Recipe Sifter

Fresh berry scones cooked on a griddle, not in the oven. A traditional Scottish method that gives these blueberry scones a golden crust on all sides and a tender, steamy center.

Cream of broccoli and pea soup with puréed fresh broccoli, sweet peas, and silky half-and-half. A classic homemade soup smoother than canned and far brighter in color.

Creamy broccoli cheese soup made smooth with Velveeta, blended with milk and flour so it never curdles, then enriched with half-and-half. A quick, velvety comfort-food soup in about 40 minutes.

Flaky baking powder biscuits use the cold shortening cut-in method for tender layered biscuits. Six pantry ingredients and ready in 30 minutes for breakfast or dinner.

High-fiber pancakes packed with soy flour, whole wheat, wheat germ, and bran, lifted with whipped egg whites and brightened with orange juice. A wholesome breakfast that doesn't taste like cardboard.

Five-ingredient Scottish-style shortbread biscuits with butter, powdered sugar, flour, cornstarch, and a pinch of salt. Sliced from a chilled log and baked into tender, melt-in-the-mouth rounds.

Beef meatballs in a creamy milk gravy with sherry, thyme, and Worcestershire. A lighter take on Swedish-style meatballs using yogurt as binder. Serve over egg noodles or pasta.

Date nut bars combine sticky-sweet dates and toasted pecans in a brown sugar batter that bakes into chewy, butterscotch-edged bars. One bowl, one pan, ready in 30 minutes. Holiday cookie tin staple, dressed simply.

Almond biscotti baked the classic Italian way: twice in the oven for that signature dry, dunkable crunch. A simple base recipe with toasted almonds that keeps for months in a tin.

Sweet pie dough (pate sucree) made in a food processor with butter, eggs, sugar, and flour. The buttery, slightly sweet pastry that elevates fruit pies and tarts.

Buttermilk biscuits with country milk gravy is the Southern breakfast that built a thousand mornings. Flaky, tall biscuits split open and smothered in peppery, pan-dripping gravy.

James Beard's brownies sweetened with maple syrup instead of granulated sugar. Just seven ingredients, one bowl, ready in 40 minutes. No butter or oil added.

Big-batch homemade tomato soup base for canning. Fresh tomatoes simmered with onion, celery, parsley, and warm spices, then jarred for shelf-stable winter pantry stock.

Oven-baked sheet pancakes made with egg whites and fruit cocktail juice instead of milk or eggs. A low-fat, no-griddle pancake batch baked in 15 minutes for a quick breakfast crowd.

Chocolate chip muffins with a tender buttery crumb from buttermilk and sour cream. Makes two dozen bakery-style muffins with semisweet chips folded throughout. Lunchbox staple.

Moist whole wheat banana bread with toasted walnuts, a tender crumb and deep banana flavor. A half-and-half flour blend keeps it hearty without going dense.