Recipe Sifter

Orange molasses cookies, soft and puffy with cracked tops, spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and a hit of black pepper, then rolled in orange sugar. Whole wheat flour and oats make them a wholesome holiday bake.

Favourite Oatmeal Cake with Pecan Coconut Crumb recipe

Authentic mole poblano sauce made from scratch with mulato, ancho, pasilla, and chipotle chilies, roasted vegetables, toasted nuts, sesame seeds, and Mexican chocolate. A complex, deeply layered sauce worth every minute.

Homemade tasso from pork shoulder cured in a bold Cajun spice rub with cayenne, paprika, and garlic. No smoker needed, just patience and plastic wrap.

Sweet potato pancakes with creamy mushroom ragout pair crispy panko-crusted sweet potato cakes with a sage-and-shallot wild mushroom cream sauce. An elegant vegetarian appetizer or holiday side.

This is one of the hottest recipes in New York right now. It was on the menu at Le Caprice and also at the buzzing new gastropub The Breslin. Now that strawberry season is almost over you can substitute raspberries with equally outstanding results.

Saucy chocolate cake that creates its own hot fudge sauce as it bakes. Cocoa batter topped with brown sugar and boiling water transforms into cake over a pool of warm chocolate pudding.

Seafood bouillabaisse with white fish, shrimp, oysters, and crab in a saffron-spiked tomato-wine broth. Slow-simmered base, quick-added seafood, finished in under two hours.

Louisiana gumbo built on a classic roux with okra, bell pepper, celery, onion, tomatoes, and your choice of shrimp, chicken, or crawfish. A Creole one-pot served over rice.

Lighter cheddar chicken pot pie with a Bisquick crust, loaded with potatoes, carrots, celery, and chicken in a cheesy broth filling. Comfort food with less guilt, ready in 90 minutes.

Three-ingredient peanut butter crunches made with butterscotch chips, peanut butter, and corn flakes. No-bake drop cookies that set on wax paper in about two hours.

A succulent dish that's easy to make and will satisfy everyone's hunger at the dinner table.

Cinnamon swirl bread: a soft enriched yeast dough rolled around a buttery cinnamon-sugar filling, baked into tender loaves, then finished with a sweet vanilla glaze. Makes two loaves at once.

Layered pan burritos with ground beef, refried beans, enchilada sauce, cheddar cheese, and flour tortillas baked casserole-style. Feeds a crowd, cuts like lasagna.

My old old recipe. Looks bad, tastes AWESOME!

Classic ground beef meatloaf with Parmesan, oregano, and bread cubes, topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Old-school diner comfort food that serves 6 hungry people.