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Soft drop cookies made with mashed cooked carrots and finished with a warm orange glaze. The vintage Depression-era cookie that still makes sense today.
Homemade English muffins from scratch: yeasted dough rolled and cut into discs, dusted with cornmeal, and griddle-baked low and slow until they develop those signature nooks and crannies.
Rustic Southern fresh peach skillet pie baked in cast iron with a biscuit-style crust, cinnamon sugar topping, and butter. Serve warm with ice cream for a summertime showstopper.
Grandma's flaky pie dough, made with both cold butter for flavor and shortening for tenderness. Pea-sized butter bits and ice water are the secret to a shatteringly flaky, foolproof homemade crust.
Old-fashioned gingerbread cake with New Orleans-style molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. A moist, dark, warmly spiced snack cake served hot with whipped cream or applesauce.
Lele Party Cookies are thumbprint cookies rolled in egg white and chopped nuts, then filled with colorful jelly. A buttery, nutty holiday cookie perfect for Christmas trays.
Applesauce spice cake baked in canning jars and sealed hot for shelf-stable storage. A spiced cake with cinnamon, cloves, and nuts that makes a unique homemade gift.
Velvety Greek cream of green bean soup pureed with carrots and onion, thickened with a buttery roux, and finished with a swirl of butter. Serve with crunchy croutons for a comforting Mediterranean bowl.
Peanut butter and jelly streusel bars with a brown sugar PB cookie base, strawberry jam middle, and oat-crumble topping. The lunchbox sandwich reinvented for the cookie tray.
Single-crust pie pastry made with lard and a touch of shortening for a flaky, old-fashioned 9-inch shell. The traditional fat blend bakeries used before all-butter pastry took over.
Frosty Snow Berry Cake with cranberry sauce cubes folded into a lemon-scented white cake, topped with billowy pink fluffy frosting. A vintage holiday showstopper.
Old-fashioned yeast ferment bread with a simple dough of flour, sugar, salt, and shortening. Double-risen and baked hot for a crisp crust and chewy crumb.
Bakery-style cinnamon rolls from scratch with a soft yeast dough, cinnamon-sugar-nut filling, and maple icing. A big-batch recipe that makes 6 to 7 dozen rolls.
Apple pie with sharp cheddar cheese baked into a cornmeal crust and finished with a woven lattice top. Eight cups of fresh apple, cinnamon, and a savory-sweet crust that sets this apart.
Illinois apple pie fills a flaky double-crust shortening pastry with thin-sliced Granny Smith apples spiced with cinnamon, brown sugar, and nutmeg. Brushed with milk and dusted with sugar for a sparkling top.
Apple-cherry pie with a flaky shortening crust, quick tapioca thickener, and a nutmeg-sugar finish. The tart cherries brighten up classic apple pie in a way plain apples never do.