Recipe Sifter

Rugalach rolls cream cheese dough around apricot preserves, cinnamon-sugar, ground pecans, and currants into bite-sized crescent cookies. The Jewish-American holiday cookie passed down through generations of bakers.

Whole grain barley and wheat muffins studded with pecans and sweetened with raw honey. Quick, hearty, and on the table in 30 minutes flat.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies made with butter-flavored shortening for extra chewy centers and crisp edges. Choose your bake time for chewy or crunchy results. Makes 3 dozen with optional pecans.

Make the tastiest cinnamon rolls in the world with this simple recipe that will find its place in your cookbook.

Ultimate chocolate chip cookies with three dressy variations: chocolate drizzle, chocolate dipped, and holiday frosted. One base dough, endless options for gifting, parties, and cookie exchanges.

These muffins are packed with goodness and not too sweet, ideal for breakfast or a healthy yet tasty snack.

Famous Amos copycat chocolate chip coconut cookies with flaked coconut, chopped pecans, and semi-sweet chips in a buttery brown-sugar dough. Bigger and chewier than the bag version.

Pumpkin chiffon praline pie with a buttery brown sugar pecan praline baked into the crust, plus a light gelatin-set pumpkin chiffon filling lifted with whipped meringue.

Treat yourself every morning with these scrumptious bran muffins that will instantly satisfy your hunger!

Bring a new look to the holiday with this succulent dish that rounds out any family tradition.

Use some whole wheat flour to replace all-purpose flour; use canola oil and applesauce to replace some of butter. Give these date pinwheel cookies a healthy twist. They not only deliver all the yumminess, but also lots of goodness.

Fresh and local peaches finally hit the market, we got some last week, and this is the first cake that I made with those yummy peaches. I used most whole wheat flour, 1/3 butter, 1/3 olive oil and 1/3 applesauce, which made this coffee cake super moist and delicious.

Classic pecan pie from Dear Abby columnist Abigail Van Buren, built on corn syrup, brown sugar, and whole pecans scattered across the top instead of stirred in. The old-school Southern holiday standard.

Fruitcake cookies packed with candied pineapple, cherries, golden raisins, and toasted pecans, spiked with brandy and warm spices. All the holiday flavor, none of the doorstop.

A no-bake coconut cream pie with a sticky pecan praline layer on the bottom, fluffy vanilla pudding filling loaded with flaked coconut, all in a pre-baked pastry shell. Chill, slice, and swoon.

Old Pecan Street pecan pie: an Austin, Texas classic with light corn syrup, vanilla, and chopped pecans baked into a single unbaked crust. The straightforward Texas-style holiday pie.