Recipe Sifter

Grated Granny Smith apples and warm spices bake into a tender brown-sugar cake, pierced and drenched in a buttery brown-sugar glaze. Walnut crunch and frozen vanilla yogurt finish each slice.

Mistletoe mint cookies are rich chocolate drop cookies topped with swirled mint candy pieces while still warm. A festive holiday cookie with a candy cane finish.

Light, airy Vermont maple chiffon cake with walnuts, drizzled in reduced maple syrup glaze. Baked in an angel food pan and cooled upside down for a tall, tender crumb.

Buttery white chocolate chip cookies with a hint of orange zest. Soft, golden-edged drop cookies loaded with white chocolate morsels and a subtle citrus fragrance.

Yogurt jam-filled muffins bake a tender lemon-poppy seed batter with cream of wheat for texture, then get filled with a spoonful of jam through the top. Sweet bakery-style breakfast muffin.

Adapted this recipe from Foodnetwork magazine, I made a few changes to make it a little healthier but still taste decadently delicious. Then I made a frozen yogurt with these brownies, heavenly delicious!

Blueberry muffin bread baked as a loaf, half whole-wheat, crowned with a cinnamon-oat streusel. Tender, berry-studded quick bread with a crunchy crumb topping in every slice.

Instead of using cake mix to make a cake, we use whole wheat pastry flour to make a tart, and we fill up the tart with sliced apples, sprinkling with some sugar, after making this delicious and healthy apple tart, we decorate with fresh blueberries and strawberries. Definitely will impress everyone, and enjoy this delicious flag apple tart without guilt.

Soft, chewy double peanut butter cookies loaded with creamy peanut butter and topped with chopped peanuts. The chew comes from melted butter, corn syrup, and an extra egg yolk.

Cinnamon oatmeal apple cookies fold grated apple, raisins, and whipped egg whites into an oat batter sweetened with apple juice or honey. Soft, lightly spiced, naturally low-fat cookies.

A quick bread that reminds one of apple pie with every bite. Made with apples, oats, buttermilk, honey, and cinnamon, this bread is a comforting blend of flavors and textures that brings the best of apple pie and bread together in one delicious treat.

Wholesome banana walnut muffins with whole wheat flour for nutty depth and tender texture. Brown sugar and ripe bananas bring natural sweetness without going overboard.

Apple butter streusel muffins fold smooth apple butter into a wheat germ batter, topped with a cinnamon-sugar streusel for crunch. A low-fat breakfast or snack muffin in 25 minutes.

Apple walnut crumb muffins with grated apple, toasted wheat germ, cinnamon, and a buttery oat crumb topping. A hearty whole-grain-friendly breakfast muffin.

Date nut bars combine sticky-sweet dates and toasted pecans in a brown sugar batter that bakes into chewy, butterscotch-edged bars. One bowl, one pan, ready in 30 minutes. Holiday cookie tin staple, dressed simply.

Jumbo chocolate chip cookies scooped by the quarter cup bake up bakery-sized with crisp edges, chewy centers, and pockets of melted chocolate. Twelve cookies the size of your palm.