Snack Recipes

Chana dhal vada, crispy South Asian lentil fritters made from coarsely ground split chickpeas spiced with chili, curry leaves, and chat masala, then deep-fried golden. A vegan tea-time snack with chutney.

Zucchini bread with dark brown sugar and vanilla, baked into two moist loaves. The garden-rescue quickbread that puts late-summer squash to delicious use.

Orange yogurt muffins with bright fresh zest, tangy yogurt, and a tender, light crumb. A breakfast muffin that tastes like sunshine and uses just one bowl for the wet ingredients.

Maple apple muffins sweetened entirely with pure maple syrup, studded with diced apples, and warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. No refined sugar, ready in 40 minutes.

Cayenne and chocolate make a nice combo in this cookie from Paula Tuchscherer-Jones of Milwaukee; they would provide an interesting complement when plated with more traditional cookies.

Super cheesy and moist. I used chia seeds instead of poppy seeds, used whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose, and the muffins turned out fluffy and delicious. These muffins didn't last long at our place. Great for breakfast, snack, and really whenever you feel hungry :)

A lattice-topped mincemeat tart for Christmas: spiced fruit mincemeat baked in a crisp butter-and-lard shortcrust under a delicate woven lattice, dusted with icing sugar. One big tart instead of fiddly individual pies.

Apple bread quick loaf with finely chopped apples folded through the batter and a buttery cinnamon-sugar streusel on top. Made with sour milk for tender crumb and a hint of tang.

Got his recipe in an email. From the Harvest restaurant, Cambridge, MA

Everyone in my house goes NUTS over these. They are easy to make (fool proof, really) and you can also freeze what you don't use for later use.

Two-loaf zucchini nut bread with shredded summer squash squeezed dry, cinnamon-scented batter, and chopped nuts folded throughout. The end-of-summer garden gift loaf.

Wenatchee applesauce muffins, a Pacific Northwest breakfast bake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and made tender with thick applesauce. Named for Washington's apple capital, these bake up moist with a domed top.

Apple-hazelnut muffins with ground hazelnuts replacing half the flour and chewy dried apple pieces folded in. A small-batch six-muffin recipe ready in 30 minutes for breakfast or coffee break.

Hawaiian banana bread blended in a blender for an ultra-smooth tropical-style loaf. Just 7 ingredients, sweet and tender, makes muffins or a single loaf.

Go bananas for this rich and scrumptious bread that will have you hooked!

This bread was wonderful. I did change a few things. For half a recipe I used 1 cup of sugar, 4 banana,s, and 1 cup of chopped nuts. I also baked it at 350 and it took approx. a little over an hour. I tested it with a tooth pick. DON'T OVER BAKE!!