Recipe Sifter

Vegetarian mince pies with a suet-free, no-suet British mincemeat: dried fruits, ripe banana, almonds, brandy, and warm spice tucked inside flaky shortening pastry. The traditional Christmas pie, made meatless.

Fresh apple muffins from Austin's Texas French Bread bakery, with whole wheat pastry flour, juicy chopped apples, raisins, and walnuts. A bakery-style breakfast muffin with hearty fiber and warm cinnamon.

Brown sugar berry scones with caramel-sweet brown sugar, juicy blueberries, and a tender, big-batch crumb. A no-egg scone that bakes up soft in the middle with lightly crisp edges.

Moist pineapple raisin muffins sweetened with brown sugar and pineapple juice instead of milk, with a cup of plump raisins and a hit of orange zest. Half whole-wheat flour gives them a hearty, breakfast-worthy crumb.

Honey oatmeal chocolate chip cookies lightened with applesauce and egg whites instead of butter and yolks. Quick oats give hearty chew while melty chocolate chips finish every bite.

Homemade Parmesan crackers with just 5 ingredients: butter, flour, Parmigiano-Reggiano, egg yolk, and water. Crisp, savory, and golden brown. A from-scratch snack for cheese boards and soups.

Traditional yeasted hamantaschen for Purim, a sweet egg-rich yeast dough folded into the iconic three-cornered hat shape around poppy seed or fruit filling. The Old World version, not cookie dough.

Mom's cranberry orange scones with tart frozen cranberries, bright orange zest, and a buttermilk-tender crumb. An overnight flour-and-fruit rest soaks up excess moisture for the perfect texture.

Panera broccoli cheese soup made at home, a creamy roux-based soup with half-and-half, sharp cheddar, broccoli, and carrots. The copycat of the bread-bowl classic, rich and cheesy in every spoonful.

If you love banana bread you will adore this simple recipe that's easy to understand and follow.

Enjoy this scrumptious banana bread that's made with chocolate chips and chopped nuts.

A few healthy twists make these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies still taste heavenly delicious, but much better for you.

Tangy and delicious, a perfect summer breakfast! This recipe makes 20 muffins.

These are great. Add a little more milk, if you like thinner pancakes, and yes, the amount of baking powder is correct.

These cookies are soft-cake like because of the pumpkin and applesauce. Dried cranberries and chocolate chips give the cookies additional deliciousness.

Made these chicken tenders for dinner the other night, and they came out quite tasty with very noticeable herby flavor. You can always reduce the amount of herbs to suit your own taste.