Recipe Sifter

Finnish pecan balls (Finnish snowballs) made with butter, cake flour, and toasted pecans, rolled twice in powdered sugar for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Anise almond biscotti are twice-baked Italian cookies with toasted almonds and warm anise seeds. Crisp, dunkable holiday treats that keep up to 4 weeks. Makes about 2 dozen.

Buttery colonial poppy seed cake soaked in milk for a tender, nutty crumb. Dusted with powdered sugar, this heritage recipe is simple to bake and hard to resist.

Fudgy chocolate layer cake made with a full cup of cocoa powder, brown sugar, and buttermilk for tender, deep-flavored crumb. Frosted with a melted-chocolate buttercream and topped with chocolate curls. The classic two-layer birthday cake.

Hazelnut torte with ground filberts folded into a light sponge cake, split and filled with vanilla whipped cream. A classic European-style nut torte garnished with strawberries.

These no-sugar peanut butter cookies are delicious. Perfect treats when you are on a diet.

Pumpkin cheesecake with a buttery shortcrust pastry, spiced cream cheese filling with allspice, ginger, and cinnamon. Slow-baked and cooled in the oven to prevent cracking.

Pineapple cherry cake loaded with golden raisins, almonds, and candied fruit. A slow-baked fruitcake with crushed pineapple for extra moisture and lemon-vanilla flavor.

This is one of those "ooooof!" cakes. Between the chocolate ganache and the chocolate mousse filling you might break out in some butter sweats, but it is very worth it. The cake is fluffy and moist, the mousse cool and airy, and the ganache smooth and creamy. A great show off cake for special occasions. Best of all, really easy to make!

Old-fashioned filled sugar cookies with a cooked raisin and nut filling sandwiched between two thin, almond-scented sugar cookie rounds. A classic heirloom cookie recipe.

Gluten-free vanilla cake built on almond meal and coconut flour for a tender, grain-free crumb. A simple, fuss-free cake to serve with whipped cream and fresh fruit, no special flour blend needed.

Nanny's Irish soda bread made with sour cream instead of buttermilk for an extra-tender crumb. Studded with raisins and lightly sweetened with sugar and vanilla.

Kolachkies are flaky Polish cream cheese cookies with thumbprint centers filled with apricot jam. A buttery holiday tradition that melts in your mouth.

Magic window cookies are sugar cookies with stained glass centers made from crushed hard candy that melts during baking. A holiday favorite for tree ornaments and gifts.

Use your favorite cookie cutters to create these delicious and interesting shaped cookies!

Cranberry and lemon star in this winning drop cookie with fluffy frosting from Liz Bannon of Port Washington, which was adapted from a recipe in a Taste of Home cookbook.