Recipe Sifter

Full of delicious banana flavor, accented with chocolate.

Crisp sugar cookies: thin, snappy roll-out cookies with vanilla and a hint of lemon, sprinkled with sugar before baking. Old-fashioned cookie jar staple that holds intricate cutter shapes.

Golden wheat pancakes are vegan, egg-free, dairy-free flapjacks built on whole wheat pastry flour, oat flour, and wheat germ. Sweetened with brown rice syrup, topped with fresh fruit and maple.

Canal Street brownies are dense, fudgy chocolate squares baked with unsweetened chocolate, optional walnuts, and a single 8-inch pan. A from-scratch brownie that beats any boxed mix in 40 minutes.

Double chip cookies pack peanut butter chips and chocolate chips into one buttery dough. A classic drop cookie that yields five dozen of the chewiest, most addictive bake-sale staples around.

Slice-and-bake chocolate walnut cookies built on a flourless-style dough with a pound of melted semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Crackly tops, fudgy centers, almost no flour.

Bakery-style blueberry muffins pack 2.5 cups of berries into a tender butter-creamed batter with crackly sugar tops. A bursting-with-fruit breakfast classic.

Mom's chocolate chip pecan cookies use shortening instead of butter for thicker, chewier cookies that hold their shape, packed with semi-sweet chocolate morsels and toasted pecans throughout.

Fresh peach ice cream with sun-ripe peaches blanched, peeled, and pureed into a no-cook custard of milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla. The simplest summer ice cream maker recipe.

Tangy yogurt and bright lemon zest blend into soft oatmeal cookies with crisp edges, then get showered with powdered sugar for a lighter twist on classic cookies.

Coral chocolate chip cookies with both white and brown sugar, optional pecans, and a chilled-dough trick for thicker, chewier cookies. A classic recipe with bakery-style results.

Light mini pancakes made with yogurt and egg whites, served with a homemade cornstarch-thickened berry sauce. A leaner brunch stack that doesn't taste like a compromise.

Light sponge cupcakes filled with vanilla buttercream piped right into the center. A whipped-egg batter bakes airy and tender, then a hidden swirl of pink buttercream makes every bite a surprise.

Light blueberry muffins use egg whites, egg substitute, and fat-free spread for tender, fruit-packed muffins with lemon-bright flavor. Two cups of fresh blueberries in every batch.

Fudgy chocolate pecan pie built on sweetened condensed milk and melted sweet chocolate instead of the usual corn syrup. The pecans stir into a rich chocolate custard for a brownie-meets-pecan-pie holiday dessert.

Nice cookies! I followed the recipe except only cooked them for 11 minutes (I prefer a softer cookie), and they were wonderful.