Recipe Sifter

Eggnog waffles use leftover holiday eggnog instead of milk for warm spiced flavor and a tender, custardy interior. Optional pecans or walnuts add crunch. A festive December brunch.

Tavern biscuits are a colonial-era American sweet biscuit spiced with nutmeg and mace. Crisp at the edges, tender in the middle, and just sweet enough to serve with tea, coffee, or a glass of cold milk.

Favourite breakfast apple muffins are sweetened entirely with apple juice concentrate, no white sugar at all. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped fresh apples make these a real morning muffin.

Old-fashioned cornmeal pancakes with a hearty corn flavor and tender, slightly grainy texture from a hot-water cornmeal soak. Heritage breakfast pancakes from grandma's Sunday-morning rotation.

Classic German pancakes are made with eggs, flour and milk, and baked in the oven. The puffed pancake tastes delicious with some powdered sugar or maple syrup, or top some fresh strawberries, or any fresh fruits you like. It's a quick, easy and delicious breakfast to wake you up in the morning.

Brussels sprouts baked in a savory bacon and green onion sauce, topped with grated cheddar and golden breadcrumbs. The side dish that converts sprout skeptics.

Crisp and delightful butter cookies are packed with buttery flavor and melt in your mouth. Old fashioned butter cookies are tough to beat.

By using mostly whole wheat flour, a combination of applesauce, butter and olive oil makes this key lime cake much healthier and lighter than your regular key lime cake. It still tastes absolutely delcious, will for sure satisfy your palate without guilt.

Traditionally cantucci combine with vin Santo generally or liqueur wines, although they are very good even with the dry wines such as sparkling wines.

This mouth-watering fruit crisp helps you transform your seasonal fresh fruits into a delicious dessert. You can use apples, pears, or stone-fruits like peaches and apricots.

Light breakfast muffins with grated apples, orange zest, and warm spices. Made with skim milk powder and minimal fat. Tender crumb from beaten egg whites.

Rolled chicken breasts stuffed with crab meat and herb stuffing, baked golden and drizzled with a Swiss cheese hollandaise wine sauce. A showpiece dinner that's worth every minute.

Pork chops with mango in a curry-spiked cream sauce. Bone-in loin chops braised with onion, garlic, mango slices, and a touch of cinnamon for a tropical dinner-party plate.

Almond Roca bars layer a buttery shortbread base under melted Hershey chocolate and chopped almonds. The classic potluck cookie that mimics the famous toffee candy in cookie-bar form.

Baked whitefish coated in flour and mayonnaise, seasoned with lemon pepper and parsley. The mayo crust bakes golden brown while keeping the fish moist inside.

Boston cream pie from scratch: tender vanilla butter cake split into four layers, filled with a homemade vanilla pastry custard, and crowned with a glossy milk chocolate glaze.