Recipe Sifter

Pogen's gingersnaps deliver a thin, crisp Swedish-style cookie spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves over a deep molasses base. Press into flat rounds and bake quick for snap-crisp edges.

None Such mincemeat cookies: a vintage drop cookie made with crumbled prepared mincemeat folded into a simple shortening dough. Bakes 4 dozen in 12 minutes for the holiday cookie tin.

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

Knoepfle- Oder Spaetzleteig (Basic Spaetzle Dough) recipe

Rich, fudgy from-scratch brownies built on melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, studded with toasted nuts. A bakery-quality brownie with a thin crackly top and a moist, dense center.

Chocolate amaretto bundt cake soaked with a buttery amaretto glaze. Tender chocolate crumb meets almond liqueur in a poke-cake style finish that keeps it moist for days.

You will be amazed by how creamy and delicious this pasta dish turns out. Asparagus adds lots of nutrients, and crispy prociutto gives the just right amount of indulgence to the dish. Use whole wheat pasta to give extra fibre boost.

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.

Peanut butter snap cookies with brown sugar, butter, and vanilla, shaped into balls and baked until crisp. A big-batch recipe that yields 7 dozen crunchy peanut butter cookies.

Old-fashioned pound cake with a full pound of real butter, eight eggs, and no leavening. Baked low and slow for a dense, velvety crumb with deep buttery flavor.

Fudgy brownies with melted semi-sweet chocolate, sour cream, and chocolate chips folded in. Intentionally underbaked for a dense, gooey center that firms up as it cools.

A Southern sweet potato pone made with raw grated sweet potatoes, allspice, cinnamon, and a simple batter. Baked in a square pan until golden. Old-fashioned comfort at its finest.

Traditional Chinese almond cookies made with ground almonds, lard, and almond extract, each topped with a whole blanched almond. Crumbly, fragrant, and golden, just like the ones from your favorite bakery.

Hershey's Kiss cookies: tender brown-sugar thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts and crowned with a chocolate kiss the moment they exit the oven. A holiday cookie tray staple.

Moravian white Christmas cookies are rich, butter-and-cream rolled cookies cut into fancy shapes. Pennsylvania-Dutch tradition with a crisp snap and tender middle.

Buttery brown sugar cookies with a hint of cinnamon, sliced from a chilled dough log and baked until golden. Topped with a simple powdered sugar frosting that makes every bite melt on your tongue.