Recipe Sifter

Creamy ham and mushroom casserole with cheddar bechamel, steamed broccoli, and tender ham cubes over rice. A leftover-ham rescue mission with a from-scratch cheese sauce.

Hearty colonial brown bread made with three flours, dark molasses, warm spices, and plump raisins. A rustic no-yeast quick bread your whole family will love.

Jewelled fruitcake studded with candied cherries, pineapple, dried apricots, and pecans in a mincemeat batter with sweetened condensed milk. A festive holiday cake.

Green tomato cake with cinnamon, ginger, raisins, and walnuts baked into two moist loaves. A Southern garden classic that puts end-of-season tomatoes to sweet use.

Slow-cooked onions melt into beef stock sweetened with sugar and enriched with Parmesan for a hands-off crockpot version of classic French onion soup.

Crispy golden seafood croquettes with a creamy, nutmeg-spiced filling rolled in bread crumbs and fried until crunchy. Freezer-friendly and served with tomato mayonnaise.

Praline apple waffle cookies baked right in a waffle iron, with shredded apple, chopped pecans, and a cinnamon-sugar dusting. A two-minute cookie shortcut with crisp patterned edges.

Tiny Bohemian chocolate cookies with melted milk chocolate, grated walnuts, and butter, baked low and slow until they melt on your tongue. Makes 16 dozen bite-sized cookies for holiday platters.

Moist beet nut bread with shredded beets, warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and crunchy chopped nuts. Think zucchini bread's earthy, ruby-colored cousin baked into a tender loaf.

Heritage sourdough dried apple cake rolled with spiced fruit and baked in a bubbling brown sugar-cinnamon syrup. This pioneer-style recipe turns pantry staples into a sticky, fragrant dessert that feeds a crowd.

Italian almond butter cookies rolled in powdered sugar, made with just 5 ingredients and no eggs. Tender, crumbly, and nutty with a snowball-style coating.

Chocolate apricot upside-down cake with a caramelized brown sugar base, tender apricot halves, and pecans beneath a cocoa-rich batter. Served with cinnamon whipped cream.

This egg-free, dairy-free chocolate cake mixes right in the pan. Cocoa, coffee, and vinegar create a rich, moist crumb topped with cinnamon sugar. No bowls to wash, no excuses not to bake.

This is a quick and easy dish that uses ingredients you probably have on hand.

Kentucky bourbon cake with raisins soaked in whiskey, toasted pecans, and a bourbon brush after baking. A make-ahead Southern Bundt that gets better as it ages, wrapped in a bourbon-soaked cheesecloth.

Try this delicious and low fat cream cheese cake, satisfy your mouth without feeling guilty!