Recipe Sifter

Wacky cake (Depression-era chocolate cake) made with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Vinegar and baking soda lift it to fluffy chocolate perfection in one pan.

A one-bowl bundt cake that mixes cocoa, applesauce, cinnamon, and cloves into a moist, spiced chocolate cake. Ten ingredients, no fuss, done in under an hour.

Simple apple quick bread spiced with cinnamon and cloves, studded with chopped nuts. A dusting of confectioner's sugar adds an elegant finish to this homestyle loaf.

This hearty and savory stew is made with carrots, garlic and a variety of spices.

Make your own bread, you will love the aroma that fills up your entire house during the baking. The bread is delicious and hearty, an ideal breakfast loaf.

Warm up your winter with this exotic soup made of cucumbers, tomatoes and grilled bannock.

Knäckebröd, the traditional Swedish rye crispbread baked thin and crackling. Just six pantry staples turn into snappy crackers, perfect with butter, cheese, smoked salmon, or pickled herring.

Le Montrachet lobster bisque: classic French restaurant-style bisque made from real lobster shells, white wine, brandy, sherry, and heavy cream. The kind of soup that earns its place at a fine-dining table.

Lemon pistachio quick bread with lemon-rubbed sugar, buttermilk, and chopped pistachios, soaked with a hot lemon syrup glaze while still warm from the oven.

A traditional European-style fruit cake -- Although fruitcakes have a bad reputation, this one is *excellent*.

Oriental Salad with Sesame Vinaigrette Dressing recipe

Pumpkin black walnut biscuits are tender Southern-style biscuits made with pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and chopped black walnuts, scented with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Subtle, savory-sweet, fall on a plate.

Salsa is such a great sauce that can go well with lots of things, it can be served with chips as a dip, or it can be put in the casserole as a sauce. And it is so quick and easy to make, chop a few fresh vegetables, throw them all together, here your freshly homemade salsa.

Rolled oat icebox cookies. Slice-and-bake dough with butter, brown sugar and quick oats for crisp, lightly caramelized cookies made from a log you can keep in the fridge.

Uses leftover slow cooked brisket to make the sloppy joes.

Low-fat oatmeal muffins packed with warm spices, dried cranberries, and pecans. Made with maple syrup, orange juice, and egg whites for 12 healthy muffins.