Recipe Sifter

Microwave chocolate cake topped with gooey halved marshmallows and smothered in rich chocolate frosting. Ready in under an hour with zero oven time. A kid-friendly crowd-pleaser.

Chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips and chopped nuts. The reverse chocolate chip cookie: dark cocoa dough studded with sweet white chips and toasted pecans, walnuts, or almonds.

Spiced chocolate prune cake with buttermilk and cinnamon, topped with a glossy cooked chocolate fudge frosting. Soaked prunes keep every slice impossibly moist.

This winning decorated cookie charmed us with its sophisticated look and pleasing chocolate-pepperminty flavor. It's from Deb Bonfiglio of River Hills.

Christmas ornament cookies are sturdy rolled sugar cookies cut into large bauble shapes and pierced with a hanging hole. Bake, decorate, and hang on the tree as edible ornaments or gift tags.

A brown sugar loaf cake studded with candied citron and chopped nuts, topped with a nutmeg cream frosting. Warmly spiced with nutmeg throughout, this vintage gem belongs on every holiday baking list.

Chewy brown sugar cookies loaded with green candy-coated chocolate pieces. A fun, festive cookie for St. Patrick's Day baking that makes 3 dozen in just 30 minutes.

Old-fashioned cold water cake with muscat raisins, warm spices, and no eggs or butter. A Depression-era boiled raisin cake that bakes up dense, spiced, and deeply satisfying.

Savory Creole corn muffins packed with cheddar, American cheese, red bell pepper, pimiento, and onion. Golden, cheesy, and ready in under an hour.

Brown sugar drop cookies with a warm cinnamon kick, stuffed with a thick date-pecan filling. Each golden bite hides a sweet, nutty surprise inside.

Decadent chocolate mint melt-aways: tender piped mint shortbread topped with white chocolate mint ganache and dipped in bittersweet chocolate. Three layers of cool mint and rich chocolate in one cookie.

Dishpan cookies loaded with oats, corn flakes, coconut, and nuts. A classic farmhouse batch cookie so big you mix it in a dishpan. Crispy edges, chewy centers.

Classic double-crust pie pastry with flour, salt, vegetable shortening, and ice water. Four ingredients, flaky every time, ready to wrap any sweet or savory pie filling.

Drop molasses cookies with buttermilk, brown sugar, ginger, and cinnamon rest overnight for deep flavor. Soft, cakey cookies with that old-fashioned dark molasses chew.

Easy applesauce nut bread is a 10-ingredient quickbread with chunky walnuts, cinnamon, and a single can of applesauce for moisture. One bowl, one loaf pan, one hour in the oven.

No eggs, no butter, no milk in this vegan cake that's free of all dairy and egg products.