Recipe Sifter

Apple molasses pecan pie marries two Thanksgiving classics into one. Sliced apples and toasted pecans bound in a brandy-spiked molasses filling, finished with a buttery lattice crust.

Tender buttermilk muffins bursting with fresh ginger cooked in sugar and bright lemon zest. Inspired by the famous Bridge Creek restaurant. Warm, zingy, and gone before they cool.

An old-fashioned blueberry pie that makes its own crust from crushed soda crackers and butter. No pie dough, no rolling pin. Just layer, bake, and serve with whipped cream.

Elegant abalone steaks pounded thin, dipped in egg and flour, pan-fried in butter, then rolled around creamy crabmeat stuffing with shallots, lemon, mustard, and white sauce.

Tender banana sheet cake rolled around sweetened whipped cream, topped with glazed raspberries. An elegant dessert that looks impressive but uses simple ingredients.

Hearty leftover turkey stew with fluffy dumplings, parsnips, carrots, and green beans in a rich homemade stock. The best way to turn your Thanksgiving carcass into a whole new meal.

Crab fritters with a featherlight batter lifted by whipped egg whites, deep fried golden and served with a curry mayonnaise dipping sauce made bright with chutney and orange.

Pan-seared scallops Provencal style with garlic, shallots, butter, and fresh parsley. Crisp golden crust outside, tender inside. Ready in 15 minutes from start to plate.

A double-crust apple pie sweetened with brown sugar instead of white for deep butterscotch flavor that tastes like fall itself.

Classic flounder meuniere pan-fried in browned butter with lemon juice and fresh parsley. A simple French technique for delicate white fish fillets.

Rhubarb pie sweetened with light brown sugar instead of white, with thin lemon slices layered between the rhubarb for bright citrus contrast. A lattice-topped pie that's tart, caramelly, and old-fashioned.

Lemon pistachio quick bread with lemon-rubbed sugar, buttermilk, and chopped pistachios, soaked with a hot lemon syrup glaze while still warm from the oven.

Homemade fig newtons: a tender brown sugar and sour cream cookie dough wrapped around real homemade fig jam, baked in logs and sliced into soft bars. So much better than the boxed kind.

Zesty fig and date pastry bars with walnuts, orange juice, and lemon zest on a buttery shortbread crust with a crisscross lattice top. A bright, old-school cookie bar.

A delicious side dish for your Thanksgiving dinner.

Creamy, moist and buttery, this greek style lemon cake is so tasty, the citrus flavor makes the cake so refreshing.