Recipe Sifter

Bløtkake, the Norwegian cream cake layered with whipped cream and crushed strawberries. The traditional Scandinavian birthday cake with a tender sponge base.

Really a nice recipe, I used all butter and they turned out chewy, not flat, and very flavorful.

Sauce Aurore (Aurora sauce) made from a silky bechamel base with tomato paste stirred in for a blush-pink French classic. Seven ingredients, one saucepan, about 15 minutes.

Crisp, lightly sweet banana crackers made with mashed banana, honey, butter, and flour. Thin, crunchy, and naturally flavored, these homemade crackers double as a fruit cobbler crust when crumbled.

Excellent bread,easy to whip up, very moist and tasty. Everyone RAVES about it. I make it for a hostess gift.

Raspberry jam and blueberries make these berry berry streusel bars packed with goodness and yumminess. Perfect for breakfast.

Super moist, buttery and packed with pumpkin flavor. The dried cranberries are delicious additions. Great treat at Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Finska Pinnar are classic Finnish butter cookies rolled in pearl sugar - crisp, buttery shortbread fingers made in 30 minutes that yield 4 dozen cookies.

Light and fluffy Christmas snowball cookies. Lighter and lower fat than most Christmas cookies and faster to make (no need to refrigerate overnight).

Delicious! I find that it's easier to form the cookies if you make the filling first, refrigerate it, roll it into the 1" balls, then refrigerate again. I flatten the chocolate cookie part into disks and envelope the filling balls inside, rolling again. Very easy to make.

A delicious recipe to bake apples into a juicy dessert. Have one or two scoop after your main course to finish the meal without worrying about too many calories.

Individual fruitcake cupcakes studded with dates, golden raisins, pecans, and citrus zest, soaked in brandy and topped with a pineapple chunk. Just 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in the whole batch. Diabetic-friendly holiday baking at its finest.

Creamy green olive soup with pureed olives, sauteed onion and garlic, chicken broth, sherry, and a hit of Tabasco. A briny, elegant first-course soup with garlic crouton garnish.

Strawberries and Rhubarb is a classic combination. The strawberries deliver the sweetness and the rhubarb delivers the tang in these easy to make muffins that use one of the first signs of Spring, Rhubarb.

Quick spiced bread made with Amish Friendship starter, oats, and warm cinnamon-nutmeg flavors. Mix in minutes, bake in 40, and enjoy the tangy sweetness.

Christmas cookies with pizzaz, can be stored in the refrigerator and then made as needed for fresh baked cookies anytime.