Recipe Sifter

Golden-browned chicken simmered in Riesling wine with shallots, garlic, and fresh thyme, finished with plump green grapes. An Alsatian-inspired dinner for two ready in just 40 minutes.

Chocolate bar brownie sundaes layer fudgy toffee-studded brownies with Heath-bar vanilla ice cream and a homemade caramel sauce. A make-ahead, three-part dessert where every component is built from scratch.

Giant chocolate chip whopper cookies loaded with semi-sweet chips, pecans, walnuts, and a shot of espresso. Crackly shell, fudgy center, bakery-style at home.

The fruitiness and the nuttiness from apricot and walnut make these yummy treats taste even more delicious.

Twice-baked citrus walnut biscotti, crisp with anise and bright lemon and orange zest, then half-dipped in glossy tempered chocolate. Crunchy Italian cookies built for dunking in coffee.

Chocolate mousse cake with semisweet chocolate, orange liqueur, and whipped egg whites folded into a rich batter. Part one covers the cake layers with a thin, flaky crust.

Chocolate PB jeebies, intensely fudgy chocolate cookies loaded with chocolate and peanut butter chips, served with a warm chocolate ganache for dunking. A double-chocolate-peanut-butter treat made for dipping.

Chocolate pepper cookies bring a slow, smoky heat from black pepper, cayenne, and cinnamon layered into deep unsweetened cocoa. Rolled thin and cut into shapes, they bake crisp with a warm spiced finish.

Chocolate raspberry cream cake layers a flourless almond-chocolate base under silky raspberry mousse, finished with lightly whipped cream and fresh berries. Elegant springform dessert built for special occasions.

Chocolate sour cream fudge cake gets its dense, moist crumb from melted unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, and a splash of hot coffee that deepens the cocoa without tasting like coffee.

Rich chocolate truffle cake made with a full pound of semi-sweet chocolate, barely any flour, and whipped egg whites for a dense, fudgy texture dusted with powdered sugar.

Chocolate hazelnut raspberry thumbprints: chocolate-cocoa cookies rolled with ground toasted hazelnuts, indented and filled with raspberry jam. Three dozen elegant holiday cookies.

Triple chocolate cookies with melted semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate in the batter, chocolate chips folded in, then dipped in more melted chocolate. Fudgy, crackle-topped, and loaded with nuts.

Creamy cilantro ginger soup pureed smooth with fresh ginger root, garlic, and heavy cream in a chicken broth base. An elegant, silky bowl with bright herbal flavor.

Cinnamon roll dough is the butter, cinnamon, and sugar filling base for classic soft rolls. Start with sweet yeast dough, smear on the filling, roll, rest, and bake.

Elegant lattice apple pie with orange-scented crust, honey-sweetened Granny Smith apples, and brown sugar crumb topping woven into the filling.