918 light recipes

Bring out the Amish in you with these delicious cookies made from molasses.

Peanut butter bears: cinnamon-spiced peanut butter cut-out cookies shaped like teddy bears with detailed dough faces. A holiday baking project that's as fun as the cookies are good.

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.

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.

Banana split sundae for one with homemade microwave hot fudge, ice cream, peanuts, and a quartered banana. Single-serving solo dessert ready in five minutes.

Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made with shortening for extra chewiness. Rolled oats and semi-sweet chips in a crispy-edged, soft-centered classic from the 1992 cookie contest.

Beef and green bean stir-fry with thin-sliced flank steak and a creamy peanut-soy-sesame sauce. Asian-inspired weeknight dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Pots de creme pie with a pound of dark Belgian chocolate, heavy cream, half-and-half, and ten egg yolks set into a graham cracker crust. Decadent French chocolate pie for serious chocolate lovers.

No-bake Kahlua cocoa balls made with vanilla wafer crumbs, pecans, cocoa, golden raisins, and candied cherries. Roll in coconut, powdered sugar, or nuts.

Green banana gratin with chicken broth, cheddar cheese and breadcrumb topping. Savory Caribbean-style baked banana casserole in 60 minutes.

A smoky, spicy TLT sandwich with oven-baked tofu glazed in Dijon and adobo sauce. Stacked on toasty whole wheat bread with lettuce and tomato. The plant-based BLT upgrade you didn't know you needed.

You will be wondering what's the secret to this decadent and delicious pecan pie.

Green banana gratin (figue vert) simmered in chicken stock, mashed, enriched with eggs and cream, then baked under a cheesy bread crumb crust. A Caribbean-French side dish with warm spices.

Sesame orange scones with nutty toasted sesame seeds, bright orange zest, and a glossy hot-orange-syrup glaze. Naturally dairy-free with a sticky-sweet citrus finish.

Topsy-turvy apple pie: a double-crust cinnamon apple pie baked over a brown sugar and pecan layer, then flipped so a glossy praline-pecan top crowns every slice. A clever twist on apple pie.

Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies made with shortening, brown sugar, rolled oats, and semi-sweet chips. The famous 1992 cookie contest recipe.