Recipe Sifter

Classic lobster bisque made from whole boiled lobsters, simmered shells for rich broth, and finished with scalded cream. Old-school New England elegance in a bowl, ready in 45 minutes.

Favourite Lemon Tea Bread with Lemon Glaze recipe

Marji's fudgies: dense fudgy chocolate drop cookies with cocoa, powdered milk, and a stiff dough that bakes into a brownie-cookie hybrid. Foil-pan baking trick included.

Cream of asparagus soup with a butter-flour roux, fresh dill, and tamari, pureed smooth with whole asparagus tips floated on top. Made from scratch.

Pane di Mattina alla Siciliana is a sweet Sicilian breakfast bread enriched with eggs, butter, lemon zest, fennel seed, and Marsala-soaked raisins and currants. Sicily's answer to morning brioche.

Tender white layer cake stuffed with citrusy orange-coconut filling and crowned with fluffy boiled frosting. A Southern classic that's pure sunshine on a plate.

Simple biscuit-style apple dumplings with baking powder pastry wrapped around cinnamon-sugar filled apples. Bake until tender, serve warm with milk or cream.

Apple nut muffins made with unsweetened applesauce, chopped nuts, and just a quarter cup of sugar. Tender, lightly sweet breakfast muffins with a moist apple crumb.

Bread machine applesauce sweet egg bread uses applesauce in place of butter for a low-fat, tender loaf with just enough sweetness for breakfast toast. Egg white adds protein and structure.

Soft finger-shaped cookies packed with peanut butter, chopped apples, and brown sugar, rolled in powdered sugar. These tea sticks bake in one pan then cut into 24 dainty pieces.

Applesauce whole wheat zucchini bread is a healthier loaf sweetened by crushed pineapple and applesauce instead of sugar or oil. Whole wheat flour and optional walnuts add fiber and crunch.

Homemade pineapple upside-down cake from scratch with butter, mace-spiced vanilla batter, and caramelized crushed pineapple topping. Tender crumb meets sticky-sweet fruit in every bite.

Two-layer banana cake with whole wheat pastry flour, filled and topped with vanilla Bavarian cream and fresh banana slices. A lighter, more elegant take on classic banana cream pie.

Devil's food refers to a dark, dense, chocolate concoction that is usually baked. It is so named because since it is so rich and delicious it must be "sinful." Devil's food usually has a greater proportion of chocolate than regular chocolate cake. This recipe comes from Lynne , a chef who owns the Victoria House Bed & Breakfast in Spring Lake, NJ. For a gourmet B&B check them out at .net.

Whole wheat molasses brown bread with wheat germ, buttermilk, and a generous handful of raisins. A no-yeast quick bread that bakes up dense, dark, and faintly sweet. Slice thick, slather with butter.

Big batch raisin bran muffins: a six-week refrigerator batter that bakes off fresh muffins anytime. Buttermilk-rich, lightly spiced, and packed with raisin bran for hearty, fiber-loaded breakfasts.