Recipe Sifter

Fruit compote pie with dried apricots, peaches and cranberries simmered in apricot liqueur, folded into a sour cream custard and finished with a buttery pecan crumb topping.

A buttery banana sour cream cake swirled with cinnamon-brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and chocolate chips. Part coffee cake, part banana bread, all comfort. Feeds 16 happy people.

A rich, fudgy chocolate sheet cake made with whole wheat flour, cocoa, butter, and sour cream, then drenched in warm pourable cocoa frosting while still in the pan.

A very quick and easy cucumber salad that's refreshing on a hot summer day.

Classic sour cream coffee cake with three layers of cinnamon-walnut streusel baked in a tube pan. Rich, tender crumb that serves 16 and fills the kitchen with warm spice.

This authentic Pastel de Tres Leches soaks a fluffy sponge cake in a rich trio of milks until every forkful melts on your tongue. Crowned with billowy meringue and fresh berries, it's the showstopper your next fiesta needs.

Classic all-american potato salad with a secret ingredient that delivers the seasoning.

Swedish-style pickled herring platter with sour cream, arranged with alternating mounds of chopped egg white, egg yolk, cucumber, pickled beets, and parsley. A no-cook Scandinavian appetizer ready in 10 minutes.

Seafood lovers will adore this scrumptious dish made with shrimp, cream cheese and sour cream.

Beau Monde dip, the classic dill and onion party dip in a creamy sour cream and mayo base, seasoned with Beau Monde for a savory, celery-salt edge. Make-ahead and made for chips, crudites, or a bread bowl.

Dense, buttery sweet potato pound cake with sour cream and warm spices, served with a vanilla bean-cinnamon custard sauce and praline ice cream. This is dinner party dessert that earns a standing ovation.

Inn Chicken marinates boneless breasts overnight in sour cream, garlic, lemon juice, and Tabasco, then coats them in breadcrumbs and bakes with melted butter until golden.

Ouisie's black bean soup with toasted cumin, thyme, carrots, celery, and chili flakes, half-pureed for body. Topped with sour cream, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.

Nusskipferl are Austrian yeast-leavened crescent cookies filled with sweet ground nut meringue. A traditional Viennese coffeehouse pastry rolled jelly-roll style and curved into delicate horns.

Orangesicle pie layers a creamy orange custard over a graham cracker crust, finished with a sweetened cream cheese topping. Tastes like a frozen orange creamsicle in pie form.

Also like this mincemeat pastry squares recipe, and the pastry gives the lovely flakey texture.