Recipe Sifter

Tasty treats, and the recipe can also be used to make quick bread.

Ginger bread is one of the classic and traditional cookies people make for Christmas. The rich flavor from brown sugar and molasses is so good and the spices make the uniquely delicious taste.

Lightning-fast sheet cake with boiled cocoa mixture poured over flour and sugar, baked thin at high heat, then drenched in warm chocolate-nut frosting straight from the oven.

This is a great way to liven up a basic white sauce. Works great over veggies or even as a healthy topping for mashed potatoes.

Coconut macaroons fit for the President of the United States.

Fiber-packed bran muffins loaded with frozen blueberries and made light with buttermilk and applesauce. Hearty breakfast muffins under 120 calories each.

Chewy butterscotch brownies packed with brown sugar and topped with melty butterscotch chips. One bowl, 15 minutes of prep, and 20 bars of golden, caramel-scented bliss.

Old-fashioned sour milk doughnuts with buttermilk, nutmeg, and ginger, fried in lard until golden. Cake-style heritage doughnuts rolled in sugar.

Grandma's mincemeat cookies are a Christmas tradition: spiced dried-fruit filling folded into a tender shortening dough, dropped by the spoonful and baked golden in about 12 minutes.

Rescue ruined fudge by turning it into rich, dense brownies with just eggs, flour, and milk. The clever 4-ingredient solution for fudge that came out too hard, too soft, or too runny.

Non-fat blueberry muffins made with egg whites, skim milk, and zero added oil or butter. Tender low-calorie breakfast muffins that don't taste like deprivation.

Cut-out sugar cookies for baby showers, weddings, or any holiday. A buttery, vanilla-and-cream rolled dough that holds shape through the oven for clean, decoratable cookies.

Low-calorie fresh apple muffins use sugar replacement and skim milk for a lighter breakfast bake studded with chopped apple. Diabetic-friendly and ready for the lunchbox.

Chewy chocolate chip cookies made with applesauce instead of butter deliver all the flavor with a fraction of the fat and guilt.

Old-fashioned mustard pickles with cauliflower florets and whole onions in a tangy turmeric-mustard dressing. A classic canning recipe for your pantry shelf.

Pretzel bread buns, soft deli-style rolls with a chewy, mahogany pretzel crust from a quick baking soda bath. Bread machine dough makes them easy, ready for burgers and sandwiches.