Recipe Sifter

German cheese kuchen with a cottage cheese and cinnamon custard filling in a buttery biscuit-style crust. A traditional Kaeskuchen that chills for 4 hours before serving.

Soft almond cookies made with egg whites, almond extract, and topped with toasted almonds. Lower fat, lightly sweet, and tender with a delicate crumb.

Oreo cookie pound cake with chunks of Oreos folded through a buttery batter and finished with a glossy chocolate glaze. A cookies-and-cream bundt that bakes up dense, moist and tender.

A spiced Bundt cake studded with Italian prune-plums and walnuts, laced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, then finished with a mocha-cocoa frosting. A stunning fall dessert.

Savory crepes stuffed with a creamy salmon, mushroom, and sour cream filling, topped with Swiss cheese and broiled until bubbly. Elegant and ready in 30 minutes.

Raisin oatmeal bread is a soft, lightly sweet bread machine loaf made with rolled oats, molasses, and plump raisins. Set it and walk away.

Heirloom walnut icebox cookies with warm spice blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Make-ahead slice-and-bake cookies that keep frozen for weeks until ready to bake.

Finnish almond cookies with a buttery shortbread base, egg white glaze, and sliced almonds on top. A crisp, not-too-sweet Scandinavian cookie with elegant simplicity.

Rosette cookies fried on a decorative iron with a thin egg-and-milk batter, dusted with powdered sugar. Crisp, lacy Scandinavian holiday cookies with a delicate snowflake shape.

Oatmeal biscuits are hearty, lightly sweetened rounds made with quick oats and a touch of brown sugar. Tender inside, golden outside, and just right served warm with butter and jam.

Fresh apple butter cake loaded with diced McIntosh apples and walnuts, baked in a tube pan and drizzled with a warm sherry glaze. Dense, spiced, and indulgent.

Microwave pineapple upside down cake done in under 15 minutes of cook time, with caramelized brown sugar, classic pineapple rings, and maraschino cherries. Retro dessert, modern shortcut.

Greek pastitsio layers tender pasta with a cinnamon-and-allspice spiced beef sauce under a creamy feta-and-parmesan bechamel. The Mediterranean baked pasta that eats like a warmly spiced Greek lasagna.

Bran cookies with raisins, cinnamon, and sour milk for a hearty, old-fashioned drop cookie with fiber and a soft, cake-like texture. A wholesome cookie that tastes like a bran muffin in cookie form.

Mrs Fields-style lemon chocolate chip buttons with lemon extract, ground coriander, and mini chocolate chips. Tiny, soft, pale cookies with a surprising citrus-spice twist.

Whiskey-spiked raisin pecan pie with warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice folded into a fluffy egg-white batter. A boozy, golden Southern classic served warm with spiked whipped cream.