Goose recipes

Winter pie cooks raisins, finely chopped carrot, and apple with cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg in a spiced syrup, baked between two crusts. Thrifty old-fashioned mincemeat-style pie without the meat.

Blueberry crumb cake with fresh berries folded into tender batter under a buttery cinnamon-sugar streusel. Bakery-style breakfast cake that pairs as well with coffee as with vanilla ice cream.

Upside-down chocolate cake layers marshmallows and a cocoa-walnut syrup under boxed devil's food batter, baking into a gooey self-saucing chocolate dessert.

Three-layer apple torte: buttery shortbread crust, sweetened cream cheese filling, cinnamon-sugar apples, and slivered almonds. German-style baked in a springform.

Triple-chocolate bundt cake with melted chocolate bars, chocolate syrup, and a tender buttermilk crumb. Baked in an angel food pan for a tall, dramatic cake that delivers serious chocolate intensity.

Orange chiffon cake with citrus zest, seven egg yolks, and whipped egg whites for an angel-food-meets-pound-cake texture. Tall, tender tube cake with floral orange aroma.

Rolled and cut oatmeal cookies with finely chopped rolled oats worked into a buttery shortbread-style dough. Holds shape through cutting, perfect for cookie decorating.

Elephant ears with pecan filling: puff pastry rolled with cinnamon-cardamom-pecan filling, sliced and baked into butterfly-shaped pastries. Bakery-style breakfast treat at home.

Mom's cocoa macaroons: chewy coconut mounds with a soft cocoa note, bound with whipped egg whites instead of condensed milk. A simple seven-ingredient drop cookie that makes four dozen.

Easy focaccia using store-bought pizza dough kneaded with chopped onion, diced tomato, and herbs, then brushed with butter near the end of baking. Bakery-style flatbread on the table in about 30 minutes.

Buttery thumbprint cookies with a tender shortbread base waiting for a spoonful of jam or icing in the dimpled center. Egg-yolk-rich dough that bakes pale and sandy, never browned.

Irish whole wheat soda bread with bran and wheat germ for a hearty, nutty crumb. No yeast, no kneading, no rise time. From mixing bowl to oven in 15 minutes flat.

Jam shortbread bars sandwich a layer of cherry or raspberry preserves between two almond-rich shortbread layers. A buttery, almond-scented sliced bar for tea trays and holiday tins.

Ultimate triple chocolate chunk cookies pack melted semisweet chocolate into the dough, plus chunks of semisweet and white chocolate folded in. Soft, fudgy, and chocolate-loaded in every bite.

Sour cream raisin pie folds plump cooked raisins into a tangy sour cream custard, finished with a cloud of toasted meringue. An old-school Midwest classic that turns a simple pantry into a showstopper.

Whole wheat Irish soda bread made with graham flour and tangy buttermilk, no yeast or rising time. Just six pantry staples, a quick knead, and a deep cross scored on top for that signature rustic loaf.