Recipe Sifter

Easy cream of tomato soup made from scratch with just four ingredients: tomato juice, milk, butter, and flour. A homemade alternative to the canned version, ready in 25 minutes.

Chocolate fudge bundt cake with both melted unsweetened chocolate and cocoa, brightened with a hint of coffee. Yogurt and canola oil keep the crumb tender for a deep, dark cake without heaviness.

Pumpkin apple muffins with chunks of fresh apple folded through pumpkin-spiced batter, topped with cinnamon streusel. Tender fall breakfast bakes that smell like a farmstand on a cold morning.

Texas Bandera chili with ground chuck, tomato sauce, lite beer, and jalapeño pinto beans. Bold chili powder and a long simmer build the kind of deep, beefy stew that gets better the next day.

Diabetic-friendly carrot raisin muffins with shredded carrots, plump raisins, wheat germ, and warm spices. Sweetened with sugar substitute, no refined sugar.

Brown sugar refrigerator cookies with a butterscotchy flavour and a hint of orange zest. The dough chills into a log, slices thin, and cuts into fancy shapes for a crisp icebox cookie that yields 4-5 dozen.

Shortcut croissants made without traditional lamination. Cold butter cut into bean-size pieces gives flaky layers, while a long fridge rest develops the buttery, yeasty flavor.

Crisp, light Belgian waffles made with malted milk powder and whipped egg whites folded into the batter, then crowned with ice cream and a warm rum-spiked banana, strawberry, and pecan sauce.

Classic rolled sugar cookies that hold their cut-out shape, perfect for cookie cutters and decorating. Crisp edges, soft centers, ready for icing or sprinkles.

Whole wheat banana muffins made low-fat with mashed ripe bananas, egg substitute, and a half-and-half whole wheat flour blend. A lighter breakfast muffin that uses up brown bananas.

Cocoa brownies crowned with a glossy fudge ganache made from chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk. Two-layer chocolate dessert that yields 40 squares for crowds and bake sales.

Chunky peanut chocolate chip cookies pack chunky peanut butter, salted peanuts, and semi-sweet chocolate chips into a buttery brown sugar dough. Crisp edges, chewy middles, and a salty-sweet finish in every bite.

Chocolate waffles with ice cream, crisp on the outside and tender inside thanks to buttermilk and folded egg whites. Cocoa-rich batter with optional pecans, finished with a scoop of melting vanilla.

Angel buttermilk biscuits use yeast plus baking powder and soda for triple lift, producing impossibly fluffy biscuits with a soft, pillowy crumb. Southern make-ahead biscuit royalty.

Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies built on all brown sugar (no white) for caramel depth, plus shortening for a tender, almost crumbly texture. Classic crisscross fork press on top.

Texas-style sheet cake brownies bake a thin chocolate cake-style brownie in a 9x13 pan, then crown with warm walnut chocolate buttermilk frosting poured over the hot pan. Yields 36 squares.