Recipe Sifter

A hilariously gross Halloween cake decorated to look like a head with frosting 'hair,' cherry eyes, and a fruit roll-up tongue. Kids go absolutely wild for this one. Easy box cake base.

Easy chocolate and pecan cookies: soft, chewy drop cookies loaded with chocolate chips and toasted pecans, made with a butter-and-shortening blend for the best of both texture and flavor.

Eggnog log cookies are festive holiday rolls flavored with rum and nutmeg, dipped in icing, and rolled in toasted pecans. The Christmas cookie tin classic with eggnog-inspired warmth.

Vintage sugar cookies leaning heavy on brown sugar over white with shortening for tender texture and a three-finger ridge press. Makes 48 chewy, caramel-toned cookies.

Emily's white cake is a tender, snow-white shortening-based layer cake from the early 1900s, leavened with stiff egg whites for fluff. The dairy-free vintage classic for birthdays and baptisms.

Two-layer lemon cake with a homemade lemon curd filling made from fresh lemon juice, zest, butter, and eggs. A classic from-scratch layer cake with a bright, tangy coating.

Family tree cookies are giant chocolate cookies shaped like trees with branches for piping family names. A fun baking project with kids using cocoa dough, chocolate chips, and royal icing.

These individual danish pastries are filled with raisins and topped with a delicious graze.

Father Time chocolate chip cookies decorated with piped clock face icing for New Year's Eve. Chewy brown sugar cookies with a simple powdered sugar icing design.

Homemade apple pie with a flaky vinegar-egg crust and spiced Granny Smith filling. Includes options for solid top or woven lattice crust with sugar-brushed finish.

Favorite never fail pie crust uses shortening, vegetable oil, and a touch of corn syrup for a tender, flaky crust that rolls out without tearing. Beginner-friendly and forgiving.

Buttermilk pound cake with lemon and almond extracts, baked in a 10-inch tube pan or two loaf pans. Tender, fine-crumbed, classic Southern pound cake recipe.

Once he perfected his Extra Crispy he had customers who wanted it to be spicy and bold so he created his Hot and Spicy Chicken. Here is his original recipe which has changed a bit in this day and age. It comes frozen and is cooked frozen and not prepared fresh in many stores.

Favourite Red Devil's Food Cake with Creamy Vanilla Frosting recipe

Classic Southern red velvet cake with cocoa-tinted buttermilk batter and traditional cooked-milk ermine frosting. The original layer cake before cream cheese frosting became standard.

Fluted sandwich cookies filled with tinted vanilla buttercream in three pastel colours. A pretty bakery-style cookie with a cut-out window on top showing the green, pink or yellow filling underneath.