Recipe Sifter

Hand print sugar cookies traced from paper cutouts of each family member's hand. Refrigerated dough shortcut, decorated with icings and candies. Memory-keeper recipe.

Easy maple apple bread made with refrigerated crescent roll dough, chopped apples, walnuts, and a vanilla glaze. A shortcut pull-apart loaf with cinnamon-maple filling in every layer.

Yeast rolls from Minnie and Aunt Pete's, soft and tender homemade dinner rolls baked in muffin tins. A heirloom Southern recipe with egg whites for an extra-fluffy crumb.

Low-fat cheesecake made with overnight-strained yogurt and blended cottage cheese instead of cream cheese. Dense, silky, and tangy on a graham cracker crust with no cream cheese at all.

Porter beef braises chunks of rib eye in Guinness stout with onions, mushrooms, and a pinch of nutmeg. A rich Irish-style stout-braised beef stew that cooks in two hours.

Irish soda farls made with flour, buttermilk, and baking soda, cooked on a hot griddle. A traditional Northern Irish no-yeast griddle bread ready in under 20 minutes, perfect for an Ulster fry-up.

This recipe is delicious but might be too barbaric for some.

Homemade water bagels with just five ingredients: flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and water. Shaped by hand, boiled, then baked for that chewy, dense New York-style crust.

Peanut butter reindeer cookies use a boxed cookie mix, an egg, and a reindeer cutter for shape, then decorate with chocolate chips, candy-coated chocolates, and sprinkles. Easy holiday baking project for kids.

Garlic potato and garbanzo pizza: thin-crust homemade pizza with a Dijon mustard base, sliced potatoes, smashed chickpeas, browned garlic, and red pepper flakes. Vegan-friendly, no tomato sauce required.

Old-fashioned chocolate cake doughnuts made with buttermilk, melted chocolate, and a pinch of ginger, then deep-fried until crisp outside and tender within.

Old-fashioned buttermilk rolls topped with poppy seeds and brushed with melted butter. Soft, tangy, and ready in about an hour. Makes 2 dozen dinner rolls.

Classic double-crust blackberry pie with a flaky shortening crust and simple sugar-flour filling. No frills, just four cups of berries baked golden in a homemade shell.

Rosehip, Hibiscus & Currant Pie or Cake Filling recipe

Cream chicken soup with rivels and rice in a rich broth of whole milk, heavy cream, and chicken stock. An old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch-style comfort bowl.

Smoked chicken drumsticks rubbed with a triple-pepper blend, paprika, thyme, and garlic, then slow-smoked over wet wood until juicy and tender. A barbecue classic with serious heat.