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Classic snickerdoodles rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked until soft-centered with a chewy edge. Cream of tartar gives the signature tang and crackled top. Pantry-staple cookie recipe.

Betty's cheesecake is a light lemon-spiked classic with whipped egg whites folded in for souffle-like texture and a graham cracker crust. Top with cherries or fresh fruit.

Classic Southern lemon chess pie with a buttery cornmeal-thickened custard, fresh lemon juice, and zest of three lemons in a single-crust pastry shell.

Mocha toffee crescents are buttery espresso-laced shortbread cookies studded with toffee chips, shaped into crescents and dipped in dark chocolate. Cookie tin showstoppers.

Drop sugar cookies with a soft, crumbly bite from a mix of margarine and oil, two kinds of sugar, and a touch of cream of tartar. No chilling, no rolling, just scoop and bake.

Ann's chiffon cake: a tall, light tube cake with the richness of butter cake and the lift of angel food. Whipped egg whites fold into an oil-based batter and bake into a tender, springy crumb.

Froggers are oversized soft molasses cookies from old Nantucket whaling kitchens, spiced with ginger, cloves, nutmeg and allspice, flavoured with dark rum and dotted with raisins. Cut into 4-inch rounds for a proper hand-sized cookie.

Cranberry orange nut bread loaf with fresh orange juice and grated rind, raw chopped cranberries, and chopped nuts folded through a buttermilk-tender batter. A classic quick bread that improves after an overnight rest in the fridge.

Apple raisin cream pie combines Granny Smith apples, plump raisins, and warm spices under a double crust, then heavy cream pours through a center vent during baking to enrich the filling. Old-fashioned American pie with a clever cream-stream finish.

Classic pound cake made with powdered sugar, margarine, eggs, flour and a hint of lemon. Dense, buttery and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. Baked low and slow in a tube pan.

Käsetorte is the German cheesecake with a buttery shortcrust pressed into a springform and topped with cream cheese filling thickened by vanilla pudding mix. Lighter and softer than New York-style, with old-world Bavarian charm.

Snickerdoodle cookies made with a boxed mix, butter and eggs, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. The classic crackled-top, chewy cookie shortcut for 4 dozen in under 40 minutes.

Golden orange sponge cake leavened entirely with whipped eggs, flavoured with fresh orange juice and pulp plus a hit of lemon extract. A light, fat-free cake baked in a springform pan and inverted to cool.

Streusel cream cheese coffee cake layers tender butter cake around a sweet cream cheese filling, finished with a buttery flour-sugar streusel. Baked in a springform pan, perfect for brunch.

Baked cheesecake with a buttery sugar cookie crumb crust and a creamy cream cheese filling lightened with sour cream, eggs and a touch of cornstarch. Topped with reserved cookie crumbs and baked in a 9-inch square pan.

Sherry glazed poppy seed cake, a doctored cake mix bundt with sour cream richness, crunchy poppy seeds, and a boozy buttered sherry syrup that soaks deep into every slice.