Recipe Sifter

A creamy chicken casserole that's low in calories and low in fat.

Bread machine coffee bread with instant coffee, currants, toasted almonds, brown sugar, and applesauce. A lightly sweet loaf with warm coffee flavor and nutty, fruity bites throughout.

Classic Florentine cookies with chopped almonds, brown sugar, and cream, finished with a smooth chocolate coating on the bottom. Thin, lacy, and elegantly crisp.

Honey cardamom coffee cake with sour cream, an almond-brown sugar streusel topping, and a cinnamon icing drizzle. Tender, fragrant, and sweetened entirely with honey instead of white sugar.

Italian layered sponge cake with rum, custard cream filling, coffee zabaglione buttercream, walnuts, and chocolate-dipped almonds. An elegant multi-component dessert.

Almonds have a wide range of culinary uses although desserts and sweet preparations tend to be the most common.

Authentic mole poblano sauce made from scratch with mulato, ancho, pasilla, and chipotle chilies, roasted vegetables, toasted nuts, sesame seeds, and Mexican chocolate. A complex, deeply layered sauce worth every minute.

Spicy roasted almonds glazed with sherry, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and Angostura bitters, then tossed with cumin, chili powder, and cayenne. An addictive cocktail party snack.

Raspberry fudge balls with cream cheese, melted chocolate chips, vanilla wafer crumbs, and raspberry preserves, rolled in chopped almonds. A no-bake truffle-style treat ready to chill.

Revani is a Greek semolina cake soaked in cinnamon-clove-orange syrup and scattered with almonds. Dense, honey-wet crumb with a warm spiced finish. A true Mediterranean sweet.

Rhubarb pineapple conserve with fresh oranges and blanched almonds. A tangy-sweet preserve perfect for toast, scones, or a homemade gift jar.

Suksessterte is Norway's famous "success cake" with a light almond meringue base, silky egg custard cream filling, and glossy chocolate topping. A stunning Scandinavian celebration cake.

Crisp almond meringue base layered with homemade golden syrup toffee cream, billowy whipped cream, and a dusting of cocoa. An elegant British-style cake with a nearly gluten-free base.

Ukrainian almond crescents with a tender sour cream yeast pastry rolled around a ground almond and brown sugar filling. Flaky, nutty, and golden, these Eastern European cookies melt in your mouth.

Last Christmas, I did it for whole family, they went very nice, this year will try it again!

Aqua Aerobics regular, Norma Koob, has submitted this delicious appetizer recipe!