Recipe Sifter

Old-fashioned cut-out sugar cookies brushed with egg-white glaze and sprinkled with nuts or sugar. A versatile rolled cookie that goes thin and crisp or thick and soft to suit any occasion.

When spring arrives, prepare this cake that will have you wishing you baked another one!

Cherry chocolate tube cake with canned cherry pie filling, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and chopped nuts. A one-bowl Black Forest-leaning cake dusted with powdered sugar.

Cherry pudding cake with a spoonable cinnamon batter studded with canned cherries and chopped nuts, served with a hot almond-cherry sauce poured over warm portions.

Brown sugar coffee cake with a buttery crumb base, sour cream batter, nutmeg, and chopped nuts on top. A tender, crumbly breakfast cake with deep caramel sweetness.

A moist bundt cake loaded with cinnamon schnapps-soaked apples and nuts, drenched in a buttery cinnamon glaze while still warm from the oven.

Thick, chewy cowboy cookies loaded with rolled oats, chocolate chips, and brown sugar. This big-batch recipe makes 4 dozen rugged drop cookies with crispy edges and a soft center.

Apricot poppy seed muffins use a clever shortcut: a jar of apricot baby food gives the batter even fruit distribution and a tender, almost cake-like crumb dotted with crunchy poppy seeds.

Birds in the Nest cookies with brown sugar dough rolled in ground nuts and filled with jelly. A thumbprint cookie recipe passed down through generations of holiday baking.

A self-saucing brownie pudding cake that creates its own hot chocolate sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with brown sugar and hot water transforms into cake on top, gooey pudding underneath. Serve warm with ice cream.

Not your grandma's carrot cake. This one's spiked with Coca-Cola, loaded with grated carrots, nuts, and coconut, then drenched in a hot cocoa-cola syrup that soaks right through the warm crumb. Serves 16.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts with a Hershey's Kiss pressed into the center. Double chocolate, nutty crunch, and only 8 minutes in the oven.

Classic carrot cake loaf with grated carrots, cinnamon, chopped nuts, and cream cheese frosting. Baked in loaf pans for easy slicing, this moist oil-based cake is simple to make.

Ultra-moist bundt cake loaded with fresh apples, cinnamon, and crunchy nuts. No mixer required for this simple oil-based batter that bakes up tender every time in angel food or small loaf pans.

Soft persimmon cookies with warming cloves and cinnamon, packed with raisins and nuts. Old-fashioned fall harvest treat.

Traditional wedding fruitcake with candied cherries, pineapple, dates, raisins, currants, citron, and nuts in a spiced batter. Slow-baked at low heat for a dense, rich loaf.