Recipe Sifter

Apfeltorte: German apple cake with whole peeled apples baked into a butter cake, their cores stuffed with rum-soaked raisins and chocolate. Finished with apricot glaze and powdered sugar.

Homemade whole-wheat granola with oats, wheat germ, honey, coconut, almonds, and cinnamon. Baked low and slow with orange juice for crunchy, golden clusters.

Chicken mole poblano with a rich sauce of cocoa, almonds, raisins, sesame seeds, and warm spices. Browned chicken simmers in a complex blended mole and served over rice.

Treat your kids to these decadent and scrumptious muffins that are rich down to the last bite.

Fresh apricots stuffed with almonds, soaked in rum, then dipped in cinnamon batter and deep-fried until golden for a show-stopping dessert.

A classic and healthful comfort food dessert dish. Using brown rice retains all the goodness of the bran for leaps and bounds added health factors. Sweeten only with apple juice concentrate the recipe stears you clear of refined sugars.

Classic Alsatian apple charlotte with milk-soaked bread, cinnamon-spiced apples, chopped almonds, and a splash of kirsch. Baked in a bundt pan until golden, this rustic French dessert is pure comfort.

Honey-almond rugelach are flaky cream cheese crescents rolled around honey-spiced almonds and dried cherries. A Jewish bakery classic with a sweet golden bite.

Yeasted flatbread topped with a lime and almond frangipane and fresh redcurrants, dusted with icing sugar. A stunning Italian-inspired dessert bread.

Honey-soaked almond turnovers with a cinnamon-spiced filling wrapped in oil-based pastry dough. These Greek-style travados are baked golden, then bathed in warm honey syrup for a sticky, nutty bite.

Simple baklava bites: buttery phyllo cups twisted into little sachets around a honey-sweetened almond, walnut, and apricot filling. All the baklava flavor, none of the fuss.

Vegan banana muffins built on cornmeal, rice flour, and soy flour for a gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free breakfast. Almonds and cinnamon add warmth, mashed banana sweetens.

Snack pumpkin muffins with pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and an optional sliced almond topping. Small-batch (4 muffins), ready in 35 minutes, perfect for a single serving or two cookies and tea.

Moroccan lamb tagine slow-simmered with saffron, honey, cinnamon, dates, and toasted almonds. A fragrant North African braise with sweet-savory depth in every bite.

Kataifi pastries: shredded phyllo rolls stuffed with walnut, almond, and spice filling, baked golden, and drenched in lemon-cinnamon honey syrup. A Greek-Middle Eastern classic.

Cherry pie topped with a golden coconut-almond macaroon instead of a second crust. The two-stage bake gives you sweet cherry filling under a chewy, toasted almond-coconut layer.