Recipe Sifter

Chocolate maple nut bars with a shortbread crust, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and a gooey maple-sweetened condensed milk nut topping. Rich and chewy.

Sourdough starter with potato uses starchy potato water to feed wild yeasts faster and more reliably. Builds in 2 days at 85F with active dry yeast as a jumpstart.

Ham egg and cheese breakfast casserole with croutons, cheddar, and a custard of eggs, milk, dry mustard, and flour. A crowd-feeding brunch bake that cuts into clean squares.

Boston banana cream pie, a soft vanilla cake split and stuffed with fresh banana slices and homemade vanilla custard, then topped with a glossy chocolate-almond glaze.

Homemade pizza dough topped with creamy Brie, silky smoked salmon, red onion rings, and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. A gourmet flatbread that makes 2 pies.

German vegetable soup built on a long-simmered soup bone broth with cabbage, turnip, lima beans, corn, and tomatoes, thickened with a flour-milk slurry. Pennsylvania Dutch comfort food.

Reva's molasses sugar cookies: chewy, crackle-topped molasses cookies rolled in sugar before baking. Spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. The old-fashioned holiday cookie your grandma kept in a tin.

Friendship banana bread made with Amish friendship starter for extra tang and moisture, plus walnuts and a choice of orange zest or vanilla. A sourdough-style banana loaf.

Malaysian-style chicken curry stew with sweet potatoes, coconut milk, and a warm spice blend of curry powder, cinnamon, cayenne, and cloves. A fragrant, hearty one-pot meal.

Buttermilk coffee cake with a streusel-style cinnamon-clove crumb topping made from the same dough. A tangy, tender 9x13 cake that doubles as breakfast or afternoon coffee snack. Stir in raisins or nuts. Freezes beautifully.

Versatile Indian curry sauce with apple, chutney, and curry powder that works with chicken, meat, or tofu. A creamy, flour-thickened curry you can build around whatever protein you have.

Mom's best bagels are the real deal: stiff yeast dough kneaded long, hand-shaped, boiled in sugared water, then baked with an egg yolk glaze for that signature chewy crust.

Greek moussaka with layers of salted eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, and cinnamon-spiced ground beef under a thick egg-enriched bechamel. A proper taverna-style casserole.

Beat the heat this summer with these spicy and scrumptious chicken wings that are easy to make.

Elegant old-world broth soup with Parmesan-egg dumplings simmered in rich chicken and beef stock with nutmeg and butter. The cheese dough is boiled in cloth, sliced into cubes, and served piping hot.

Marinated eggplant, an Italian antipasto of golden-fried eggplant slices layered with garlic, bay leaf, rosemary, and red wine vinegar. Keeps up to two weeks in the fridge.