Recipe Sifter

Oatmeal fig muffins fold mashed fig preserves and old-fashioned oats into a tender breakfast muffin, finished with a tangy orange cream cheese spread. Perfect brunch bake.

Maple squares with dark maple syrup, chocolate chips, and chopped walnuts baked into a chewy bar. A one-bowl, mix-and-pour recipe ready in 45 minutes.

Prune Buns are old-fashioned yeasted sweet buns filled with prune preserves - built on an overnight sponge starter and a butter-rich dough, finished with powdered sugar.

Lemon zucchini cookies with walnuts and a tangy lemon glaze drizzled on warm. A soft, cake-like drop cookie that sneaks garden zucchini into a bright, citrusy treat.

Raspberry bran muffins with a hidden pocket of raspberry jam in the center of each one. Eight cups of bran flakes cereal and buttermilk make them hearty and fiber-rich. Makes a big batch of 24.

Microwave chicken livers with mushrooms in chicken giblet gravy, cooked in bacon fat with onion. A quick, savory offal dish ready in about 15 minutes using just the microwave.

Buttermilk bran muffins with raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon. High-fiber breakfast muffins made with miller's bran, ready in 30 minutes. Big batch makes 12.

Brazilian jubilee cookies blend instant coffee, cinnamon, and chopped Brazil nuts into a warm-spiced dough, then crown each warm cookie with a pressed chocolate kiss melted into a glossy frosting.

German-style veal and pork meatballs served over braised red cabbage and potatoes with a lemon-caper pan sauce. A rustic one-skillet-and-pot Bavarian dinner with Worcestershire-spiked gravy.

Fat-free orange poppy seed biscotti with no butter or oil, crispy-crunchy from a double bake. Bright citrus flavor from orange zest and concentrate with poppy seed crunch throughout.

Crisp crust apple pie bakes thinly sliced apples in cinnamon sugar under a shortening-based pastry crust topped with more cinnamon sugar and butter pats. Cobbler-style with a shattering top.

Louisiana-style duck breast strips dredged in sage-seasoned flour, browned in butter, then simmered with mushrooms, celery, onion, bacon, and thyme. Serve over rice or noodles for a hearty Cajun-country supper.

Pineapple crisp with a brown sugar oat topping, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A tropical twist on classic fruit crisp using canned pineapple chunks for an easy year-round dessert.

Sugarless apple cookies sweeten naturally with dates, apples, and raisins instead of refined sugar. Diabetic-friendly drop cookies that taste like soft fruit-spiced bars without the sugar crash.

Peach apricot pie: fresh sliced peaches glazed with apricot jam, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon in a flaky double-crust. Summer stone fruit at its peak.

Victorian jewels, glistening mini fruitcakes: brandy-soaked candied fruit and raisins in a spiced walnut batter, baked as bite-size muffins and glazed with melted jelly so they shine. A jewel-like holiday gift.