Brownies recipes

Yule log cookies shaped into scored logs, baked, sliced on the diagonal, and decorated with holly icing. Spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.

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

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with chopped dates, coconut, and walnuts or pecans. Brown sugar and orange juice add a caramel sweetness with bright citrus notes.

Piccalilli is a sweet-sour spiced relish of green tomatoes, peppers, onion and cabbage, salted overnight then simmered in cider vinegar, brown sugar and whole spices. A tangy condiment for hot dogs, beans and cold meats.

Reese's peanut butter cake stacks two peanut-butter-and-brown-sugar layers with a cream cheese peanut butter filling and a warm pour-over chocolate glaze. The candy bar in cake form.

Hearty date bran muffins made with whole wheat flour, applesauce, and bran cereal for a fiber-packed breakfast you can feel good about. Naturally sweetened and freezer-friendly.

Hearty beef stew with cabbage, potatoes, and rice cooked right in, seasoned with thyme and chili powder in a tangy ketchup-wine sauce.

Vegan baked beans slow-cooked with molasses, brown sugar, warm spices, and tomato sauce. No meat, no dairy, just rich and smoky homemade beans baked low and slow until thick and saucy. A hearty plant-based side dish.

Pumpkin Poundcake with Brown-Sugar-Walnut Glaze recipe

A spiced harvest pie filled with shredded apples, zucchini, carrots, and walnuts in a brown sugar custard with cinnamon and nutmeg. Topped with leaf-shaped crust cutouts.

Granny Smith apple crumble with raisins and apple cider, topped with a cinnamon-oat whole wheat crumble. A rustic fall dessert that's bubbling hot in under an hour.

Cocoa cookies with semisweet chocolate chips, pecan-crusted tops, and a gooey caramel center pressed into each one. Soft, fudgy, and done in 35 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

Carrot cake layered with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and raisins, topped with orange-scented cream cheese frosting. Three layers of moist, spiced cake that gets better overnight.

Four-bean casserole with pork and beans, pinto, kidney, and green beans baked in chili sauce and brown sugar. A dump-and-bake potluck side dish for a crowd.

Swedish rye bread for the bread machine with rye flour, molasses, orange zest, and brown sugar. Dump the ingredients in, press start, and walk away.

Flour-dredged venison browned in bacon drippings, then braised low and slow in beer, tomatoes, and Worcestershire until fork-tender. Hearty, rustic, and built for cold-weather appetites.