Recipe Sifter

Classic mole poblano, Mexico's legendary sauce: dried chiles, almonds, sesame, raisins, and warm spices pureed and slow-simmered with a touch of chocolate into a deep, complex sauce for poultry.

Crunchy homemade granola with dates, coconut, almonds, and cashews baked in honey butter with allspice and cinnamon. Makes ahead and stores for two weeks. Kid-friendly breakfast or snacking.

Almond Brown Sugar Biscotti: classic twice-baked Italian cookies with anise, brown sugar warmth, and chopped almonds. Crisp, dunkable, makes 3 dozen and stores for a month.

Cannelloni stuffed with chicken, spinach, ricotta, and toasted almonds, blanketed in a Swiss cheese cream sauce and baked until bubbly. A showstopper for Sunday dinner or date night.

Gluten-free steamed bread with oats, rice flour, amaranth, dried apricots, and ground almonds. A dense, moist loaf sweetened with molasses and cooked on the stovetop without an oven.

So yummy, my taste buds are still actively searching the taste of cinnamon, tender apples and warm-oozy cream cheese...

Pineapple oatmeal cookies with crushed pineapple, rolled oats, toasted almonds, and raisins. Soft, fruity drop cookies with a cinnamon-spiced chew.

This cherry cake is studded with almonds and candied cherries. My husbands favorite.

This paleo bread recipe is perfect for sandwiches and toast. Use in place of traditional bread to complete any meal. Baking two loaves at once is a good idea for anyone on the paleo diet. This bread will stay fresh for at least 4 days sealed in plastic wrap or an airtight container at room temperature, and for 10 days in the refrigerator.

Our kids can't get enough of this easy broccoli casserole recipe.

Traditionally cantucci combine with vin Santo generally or liqueur wines, although they are very good even with the dry wines such as sparkling wines.

Almond Roca bars layer a buttery shortbread base under melted Hershey chocolate and chopped almonds. The classic potluck cookie that mimics the famous toffee candy in cookie-bar form.

One-pan baked couscous with chicken, Cortland apples, golden raisins, and toasted almonds spiced with cinnamon, coriander, and cloves. A 35-minute Moroccan-inspired dinner.

Lemon poppy seed bread for the bread machine made with lemon yogurt, lemon zest, lemon extract, toasted almonds, and honey. A triple-lemon loaf with nutty crunch baked hands-free.

Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house. Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond. Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year

Amaretto pancakes built on a five-ingredient Bisquick batter with milk, eggs, and a splash of almond-scented liqueur. A boozy brunch upgrade with optional sliced almonds folded in.