Recipe Sifter

Soft Southern cream cookies made with sour cream for a pillowy, cake-like texture. Pressed flat with a cinnamon-sugar coated glass and baked until barely golden.

Italian rum cake with three sponge layers soaked in cherry-rum syrup, filled with pastillera cream, and frosted with whipped cream and roasted almonds. A showstopper.

Elegant pumpkin spice layer cake with whipped cream frosting and toasted pecans. Butter-based batter with buttermilk, ginger, and allspice. Bakery-style fall celebration cake.

Chocolate nutmeg cake roll with a light sponge wrapped around a silky chocolate-nutmeg mousse filling and topped with handmade chocolate leaves. An elegant holiday dessert.

Crunchy apple pie with chopped pecans, brown sugar, and a foamy egg white batter baked in a single crust. Open-faced with a crisp, golden top.

Elegant lattice apple pie with orange-scented crust, honey-sweetened Granny Smith apples, and brown sugar crumb topping woven into the filling.

Buttery sour cream coffee cake studded with bittersweet chocolate chunks and chopped walnuts, baked in a fluted bundt pan. Rich, moist crumb with no frosting needed. Serves 12.

Fudgy one-bowl peppermint brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate, and topped with crushed candy canes. A festive holiday brownie.

Classic New York black and white cookies: soft cake-like rounds half-frosted with vanilla fondant and half with chocolate. Bakery-style recipe with traditional warm fondant icing.

Apple cheesecake: a shortbread crust layered with a single-egg cream cheese filling and a thick top of sweetened diced apples and nuts. Sets overnight in a springform pan.

A heirloom three-layer chocolate cake with bloomed cocoa, brown sugar for caramel depth, and tangy buttermilk. Old-school Sunday dinner cake, tender enough to live up to grandma's reputation.

Easy maple apple bread made with refrigerated crescent roll dough, chopped apples, walnuts, and a vanilla glaze. A shortcut pull-apart loaf with cinnamon-maple filling in every layer.

Chocolate walnut bar cookies cut into neat triangles with a smooth vanilla butter frosting. Fudgy, nutty, and cute enough for a cookie tray or bake sale.

White chocolate nut cookies with hand-chopped white chocolate chunks and mixed nuts in a brown sugar dough. A big-batch drop cookie with crisp edges and a chewy, buttery center.

Chocolate fudge pudding cake that bakes its own sauce. Hot milk poured over cocoa batter creates a gooey chocolate sauce underneath a tender cake layer with almonds.

Triple-layer creme de menthe brownies with a fudgy base, minty buttercream filling, and glossy chocolate chip ganache topping. A retro holiday dessert that's worth the chill time.