Recipe Sifter

Butter almond classic cookies are tender almond crescents: a buttery shortbread scented with almond extract, studded with chopped almonds, and rolled in powdered sugar. The melt-in-your-mouth cookie every holiday tin needs.

This buttery and fluffy upside-down plum cake will for sure make everyone who has it want a second slice.

A three-layer food processor cheesecake with a cinnamon zwieback crust, whipped cream cheese filling, and sour cream topping finished with slivered almonds. Chill overnight for best results.

Individual cheesecake cups wrapped in flaky crescent roll dough, filled with almond cream cheese, and topped with warm amaretto cherry sauce. Ready in 45 minutes.

Low-fat cherry-almond biscotti with dried cherries, chopped almonds, and almond extract. No butter or oil needed in this crispy, twice-baked Italian cookie for dipping.

A rich Mughlai-style balti with chicken simmered in ghee, cardamom, cinnamon, and a silky egg-cream-almond sauce. Royal Indian cooking in your own kitchen.

Garlic-butter chicken breasts baked in a curried orange sauce with raisins, almonds, mandarin oranges, and sliced banana. A sweet-savory, Indian-inspired bake that's stunning over rice.

Grilled chicken breast crowned with a bright anjou pear relish bursting with radish crunch, fresh tarragon, and toasted almonds. A tangy balsamic-lemon sauce ties it all together in under 45 minutes.

A layered casserole of wild rice, poached chicken, green beans, and mushrooms in a sherry-Parmesan cream sauce topped with sliced almonds. Minnesota hot-dish at its best.

Marinated shredded chicken with toasted almonds and scallions served in crispy deep-fried wonton wrapper baskets over shredded lettuce. A show-stopping appetizer or party platter that looks as good as it tastes.

A flourless chocolate torte for Passover made with cocoa, eggs, toasted almonds, and butter. Baked thin in a jelly-roll pan and cut into layers, this elegant Pesach dessert rises on whipped egg whites alone.

Chocolate cookies shaped like pine cones with melted chocolate and overlapping toasted almond slices. A show-stopping holiday cookie project that looks like woodland art.

Elegant crab stuffed shrimp appetizer with almonds and sherry. Jumbo shrimp butterflied and filled with flaked crab, breadcrumbs, and butter.

Baked curried fruit casserole with pears, peaches, pineapple, apricots, and cherries layered with slivered almonds in a buttery brown sugar curry glaze. A retro holiday side dish that's best made a day ahead.

Add some Spanish taste to your cooking with these scrumptious appetizers made with ground beef and hot chili peppers.

Buttery brown sugar shortbread pressed into a sheet pan, brushed with egg white, and topped with cinnamon sugar and sliced almonds. Cut into elegant diamond shapes for a cookie platter showstopper.