Recipe Sifter

Chocolatly, moist and well balanced sweetness. Make this super brownie pizza for your loved one at Valentines' Day, hmmm...

Settle down around the fireplace with this snack that is sure to be gone in a matter of seconds!

Hanz's Swiss-German bratwurst: a homemade pork and veal sausage seasoned with white wine and freshly ground spices, double-ground for a fine texture and stuffed into hog casings. An old family recipe.

Toasted millet casserole with chickpeas, broccoli, and onion. A hearty plant-based main packed with protein and fiber. Press into squares or serve as pilaf.

Dried apple pie reconstitutes dried apple slices in fresh apple cider, then bakes them under a flaky double crust with cinnamon and nutmeg. The Appalachian winter pie made when fresh apples are out of season.

Homemade dried fig jam spiked with dark rum and ground cardamom. Rehydrated figs simmered with lemon and sugar produce a thick, honey-colored preserve that's canning-ready and irresistible on warm toast.

Impressive and tasty, perfect for brunch and hearty enough to serve for dinner.

Banana bran bread with walnuts: ripe mashed bananas, bran flakes cereal, and chopped walnuts baked into a moist, fiber-rich quickbread loaf. A favorite for breakfast and afternoon tea.

Beacon Hill brownies pack 8 ounces of unsweetened chocolate, butter, eggs, and walnuts into rich, fudgy squares with a glossy crackle top. The Boston classic with serious chocolate intensity.

A sugar-free white cake for diabetics, sweetened with sorbitol instead of sugar and lightened with whipped egg whites. A tender, fluffy, snowy white layer that's a versatile base for any frosting.

A delicious combination of leeks, mushrooms and potatoes topped with cheese and baked until crusty on top yet creamy underneath.

Easy to make, and it was delicious as well as packed with good-for-you ingredients. Will be making it again soon.

This pie won me second place at my churches dessert contest .. Yummy

Favorite turkey broccoli casserole layers cooked turkey and broccoli under a creamy mayo-spiked bechamel, topped with cheddar and buttered breadcrumbs. Classic post-holiday comfort, baked to golden.

Nancy Reagan's pumpkin pecan pie marries two Thanksgiving favorites in one shell. A pumpkin custard sweetened with dark corn syrup hides under a layer of toasty pecans. Holiday pie that ends every debate over which to bake.

These chocolaty, moist and buttery muffins are so delicious, it is a great way to use up some of the leftover ricotta cheese that adds the creaminess and moisture into the muffins.