Recipe Sifter

Dad's chicken fried steak with cream gravy: pounded round steak triple-dredged in flour and evaporated milk, fried golden in oil, and smothered in pan-drippings white gravy. Pure Southern comfort.

Filipino okoy fritters made with shrimp, sliced bean curd, and mung bean sprouts in a crispy batter, served with a soy-garlic dipping sauce. A classic Filipino street food snack fried until golden and crunchy.

Sole Veronique is a classic French dish of poached sole fillets in a white wine cream sauce finished under the broiler and garnished with green grapes for a sweet, elegant contrast.

Golden cream potato soup with Velveeta cheese melted into a thick, velvety base of diced potatoes, celery, onion, and milk. A rich, creamy comfort soup ready in 30 minutes.

German streusel coffee cake made with yeasted dough topped with a buttery cinnamon crumble. A traditional breakfast cake with two rises for a soft, pillowy base.

Try this quick and tasty rendition of rainbow trout that will have you wishing it was summer all year long.

A simple bread machine recipe that will have you making a scrumptious sourdough bread in no time!

1 3/4 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 3/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 egg Mix all the ingredient and bake at 375F for 10 to 15 mins

Mexican salsa chicken: pounded chicken breasts dredged in seasoned flour, pan-fried, then topped with salsa and melted Monterey Jack cheese. Tex-Mex weeknight dinner in 30 minutes.

Flaky freezer biscuits: yeast and baking-powder hybrid biscuits with buttermilk and cold butter. Make a batch of 30, freeze raw, bake fresh whenever you want hot biscuits.

Classic Christmas cut-out cookies that hold their shape, with cornstarch in the dough for a tender bite and crisp edges. Roll, cut into festive shapes, bake golden, and decorate with icing.

Moist honey cornbread muffins, sweetened with honey and brown sugar for a tender, golden crumb that's never dry or crumbly. A quick, one-bowl batch ready in under 30 minutes for any dinner table.

Orange pumpkin bran muffins with raisins and a wheat germ topping. Healthy, lightly sweetened breakfast or snack muffins ready in 25 minutes, made in one bowl.

Crisp peanut butter cookies stamped with the classic fork crisscross. Old-fashioned bakery-style cookies with a sandy snap, perfect for dunking in milk or layering with chocolate.

Soft chocolate chip cookies made with prune puree instead of butter for moist, fudgy texture. Brown sugar and vanilla create rich flavor at just 145 calories per cookie.

I use a bit more flour, let the dough rest in the fridge for 1 hr., and shape these into logs instead, brushing with egg wash and sprinkling with a little granulated sugar. I then bake them for 17 minutes. After cooling in the sheet pan for 5 min., I cut them into squares.