Recipe Sifter

Blueberry cornmeal loaf cake mixes stone-ground cornmeal with lemon, yogurt, and fresh berries for a moist, golden quick bread. Better the next day after wrapping overnight.

Lemon blueberry oatmeal muffins with a crunchy oat-sugar topping. Made with egg whites and skim milk for a lighter muffin that still bakes up tall, tender, and bursting with berries.

Start your biscotti obsession with my family recipe for Italian Almond Biscotti. Easy with classic taste -it will quickly become one of your favorites.

Kolache with soft, buttery yeast dough and a center filled with your choice of fruit, jam, or pie filling. A Czech-Texan pastry tradition that makes 18 tender rolls from scratch.

Yeast based Czechoslovakian pastry filled with a poppy seed or cream cheese filling.

Crispy Spanish olive oil cookies spiced with anise, cinnamon, and sesame seeds, finished with sliced almonds. Egg-free, dairy-free, and fragrant with lemon and white wine.

Lemon Lassie cookies, a Christmas classic with cinnamon-molasses dough wrapped around a tangy lemon-coconut curd filling, then sliced into bars before baking.

Cranberry lemon bread is a quick bread studded with fresh cranberries and pecans, brightened with lemon zest in the batter and a tart lemon-sugar glaze on top. Best served the day after baking.

Soft apple oatmeal cookies with fresh chopped apple, applesauce, raisins, honey, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon zest. Baked low and slow for a chewy, cake-like texture.

At Christmas time for sugar and spice these pfeffernusse are extra nice: try them once and you'll be delighted And so will the guests whom you've invited.

Traditional Christmas stollen with candied citron, cherries, almonds, raisins, and lemon zest folded into a rich, buttery yeast dough shaped into crescents and drizzled with icing.

Apricot ginger scones with chewy dried apricots, sweet-hot crystallized ginger, and bright lemon zest. A buttermilk-based scone with rustic break-apart triangles and layered flavor.

Enjoy the sunshine with this soft and delicious bread that's made with orange juice.

Dolly Parton's lemon-kissed sugar cookies. Five-ingredient roll-and-cut cookies with bright lemon zest, butter richness, and a tender melt-in-your-mouth crumb.

Soft, buttery sugar cookies with a hint of lemon zest, made with both butter and oil for a tender crumb. Cream of tartar keeps them pillowy. A holiday cookie jar classic.

A scrumptious and decadent fruitcake made with golden raisins, candied fruit and delicious blackberry cordial wine.