Goose recipes

A creamy Swedish cottage cheese pie with toasted almonds, baked in a flaky crust until set and custard-like. Lightly sweet with a nutty crunch. Served chilled for a Scandinavian take on cheesecake.

Crispy, chewy, loaded cookies packed with oats, crushed cornflakes, shredded coconut, and chopped pecans. Flatten with a sugar-dipped glass for crackly edges. Makes 4 dozen in just 30 minutes.

The surprise? Sauerkraut. Rinsed and squeezed dry, it melts invisibly into this spiced apple cake, adding incredible moisture. With cinnamon, nutmeg, Granny Smith apple, and chopped pecans, nobody will ever guess the secret.

Hearty cinnamon buckwheat yeast bread with a dark golden crust and earthy, spiced crumb. Makes two loaves with a satisfying chew from bread flour and buckwheat.

Lower-calorie chocolate ripple cake baked in a clay pot with a coconut cream cheese swirl. Made with nonfat cream cheese, egg whites, and fat-free sour cream. Serves 12.

Incredibly moist chocolate prune bundt cake with just 8 ingredients. Soaked prunes and cocoa create a rich, dark crumb that stays fresh for days. Dust with powdered sugar.

A flourless chocolate mousse cake with a melt-in-your-mouth texture, served with fresh raspberries and mascarpone. Just 6 ingredients and no flour needed for this elegant dessert.

Rich chocolate truffle cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust, served over a creamy raspberry sauce. Melted chocolate chips baked right into the filling for intense truffle flavor.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies studded with mini chocolate chips and filled with a creamy peanut butter center. The chocolate-peanut butter combo makes these vanish from any cookie tray.

Spiced gingerbread dough shaped into edible bowls over an ovenproof glass mold, with star cutouts around the rim. Use leftover dough for classic Christmas gingerbread cookies.

Scandinavian-style kringle cookies made with hard-boiled egg yolks for an ultra-tender crumb, laced with cinnamon and citrus zest, then brushed with egg white and sprinkled with pistachios.

Adorable Christmas tree cakes cut from a sheet cake, frosted with green cream cheese icing, and decorated with candies, sprinkles, and little candy trunks. A fun holiday baking project with kids.

A no-bake rum cream pie with a buttery chocolate cookie crust, silky rum custard folded with whipped cream and fluffy egg whites, topped with grated semi-sweet chocolate. Chill overnight and slice into boozy, cloud-light wedges.

Classic three-layer butter cake with rich chocolate icing. Made from scratch with cake flour for an incredibly tender crumb, this is the kind of homemade chocolate cake worth clearing your Sunday for.

Light, fluffy cornmeal dumplings that cook right on top of your soup, stew, or stock in just 15 minutes. Small-batch recipe for one serving, easily doubled. Includes a cheese variation.

Spiced pumpkin muffin cakes studded with raisins or dried apricots and finished with a sweet powdered sugar drizzle. Warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange zest in every bite. Makes 20.