Cheese Recipes

Homemade muffin mix with flour, baking powder, dry milk, salt, and shortening. A six-week pantry staple that replaces store-bought Bisquick for muffins, biscuits, and pancakes.

Classic French onion soup gratinee: deeply caramelized onions simmered in beef broth, topped with toasted French bread and bubbling Gruyere. Pure bistro comfort.

Onion soup topped with Gorgonzola toast instead of the usual Gruyere. Deeply caramelized onions in rich beef stock with thyme and a hit of tomato paste.

Chili cheese cubes are a vegetarian Tex-Mex appetizer of baked egg, Monterey Jack, sharp cheddar, and green chiles cut into bite-sized squares. Equally good hot or cold.

Panzarotti: crisp fried Italian crescents stuffed with molten mozzarella, ham, and Parmesan. Golden, puffed, and served piping hot, the antipasto showstopper worth frying a fresh batch for.

Fried soft-shell crab sandwiches in a crispy Parmesan batter with lemon-thyme aioli, fresh arugula, and ripe tomatoes on crusty rolls.

Pastitsio with layered macaroni, seasoned ground beef in tomato-wine sauce, and creamy bechamel topped with kefalotiri cheese. A traditional Greek baked pasta casserole.

Pepperoni and Vidalia onion quiche with slow-cooked sweet onions, Swiss cheese, and a yogurt-enriched custard in a prebaked pie shell. A savory, pizza-meets-quiche brunch dish.

Perogie puffs are deep-fried dumplings with cottage cheese dough stuffed with mashed potato, cheddar cheese spread, and optional bacon. A crispy Prairie twist on traditional pierogies.

Pride of Erin soup is an Irish cabbage and potato soup with mace, blended almost smooth and served with whipped cream and Parmesan. A creamy, comforting soup with subtle spice from ground mace.

Raspberry chocolate swirl cheesecake on a cocoa-vanilla wafer crust. Two batters marbled together for a dramatic black-and-pink presentation.

Red pepper bread machine loaf studded with sweet bell peppers, onion, and parmesan. Dump, press start, and walk away. Italian-inspired flavor with zero kneading required.

Tangy rhubarb meets creamy lemon tofu in this plant-based pie that transforms spring produce into a bright, refreshing dessert with silky texture and sweet-tart layers.

This is an very excellent cheesecake, very yuuuuuy.

Rosky's (Czech rohlíky): cream cheese pastry cookies filled with apricot, dusted with powdered sugar. The Old World holiday cookie your grandmother kept on the tin every Christmas.

Savory sausage crepes: tender homemade crepes rolled around a filling of smoked sausage, onion, cheddar and cream cheese, baked until hot and finished with a sour cream butter topping. A make-ahead brunch you can freeze.