Recipe Sifter

Christmas sugar cookies are buttery rolled cut-out cookies for decorating. Crisp edges, tender centers. Big-batch dough yields four dozen festive shapes for the holidays.

A very hearty version of my favorite soup. Add crushed red pepper to turn up the heat. It's delicious!! Perfect comfort food for a cold winter's day!

Asparagus, mushrooms and a bit of cheese baked on a delicate puff pastry base. Store bought puff pastry saves time while impressing your guests.

Hearty Hungarian bean soup with tender navy beans, sweet paprika, and a tangy sour cream finish. This old-world comfort bowl simmers low and slow with leeks, carrots, and garlic for deep, soul-warming flavor.

Two-layer fudge with a creamy peanut butter chip bottom and rich chocolate chip top, made with marshmallow creme for a melt-in-your-mouth texture. A holiday candy classic that yields 2 pounds of treats.

Hawaiian bars with a buttery shortbread crust topped with coconut, dried pineapple, papaya, and macadamia nuts. Tropical cookie bars that freeze beautifully.

Lamb and cabbage casserole layered with flour-dusted chops and thinly sliced white cabbage, simmered for 90 minutes with whole peppercorns. A rustic Nordic one-pot with just six ingredients.

Mexican-style giardiniera with cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, green beans, and pearl onions in spiced cider vinegar brine. A refrigerator pickle ready in 48 hours.

A French-Caribbean lamb stew from Martinique and Guadeloupe, simmered with Colombo curry powder, ginger, garlic, boniato or potato, and calabaza squash. Make-ahead friendly and even better the next day.

Iowa Thunder and Lightning Salad is a Midwest marinated vegetable salad with cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers in a sweet vinegar and honey dressing. Chills for 2 days for bold flavor.

Passover brownies made with matzo cake meal instead of flour, plus an optional dark chocolate sour cream glaze. Kosher for Passover, fudgy, and richly chocolatey.

Chickpeas in spicy tahini sauce with salsa, lemon, tamari, and arrowroot for a thick, glossy coating. A vegan, high-protein main dish cooked from dried chickpeas.

Caribbean pigeon peas and brown rice salad with a lemon-honey-thyme dressing and island spice blend. A colorful, protein-rich cold salad with bold tropical flavors.

Old-fashioned three-layer milk chocolate cake with buttermilk, melted unsweetened chocolate, and brown sugar, topped with milk chocolate frosting. A towering, bakery-worthy celebration cake.

Classic pound cake made from scratch with butter, shortening, and 7-Up for tender crumb: baked 90 minutes in a bundt pan with vanilla and lemon extract for subtle citrus sweetness.

Aloha bread for breach machines or automated bread making machines.