Recipe Sifter

Godiva brownies: dense, fudgy chocolate squares spiked with chocolate liqueur, instant coffee, and toasted walnuts. The grown-up brownie that lives between dessert and digestif.

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with fresh diced apples, raisins, walnuts, and honey, spiced with cinnamon for a wholesome treat that stays moist for days.

This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great at Christmas time.

Turtle cheesecake with a chocolate wafer and walnut crust, studded with chocolate-caramel-pecan turtle candies. A rich Chicago-deli classic from the Eli's Cheesecake family.

Indiana persimmon bread bakes ripe persimmon pulp with brandied raisins, walnuts, and warm spices into moist loaves. Midwestern fall classic with a boozy twist.

Moist whole wheat banana walnut bread sweetened with honey instead of refined sugar. Ripe bananas and oil keep it tender, whole wheat flour adds fiber, and walnuts bring the crunch. A wholesome everyday loaf.

Giant chocolate chip cookies baked in pizza pans with cream cheese in the dough for extra-chewy centers and crispy edges. Loaded with semi-sweet chips and walnuts, then cut into wedges like a cookie pizza.

Honey whole grain bread with whole wheat flour, oats, walnuts, and a sneaky cup of cottage cheese for protein and tender crumb. Sandwich-perfect homemade loaves.

Apple raisin walnut cookies are soft, cake-like drop cookies spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Old-fashioned fall flavor with chunks of fresh apple in every bite.

Mincemeat muffins with brandied fruit filling, chopped walnuts, and apple juice. Warmly spiced, fruity holiday muffins that bake up tender and studded with nuts.

James Beard's persimmon bread folds ripe persimmon puree into a spiced quick-bread batter with cognac, mace, raisins, and walnuts. Legendary holiday bread adapted for the bread machine.

Crisp, wafer-thin cream cheese cookies studded with finely chopped walnuts. Just five ingredients and 10 minutes in the oven. A Hollywood legend's own recipe.

Steamed persimmon pudding with brandy, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg, flambed at the table and served with whipped cream. An old-fashioned holiday dessert with spectacular presentation.

Packed with goodness and yumminess. This banana bread is perfect for breakfast, brunch or a healthy snack.

Favourite breakfast apple muffins are sweetened entirely with apple juice concentrate, no white sugar at all. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped fresh apples make these a real morning muffin.

I cut the recipe in half and made 24 mini muffins, which baked in 12 minutes. I also took the liberty of adding a pinch of ground cinnamon and 1/4 tsp. of vanilla extract.