Recipe Sifter

Old-fashioned prune soup thickened with sour cream and flour for a creamy, sweet-tart base. A traditional Eastern European fruit soup served warm with just five simple ingredients.

Layer spinach, fennel, salami, and ricotta-pesto filling in a towering savory pie wrapped in buttery homemade crust for an Italian feast that feeds a crowd.

This delicious cookies made from cream cheese make an excellent treat after a meal.

Apple pudding cake with self-making sauce: a magic one-pan dessert where apples, batter, and boiling water bake together, separating into tender cake on top and silky pudding sauce underneath.

Speedy sheet-pan chocolate cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and a boiled butter mixture creating moist crumb: thin, tender, and ready for Rocky Road frosting while still warm.

Almond raspberry tassies are bite-size tarts with a cream cheese pastry shell, a hidden dot of raspberry jam, and a frangipane-style almond filling. Tea cookies that look fancy but mix in one bowl.

Birthday or festival, it is always a wonderful cake.

Never fail chocolate cake with sour milk, cocoa, and a splash of boiling water for a tender, deeply chocolatey bundt. The classic forgiving recipe that bakes up moist every time.

Challenge Winner, AJ Horst (Test Your Tastebuds, October 2011)

Kaleidoscope slice-and-bake cookies with red, green, and plain dough rolled together for a colorful Christmas pattern. Freezer-friendly holiday cookies that store up to 6 months.

Mashed potatoes keep this Irish-inspired chocolate bundt cake unbelievably moist, while Irish cream liqueur and a hit of coffee deepen every fudgy bite. Dusted with powdered sugar for a stunning finish.

Rhubarb custard pie with a buttery crumb topping in a pre-baked pastry shell. Tart rhubarb pieces set in a vanilla egg custard with a sweet, crumbly streusel on top for the best of both textures.

Elegant orange butter cake for Epiphany with eggs beaten to triple volume, orange juice concentrate, and a dusting of powdered sugar. A light, citrusy tube cake steeped in European holiday tradition.

Favourite Shaker sugar pie with brown sugar and flour bedded under half-and-half, vanilla, and butter pieces dotted across the top. A simple pioneer dessert that bakes into a silky no-egg custard.

Cinnamon sledge bars combine cinnamon's warm, comforting flavors with a buttery crust studded with indulgent pecans.

Alice's zucchini crust pizza swaps dough for a golden crust of grated zucchini bound with egg, parmesan and basil. A low-carb, veggie-packed base for all your favorite pizza toppings.