Goose recipes

Mom's homemade apple pie pairs a flaky shortening crust with canned apple filling for a from-scratch taste in half the time. Brushed with milk and dusted with sugar, the top crust bakes up golden and crackly.

Mock key lime pie skips the hard-to-find key limes and uses bottled lime juice for a tangy, custardy filling. Sweetened condensed milk and six egg yolks set into a smooth slice topped with whipped cream.

Rhubarb pie sweetened with both granulated sugar and honey, brightened with lemon zest, and tinted rosy with red food coloring. A double-crust spring pie with floral honey notes against tart rhubarb.

Mock apple pie made entirely from Ritz crackers, sugar syrup, and cinnamon. The Depression-era classic that fooled families when apples were scarce or expensive, still uncannily convincing today.

Alice's chess pie blends butter, sugar, eggs, half-and-half, cornmeal, and a splash of vinegar into a glossy custard pie with a crackly sugar top. A Southern pantry classic baked in a single crust.

Mama's rhubarb pie is a heirloom double-crust dessert with a tart, juicy filling thickened just enough by flour and a beaten egg. Old-fashioned, fuss-free, and ready for ice cream.

Chocolate mocha sponge cake bakes a tender egg-yolk-lifted cocoa cake in a tube pan, then layers it with a coffee-spiked vanilla pudding buttercream. Three-layer mocha tea cake with vintage charm.

Granny's chocolate cake is a one-bowl wonder with cocoa, hot water, and egg whites baked into a moist single-layer square. Old-fashioned weeknight cake dusted with powdered sugar.

Meringue cookies use just five pantry ingredients to make crisp, snowy puffs that melt on the tongue. Naturally fat-free and gluten-free, with a marshmallow-like interior and a delicate vanilla finish.

Old-fashioned raisin pastries: flaky pie-dough half-moons stuffed with ground raisins, nuts, and citron in a honey-cinnamon-jelly filling. Hand pies for the holiday cookie box.

Sesame buns shape basic bread dough into 8 round burger or sandwich buns, brushed with egg white wash and topped with sesame seeds for that classic bakery finish.

Genoise sponge cake whips warm whole eggs and sugar to ribbon stage, then folds in cake flour and melted butter for a delicate French-style layer cake base. The classic foundation for tortes and trifles.

French gaufrette wafer cookies with whipped cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar, baked on a pizzelle iron. Crispy, delicate French wafers for ice cream cones or tea.

Low-fat lemon chiffon pie with lemon gelatin, fresh lemon juice and zest, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A no-bake dessert with bright citrus flavor and airy texture.

Blonde brownies with pecans, the chocolate-free butterscotch cousin of the classic brownie, made with light brown sugar, melted butter, and toasted pecans. Chewy, caramel-deep, and ready in under an hour.

Classic Southern Louisiana spoon bread, a soufflé-style cornmeal pudding folded with whipped egg whites for an airy, custardy texture. Eaten with a spoon, served alongside Cajun and Creole mains.