Recipe Sifter

Eggnog bread pudding baked in a water bath with cinnamon-raisin bread, brandy, nutmeg, and half-and-half, served with a cranberry-maple bourbon sauce. A festive holiday dessert.

Cranberry swirl cheesecake on a vanilla wafer crust with sour cream topping and fresh cranberry orange compote. A stunning make-ahead holiday dessert.

Self-saucing sticky toffee pudding, a date-studded muscovado sponge that creates its own rich toffee sauce underneath as it bakes. Spoon it warm over vanilla ice cream or pouring cream.

Stanford Court's bread pudding starts with homemade brioche layered with sliced apples, raspberries, and rich egg custard. A San Francisco restaurant-quality dessert baked to a golden crown.

Rich milk chocolate cheesecake spiked with Kahlua coffee liqueur on a chocolate-hazelnut-cornflake crust. Silky, boozy, and built for dinner party finishes.

Grilled butterflied Cornish hens rubbed with lemon garlic butter and ancho chile. Crispy skin, smoky flavor, and ready in under an hour for an elegant weeknight dinner.

Homemade chicken pie with a rich thyme-and-nutmeg roux filling loaded with carrots, potatoes, and celery, topped with golden cheddar buttermilk biscuits. From-scratch comfort.

Indulge in this creamy homemade trout pate terrine recipe with a rich crab sauce, ideal for beginners seeking "easy seafood appetizers for parties," "French-inspired fish terrine at home," or "gourmet trout mousse with crab reduction."

Bourekakia - Greek honey nut rolls in phyllo dough with cinnamon, orange zest, and a hot honey-lemon syrup. Crispy, buttery pastry spirals soaked in sweet syrup like baklava.

These savory pancakes are made with spinach and scallions, served with lime-cilantro butter, they are one of the best pancakes we have ever had. Rich, tasty and refreshing are all in one bite.

A no-bake rum cream pie with a buttery chocolate cookie crust, silky rum custard folded with whipped cream and fluffy egg whites, topped with grated semi-sweet chocolate. Chill overnight and slice into boozy, cloud-light wedges.

Classic French tarte aux pommes with butter-sautéed apples in a flaky puff pastry shell, topped with a golden egg and vanilla custard. The apple tart that every French grandmother gets right.

Homemade pumpkin spice doughnuts fried golden from a pumpkin puree dough warm with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, then dipped in a maple glaze. Cake-style donuts for fall mornings and Thanksgiving dessert.

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

Creamy cheesecake bars with fresh raspberries and a chocolate crust.

Greek baklava with buttery cookie dough rolled around spiced nuts and phyllo, soaked in honey-lemon syrup for layers of crisp pastry and rich almond filling.