918 light recipes

Baked pears in a buttery pineapple cream sauce with crystallized ginger and toasted almonds. An elegant warm fruit dessert with tropical, caramel-rich flavor.

Chilled avocado soup blends ripe avocados with a lime-and-serrano-spiked stock into a silky, no-cream base, topped with cilantro cream and crisp julienned radishes. A cool, elegant Mexican-inspired starter.

Apple molasses pecan pie marries two Thanksgiving classics into one. Sliced apples and toasted pecans bound in a brandy-spiked molasses filling, finished with a buttery lattice crust.

Buttery shortbread cookies topped with caramel, coated in melted chocolate, and pressed with chopped pecans. Homemade Turtle-style candy cookies that make a gorgeous gift box treat.

Thai basil fried rice with fresh red chilies, button mushrooms, long beans, and light soy sauce. A vegetarian wok-fried rice that's spicy, aromatic, and ready in minutes.

Peanut pie with a shortbread cookie crust bound by peanut butter, packed with peanut butter cookies and roasted peanuts in a gooey brown sugar custard. Triple peanut, double cookie.

Ultimate chocolate chip cookies with shortening, light brown sugar, pecans, and semi-sweet chips baked until just set and still moist. A chewy, thick cookie that stays soft for days.

Finnish summer soup (kesäkeitto): a creamy Nordic vegetable soup with new potatoes, baby carrots, peas, and green beans in a light half-and-half broth. Built to showcase the season's first harvest.

Buttery shortbread crust topped with gooey pecan-coconut filling creates bar cookies that taste like pecan pie without the fussy pastry work.

Pillowy soft yeast buns enriched with cream, eggs, and a touch of corn syrup, brushed with butter and finished with a sweet cream glaze. Makes 4 dozen and freezes beautifully.

Adorable hand-shaped chocolate X and O cookies made with cocoa and decorated with icing. A fun Valentine's Day baking project for kids that yields 5 dozen hugs and kisses.

Peanut butter chocolate chip mini loaves made with chunky peanut butter, buttermilk, and brown sugar. Bakes into 5 small gift-ready loaves that freeze beautifully for up to a month.

Giant raisin oat cookies with oat bran, rolled oats, plump raisins, and a hint of orange zest baked into hearty cookies the size of saucers. Wholesome breakfast or lunchbox treat.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookies with corn syrup, egg whites, and rolled oats. Chewy, lower-fat cookies sweetened with brown sugar and natural peanut butter.

Fruit nut breakfast bars with rolled oats, chopped almonds, and golden raisins bound with brown sugar and a hit of almond extract. Make-ahead bars that beat any granola bar in the cereal aisle.

Chocolate mint cookie sandwiches stack slice-and-bake chocolate rounds around a cool mint buttercream, then dip half in semisweet chocolate glaze.