Recipe Sifter

We used home-ground whole wheat flour, only a few tablespoons white flour, and these scones puffed a lot! Inside moist and cheesy and outside golden and brown.They were just delicious!

Excellent and very easy to prepare. The "crust" puffed up wonderfully into a cheesy fluffy topping and the meaty filling (upside down toppings) matched.

Buckwheat pancakes are great, but here's something a little more elegant: buckwheat crepes. Serve them with melted butter and cinnamon sugar.

A simple and delicious cheddar cheese bread that tastes amazing plain or toasted!

This prosciutto, fontina and sun-dried tomato tart was brilliant. The combination of these three ingredients and the buttery-crispy puff pastry was absolutely delicious!

If you love shrimp, you will love this dish that is served with a creamy and savory sauce.

Just the thing to nibble with a cup of mulled wine or hot spiced apple cider, these simple, versatile crackers also lend themselves beautifully to cheeses, dips, and spicy spreads.

Rolled sugar cookies seasoned with ground mace, a warmer, floral cousin to nutmeg. The colonial-era twist on a basic cutout cookie. Yields three dozen.

Chocolate mayonnaise loaf cake is a Depression-era American classic with an unbelievably moist crumb. The mayo (which is just eggs and oil) replaces butter and eggs in this fudgy 8-ingredient bake.

Have been making this chocolate fudge pudding cake for years, so chocolaty, and it never disappoints us. Fudge and pudding like texture well satisfies the sweet tooth.

Both cherries and ricotta cheese give the muffins super moist texture, fruity and creamy flavor. Fresh or frozen cherries, either of them will work well.

Roast duck with a port wine cranberry sauce made from the pan drippings, orange juice, and brown sugar. Lemon-rubbed and roasted until the skin is shatteringly crisp.

Pink maraschino cherry cake with cherry juice in the batter, chopped cherries, and nuts folded through. A retro 1950s layer cake ideal for Valentine's Day or bridal showers.

Poppy seed roll: an Eastern European yeasted bread wrapped around a rich poppy seed filling sweetened with honey and orange-lemon zest. Holiday classic.

Vinegar-marinated tripe layered with sauteed mushrooms, onions, tomato sauce, and breadcrumbs, then baked into a hearty casserole. An Irish classic for adventurous home cooks.

Bonnie Graber of Oak Creek sent this recipe for an old-fashioned kitchen sink cookie that would be good any time of the year.