Recipe Sifter

Dense, fudgy brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate and loaded with chopped walnuts, then layered with raspberry jam and a glossy chocolate glaze. Finished with chocolate-dipped walnuts for a bakery-worthy presentation.

Whole wheat molasses bread for the bread machine with caraway seeds and brown sugar. Dump-and-press loaf with a deep malty crumb, rye-like aroma, and a chewy whole-grain bite.

Chocolate brownies spiked with amaretto in both the batter and the chocolate frosting, finished with sliced almonds. A grown-up brownie with deep almond and unsweetened chocolate notes.

Old-fashioned sugar cookies made with sour milk, nutmeg, and shortening. A versatile dough that can be dropped soft or rolled and cut into shapes for Valentine's, Christmas, or birthday cookies.

If you entertaining your loved one tonight, try making this succulent chicken dish for dinner that will surely impress her!

Chocolate dipped macadamia nut shortbread cookies made with butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Slice-and-bake rounds dipped in melted chocolate for a Hawaiian-inspired treat.

Old-school Southern fried chicken soaked in a rich cream-and-egg bath, dredged in paprika-spiked flour, and fried in a trinity of bacon drippings, shortening, and butter.

Pork schnitzel pounded thin, breaded with paprika-spiked crumbs, and pan-fried golden, then served with a creamy sour cream and dill pan sauce. A weeknight take on the German tavern classic with an Eastern European twist.

Peanut butter bars for a crowd yields 8 dozen from three sheet pans. A big-batch recipe with a chewy, dense peanut butter cookie base dusted with powdered sugar.

Cookies-and-cream bundt cake studded with quartered Oreos and drizzled in a glossy chocolate glaze. A rich, vanilla-based batter with a crunchy cookie surprise in every slice.

Traditional Italian anise pizzelle cookies pressed on a pizzelle iron with orange and lemon zest. A huge batch recipe that makes up to 20 dozen crisp, lacy waffle cookies.

Sour cream raisin pie is an old-fashioned Midwestern custard pie with plump raisins suspended in tangy sour cream filling, scented with nutmeg and vanilla. Simple flaky crust, no meringue required.

Apple cake with a cinnamon-nut streusel topping, chopped apples folded into a brown sugar batter with sour milk. A tender, spiced sheet cake for fall baking.

A three-layer cake with two rich cocoa layers and one maple-walnut layer, all covered in homemade chocolate fudge frosting. Vermont cocoa cake is a New England showstopper.

Paris Puffins are nutmeg-spiced muffins rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar straight from the oven. They taste like fresh doughnuts without the frying.

Best chocolate cake with fudge frosting: a one-bowl chocolate cake with unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk, finished with a boiled candy-style fudge frosting that sets glossy and dense.