Recipe Sifter

Grated Granny Smith apples and warm spices bake into a tender brown-sugar cake, pierced and drenched in a buttery brown-sugar glaze. Walnut crunch and frozen vanilla yogurt finish each slice.

Garlic chocolate chip cookies with blanched garlic cloves soaked in maple syrup, mixed into a buttery dough with brown sugar, nuts, and chocolate chips.

These sweet treats are easy to make, and they taste amazingly rich, chocolaty, and delicious!

Crunchy twice-baked biscotti packed with walnuts, orange and lemon zest, and a surprising kick of black pepper. The ideal coffee-dunking cookie that stores beautifully in tins.

Skip the pastry and make this easy apple dessert. Tart Granny Smith apples baked under a buttery cake-like batter with cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts.

Pasta in a light lemon wine sauce with thyme, dill, and Dijon mustard. A roux-based sauce using chicken broth and dry white wine instead of cream.

From-scratch Chicken Divan with homemade herb broth sauce, sherry, broccoli, and Parmesan. No canned soup needed in this lighter, more elegant take on the American casserole classic.

Bread machine pizza dough with five ingredients: flour, water, yeast, olive oil, and salt. The machine handles the kneading and rise, leaving you with a stretchy, chewy crust ready to top however you like.

Traditional Indian chickpea masala slow-simmered with cumin seeds, turmeric, asafetida, green chili, and fresh ginger. Finished with lemon juice and cilantro for a bright, warming bowl.

Jansson's frestelse is the iconic Swedish Christmas potato gratin: julienned potatoes layered with soft onions and salty anchovies, baked in cream until golden and bubbling. A must on any Scandinavian smorgasbord.

Irish buttermilk bannock studded with raisins, leavened with baking soda and baking powder. A no-yeast soda bread with a tender crumb and traditional cross-scored top.

Marinated swordfish steaks in lemon, white wine, garlic and basil, microwaved with red onion for a fast, low-fat seafood dinner. Ready in under an hour.

Whole wheat pecan bread for the bread machine with toasted pecans, whole wheat flour, milk, and corn oil. A hearty nut-studded loaf with deep, toasty flavor.

Reduced-fat carrot cake swaps most of the oil for prune purée, then layers three moist spiced cakes with light cream cheese frosting. Toasted walnuts, grated carrots, and crushed pineapple build full carrot cake flavor with less fat.

A lightly seasoned, simple, straightforward Bavarian potato salad sized perfectly for a weeknight side serving 4.

Old-fashioned whole wheat brown bread with brown sugar, sour milk, and lard. A dense, hearty no-yeast quick bread with just 7 ingredients and one bowl.