Recipe Sifter

This cake can be served alone or with a chocolate sauce.

Bread machine pizza dough made with basic pantry ingredients. Let the machine knead, pull it before the bake cycle, and shape for homemade pizza night.

J.L. Hudson's cheese bread: a legendary Detroit department-store recipe with extra-sharp cheddar, eggs, and a rich yeast dough. Bread machine easy, nostalgic flavor guaranteed.

Marinated tomatoes with basil and balsamic vinegar layer sliced ripe tomatoes and soaked red onion with a garlicky dressing and fresh basil. A bright vegetarian side built for summer tomato season.

Bisquick gingerbread bakes a small-batch spiced molasses cake from biscuit mix in 40 minutes. Cinnamon, cloves, and ginger plus dark molasses give it classic gingerbread flavor with pantry-shortcut ease.

A traditional German stuffed pork belly filled with breadcrumbs, smoked ham, ground meat, and marjoram. Scored, seasoned, and roasted until the rind turns shattering crisp. Served with roasted turnip.

Southern-style corn casserole with creamed corn, whole kernels, cheddar cheese, and crushed crackers. A dump-and-bake side dish with a hint of heat from Tabasco.

Chinese Chews are old-fashioned date and nut bar cookies baked low and slow, then cut into squares and rolled in granulated sugar. Chewy, dense, and butter-free.

McIntosh apple cobbler baked in individual bowls with a buttery brown sugar crumble topping. A simple four-apple dessert served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee bloomed into the batter for deep cocoa flavor, paired with old-fashioned ermine icing whipped from a cooked flour-milk paste. Vintage two-layer cake done right.

Cream cheese kolache dough made with butter, flour, egg yolk, and sugar. This no-yeast pastry dough chills overnight and rolls out flaky for filled cookies with prune, poppy seed, or apricot.

Basic chiffon cake folds whipped egg whites into an oil-and-yolk batter for a tall, springy cake with angel food's airy crumb and butter cake's moisture. Baked in a tube pan, cooled inverted.

Three-ingredient beer bread with self-rising flour, sugar, and a bottle of beer. No yeast, no kneading, no rising time. A crusty, golden loaf ready in one hour.

Chocolate cocoa cookies with a Rolo candy hidden inside, topped with finely ground nuts. Bite through the crackled shell to hit molten caramel.

Chinese-style pork stir-fry in plum sauce with ginger, celery, carrots, and sherry. Wok-cooked in 30 minutes with a glossy cornstarch-thickened glaze.

Sfogliatelle Napoletane are flaky Neapolitan pastries filled with creamy ricotta custard, candied orange peel, and vanilla. Homemade Italian pastry dough baked golden and dusted with powdered sugar.