eggs, milk, and sugar shaped into round loaves. A soft, golden yeast bread brushed with egg wash and lightly sugared on top.

Homemade lavash crackers topped with sesame and poppy seeds, baked crisp and golden. A thin, crunchy flatbread that breaks into rustic shards for serving with butter, dips, or cheese.

Fruit and chocolate dream squares with a buttery shortbread crust, raspberry jam, milk chocolate chips, and a pecan streusel topping. Layered bar cookies baked until golden and crumbly.